The Ministry¹ 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 dedicated² to the advancement³ 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 technological⁴ 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 postgraduate⁵ education to a maximum of 5,000 full-time⁶ 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 predecessor⁷ 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, pharmaceutical⁸ 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。