Tourism Management (Sino-French Cooperation) Undergraduate Program: it was approved by the Ministry of Education in June 2010, is the first Sino-foreign cooperative education program with academic degree since the establishment of Ningbo University, and is also one of the first ten Sino-foreign cooperative education projects reviewed and approved by the Ministry of Education in accordance with the Regulations on Sino-Foreign Cooperative Education nationwide. In 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, the Tourism Management program was continuously appraised as a ★★★★ major in the undergraduate education major ranking list by Qiu Junping's Chinese University and Major Appraisal Report, and the Tourism Management (Sino-French Cooperation) undergraduate program has been continuously ranking in the quasi ★★★★★ major from 2017 to 2022.

    The courses of Tourism Management (Sino-French Cooperation) undergraduate program are jointly undertaken by Chinese and French sides. The new courses introduced and developed account for 50% of the total number of courses, far exceeding 1/3 as required by the Ministry of Education, establishing a unique course system of tourism management major in China and greatly improving the students’ degree of major recognition. The University of Angers and its partner institutions will send 30 French teachers to Ningbo to deliver lessons every year, who are all top experts in the field of tourism education and research in France and even Europe.

    The average pass rate of French proficiency test and the overseas further education rate of the students in the Tourism Management (Sino-French Cooperation) undergraduate program is 85.29%, and the average rate of postgraduate admission is 59.0%. The data not only ranks the first place among all majors of Ningbo University, but also takes the leading position among similar programs accross the country. Our graduates are widely distributed in Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Arab Emirates and many other countries/regions. Nearly 70 of them pursued master and doctorate degrees in famous universities at home and abroad successively, and nearly 100 of them have served as senior executives and core members in many enterprises and public institutions, such as tourism bureaus of many regions in France, French Consulate General in Shanghai, Regus IWG Group Headquarters, Kering (China) Enterprise Management Co., Ltd., Balenciaga, Accor Group, Club Med, HUWANS Outdoor Travel Company, Kuoni, Atlantis The Palm Dubai, Ningbo University, Shenzhen University, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China Tourism Academy, Songcheng Group, New Century Tourism Group, etc.

Enrollment Statistics 2017-2023(based on the scores of the enrolled students who took the college entry exam in Zhejiang Province):