[Cultivation objectives] The specialty cultivates high-quality skill-oriented talents with all-round development, the spirit of “caring, respecting and loving elderly”, good professional ethics, and master knowledge and skills of health management, institution management, rehabilitation and health maintenance, medical care, social works and social services.

[Specialty advantages] As the experimental university of the first batch of 1+X elderly care certificate system by Ministry of Education, the specialty has powerful teaching materials. The “integration of teaching and certificate” is implemented, to combine academic education and certificate system. The specialty has Zhejiang School of Elderly Care and Housecraft and Wanyuan School of Elderly Care Industry. The specialty lays emphasis on industry-education integration, to cultivate featured elderly care service talents relying on Zhejiang industry-education integration base, i.e., “Medicine-maintenance-care-management” integrated elderly care talent cultivation basis. In addition, the specialty has signed agreements on teaching practice bases with many nursing institutions for the aged and enterprises concerning elderly such as Hangzhou Social Welfare Center, Zhejiang Vanke Suiyuan Elderly Care Co., Ltd., Langhe International Medical Elderly Care Center and Rainbow Fish Rehabilitation Center, to develop practice training for students. The graduates of the specialty are popular in all circles.

[Employment orientation] Students can work for various institutions and organization concerning the elderly industry, such as various types of hospitals, Senior Citizen’s Work Committee, Future Community, state-run and civilian-run welfare institutions for elderly, home-based care for the aged, culture and sports service stations, universities for the elderly and aging industries (the housing industry, the leisure service industry, the health care service industry, the consulting service industry and the wisdom elderly care industry).

[Core courses] Introduction to Service and Management to the Elderly, Chinese Traditional Filial Piety Culture, Gerontological Social Work, Psychology of Aging, Health Management for the Elderly, Elderly Life Care, Community Service for Home Care of Elderly, Planning and Organization of Elderly Activities, and Operation and Management of Elderly Care Institutions

[Vocational certificate] 1+X Elderly Care Professional Qualification Certificate by Ministry of Education