As the key municipal university, Hangzhou Normal University has five campuses — Xiasha Campus (下沙校区), Wenyilu Campus (文一校区), Yuhuangshan Campus (玉皇山校区), Gudangwan Campus (古荡湾校区), and Xianghu Campus (湘湖校区) — covering a total area of around 1400 mu (approx. 93.38 hectares). Having acquired land of about 558 mu (approx 37.22 hectares), the university is building another called Cangqian Campus.
Consisting of 18 schools providing 49 undergraduate majors and 39 postgraduate disciplines, the university has three majors with features at the state level; 11 key majors and six key disciplines at the provincial level; one course of fine quality at the state level; and 18 courses of fine quality at the provincial level.
In 2009, a joint venture was made between Hangzhou Normal University and Alibaba group to form Alibaba Business School. Working with Nanyang International Business College in Singapore, Alibaba Business School launched the "ASEAN E-Commerce Executive Training Program", a series of training courses in ASEAN countries. Since the program started in May 2016, it has successfully cultivated many internet thinking talents in Singapore and Malaysia, leading enterprises.
To facilitate intercultural learning experiences, the university has established academic cooperation programs with more than 30 universities around the globe, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Finland, South Korea, Japan, Australia, and the Philippines.