Programs

The PhD in Biology at Westlake University is a four-year English-taught programme focused on interdisciplinary life sciences. It encourages research that bridges biology with physical science, medicine, engineering, and materials. Students work directly with faculty on original scientific questions within a collaborative research setting.

Westlake University’s four-year English-taught PhD in Chemistry integrates physical science, medicine, engineering, and materials. Students conduct research in Westlake’s laboratories and develop interdisciplinary chemical expertise.

A four-year English-taught PhD in Mathematics delivered by Zhejiang University of Technology in Hangzhou, a comprehensive university jointly administered by the Zhejiang Provincial Government and the Ministry of Education.

Westlake University’s four-year English-taught PhD in Physics covers theoretical physics, condensed matter, and atomic, molecular, and optical physics. Students build foundations through coursework, laboratory work, and seminars in mathematics and both theoretical and experimental physics.

Zhejiang University of Technology in Hangzhou offers a four-year, English-taught PhD in Physics. The programme supports original research across experimental and theoretical physics domains under academic supervision.

This four-year interdisciplinary PhD in Quantitative Biology and Complex Systems combines biology with mathematics, physics, computer science, and engineering. Students use experimental, computational, and modelling methods to study biological systems across multiple scales.

This four-year joint PhD in Mathematics with Fudan University trains researchers in pure and applied mathematics at Westlake University’s Institute of Theoretical Sciences. Research areas include algebra, analysis, geometry, topology, number theory, differential equations, and computational mathematics. Students participate in seminars and international research exchanges while conducting original work under close faculty supervision.