Jianxing College of Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT) was founded in January 2004. Its name is derived from the motto of Houde Jianxing of ZJUT. The predecessor of the college was the Advanced Class of ZJUT founded in September 1998. The current dean is Professor Li Xiaonian, president of Zhejiang University of Technology.

Jianxing College is an honor college for outstanding undergraduate students to be specially trained. It is the training highland for top innovative talents and the experimental field for the first-class undergraduate education reform of the university. College to strengthen the mission driving, pay attention to value guidance, adopt diversified and personalized training plan, build wide diameter, thick foundation, personalization, research top creative talent training mechanism, create the culture of the most competitive in order to maximize the students' interests. To cultivate a batch of art of morality, intelligence and physique full scale development, Industry elites and leading talents with national sentiments, international vision, innovative spirit and practical ability. Laying a solid foundation for competency and leading the future development of their respective fields.

Adhering to the educational philosophy of virtue, philosophy, health and Practice, Jianxing College adheres to the trinity of value shaping, knowledge imparting and ability cultivation. Relying on the multi-disciplinary departments and high-level teachers, Jianxing College has cultivated a large number of outstanding students. More than 60% of the college's graduates continue their studies in well-known universities and research institutes at home and abroad, such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a large number of graduates become elites in various fields of society.