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The Ministry of Education has given the go-ahead to Westlake University, China's first private research university.
教育部近日批准设立我国第一所私立研究型大学西湖大学。
The non-profit research institute and university will be dedicated to the advancement of natural sciences and frontier engineering disciplines under the administration of Jiangsu Province.
这家非盈利性的研究机构兼大学，将在江苏省的管理下，致力于推进自然科学和前沿工程学科的发展。
Westlake University will be a new type of research-oriented university, with emphasis on basic and advanced scientific and technological research.
作为一所新型研究型大学，西湖大学将主要开展基础性、前沿科学技术研究。
The ministry said the university will start by offering postgraduate education to a maximum of 5,000 full-time students, with an undergraduate program to be launched when the time is right.
教育部表示，该校将从为至多5000名全日制学生提供研究生教育起步，并适时开展本科生教育。
The current Westlake Institute for Advanced Study is the predecessor of Westlake University, of which Shi Yigong, a famed biophysicist and former vice-president of Tsinghua University, is expected to be first president.
目前的西湖高等研究学院是西湖大学的前身，著名的生物物理学家、清华大学前副校长施一公有望成为西湖大学首任校长。
Westlake University will include 12 disciplines at first-class level -- biology, biomedical engineering, pharmaceutical science, physics, mathematics, chemistry, basic medical sciences, computer science and technology, electronic science, optical engineering, material sciences and mechanical engineering.
西湖大学将包括12个一级学科，分别是：生物学、生物医学工程、药学、物理学、数学、化学、基础医学、计算机科学与技术、电子科学与技术、光学工程、材料科学和机械工程。
