Through December 2020, the school has a total of 143 faculty members and staff, including 70 professors and 48 associate professors. Among them there are 3 Academics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 3 Chief Scientists of the National 973 Projects, 6 Outstanding Specialists of Zhejiang Province, 5 Distinguished Professors from the Cheung Kong Scholar Program, 9 Winners of National Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholars, 9 Talents from the New Century Training Program of MOE, and 14 Distinguished Qiushi Professors of Zhejiang University.

The school has devoted itself to fundamental scientific research, application-oriented fundamental research, and engineering technology development in the fields of micro- and nano-structures for materials, information about materials, energy materials, advanced structural materials, and biomedical materials. The school has set its sights on the international scientific frontier, focusing on national grand requirements, and regional economic needs. A series of key national research projects have been carried out here. Its outstanding research achievements have blossomed into 4 National Awards for Natural Science, 14 National Awards for Technological Invention, 3 National Awards for Science and Technology Progress, as well as numerous high-impact papers published in prestigious journals such as SCIENCE and NATURE. According to the Essential Science Indicator (ESI), the materials discipline at Zhejiang University is now ranked 10th out of all universities in the world as of December 2020.