The College of Textile Science & Engineering (International Institute of Silk) was developed on the basis of the Sericulture Hall founded in 1897. It has a college history of more than 120 years, which is a college with long history, strong faculty, and obvious dIISiplinary characteristics. It was founded by merging the departments of Silk Engineering and Textile Chemical Engineering, and named as the College of Fiber Engineering in December 1994, which later renamed as College of Materials & Textiles in December 1999. In March 2016, the Silk Institute was afliated to the College of Textiles Science & Engineering, and renamed as the College of Textile Science & Engineering (International Institute of Silk) in June 2019.Adhering to the University's Spirit - "Seek Truth from Facts", the University's Motto - "Rich in Virtue, Farsightedness, Broadness in Knowledge and Act Sincerely", and the tradition "Unite, Factuality, Diligent and Aspiration", the college is always keeping on looking for its innovative way, and making progress step by step. With years of persistent development, CTSE & IIS gradually grows into a prestigious college with prominent advantages and distinctive educational characteristics, particularly in fields such as silk and fashion technology, applications of fiber materials, green dyeing, and finishing technology products.

The college offers versatile and excellent educational programs of all levels, including bachelors, masters, doctoral programs and post-doctoral research program. The college has 4 departments including the department of Textile Engineering, Light Chemical Engineering, Non-woven Materials & Engineering and Silk Fashion Design & Engineering. In particular, Textile Engineering and Light Chemical Engineering are 2 National-level Characteristic Professional Subjects, which were listed in Elite Engineering Training Programs by the Ministry of Education (MOE). Textile engineering is one of the rst batch of national-level comprehensive reform pilot majors in local colleges and universities. Textile Engineering and Light Chemical Engineering have been approved by the national 1st-class course construction "Double Ten-Thousand Plan" and the "13th Five-Year" advantage major in Zhejiang Province. Nonwoven Materials and Engineering has been approved by the Zhejiang provincal 1st-class course construction "Double Ten-Thousand Plan".At present, the CTSE & IIS has 1 post- doctoral station, 1 doctoral degree, 1 master’s degree in the department of Textile Science & Engineering, and 1 master’s degrees in Engineering fields. The Textile Engineering has been listed in the first level Siplines of Zhejiang Province, and recognized as the core subject of Zhejiang Province. It is also been included in Zhejiang Province's "13th Five-Year"1st- class subject (A), and the subject leader is academician Chen Wenxing.

The CTSE & IIS has nearly 1500 full-time students enrolled in different programs including 790 undergraduate students， 470 postgraduate students, 130 doctor candidates and 80 foreign students. Through the sustained efforts on teaching, we have won the prize of “National Excellent Course”, “National Excellent Video Open Class”, and “National Excellent Resource-sharing Course”, respectively. We have also received 4 prizes of “Provincial Excellent Course”, 2 awards of “National Teaching Achievements”, and more than 20 awards of “Provincial Teaching Achievements”. Adhering to the Education-Centered Teaching Philosophy, the college has promoted the quality education, and made fruitful achievements in the student training. Our students have succeeded in various national academic competitions, including the Second Prize (5 awards) and the Third Prize (3 awards) in the National “Challenge Cup” Competitions, provincial second prizes and above (more than 30 awards). The undergraduate further education rate is about 30%, and the initial employment rate of graduates is above 96%, which is well received by enterprises. We also have established strong collaboration in cooperative education and student exchange program with many universities and research institutes, such as University of Manchester, Leeds University, North Carolina State University, Roubaix National Institute of Advanced Textile Engineering, Liberec University of Technology, Shinshu University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, etc.

There are 155 faculty members including 34 professors, 35 associate professors and 38 doctoral tutors. Our faculties have good scientific research background with high- academic achievements. including 1 MOE Innovation Team, 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 1 Changjiang scholar, 1 Board Member of Subject Review of the State Department, 3 awardees of “National Ten-Thousand Talents Plan” Innovation Leaders, 2 awardees of the National- level “MOE New-century Excellent Scholar Training Program”, 2 “MOST Youth Innovation Leader”, 4 awardees of special allowance from the State Council, etc.

The college owns many National-level Laboratory including National Laboratory of National-and-local-united Engineering, MOE Key Laboratory, MOE Centre of Engineering and Research, International Research Cooperation Base and National Teaching Demonstration Centre. At the Provincial- level, the college has Provincial Key Laboratories, Engineering Laboratory, International Research Cooperation Base, “2011 Collaborative Innovation Centers, Teaching Demonstration Centre and more than 10 other research platforms. Over 10 Joint Innovation Service Centers have been established through the cooperation of college and industry from the cities as: Shangyu, Tongxiang, Xiangshan, Lanxi and so on. The college serves Zhejiang textile industry in an all-round way and is the chairman unit of Zhejiang Textile Engineering Society and Hangzhou Textile Engineering Society.

The college has been in charge of over 500 research programs and projects in the recent five years, including projects supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China, High Technology Research and Development Program of China, etc, which of the total funds have summed over 150 million RMB. The college has won many research awards, including 6 National Prizes for Progress in Science and Technology, and more than 80 Provincial-level Prizes.

The college has been awarded as the “Outstanding College of ZSTU” for the last 10 years. It was recognized as one of the “Outstanding College in the National Educational System”, the “National Outstanding College on Textile & Garment Education”, the “Outstanding Colleges in Three-type Educational Activities” in Zhejiang Province, etc.

Now our time-honored college is facing new challenges. The CTSE & IIS have the con dence to grow into an international top-notch research-type college, with strong faith, creative thinking and hard work.