Founded in 1956, HDU is widely acclaimed as a “Cradle of IT entrepreneurs and accountants”. As a public university highlighting the discovery, creativity and innovation, HDU thrives with the Chinese information and technology evolution, and has grown into a locally sci-tech hub for its social contribution, especially to Hangzhou, home to a community of creative and accomplished IT talents. HDU has cultivated excellent engineers and business managers, and it is alma mater to 1/3 of the leaders of top 100 Chinese IT enterprises, with many graduates working in Alibaba, Huawei, Dahua, Hisense, and other hi-tech companies. Alibaba Group and NetEase are right here.