# DAYIN ZHANG — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/DAYIN_ZHANG--instructor_032b858f440f048db01496d8) ## Dataset ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### repository twangodev/uwcourses ### schema version 6 ### importer version 7 ### projection id 85abe9ff8837c2c5a134368dcc4cfc85eb723524b21ddeb3d2e953887d2f0c8f ### observed at 2026-09-07T15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### built at 2026-09-11T07:45:51.576183+00:00 ### courses 8951 ### current instructors 5754 ### limited false ### terms * 1272 * 1264 * 1262 * 1254 * 1252 * 1244 * 1242 * 1234 * 1232 * 1224 * 1222 * 1212 * 1204 * 1202 * 1194 * 1192 * 1184 * 1182 * 1174 * 1172 * 1164 * 1162 * 1154 * 1152 * 1144 * 1142 * 1134 * 1132 * 1124 * 1122 * 1114 * 1112 * 1104 * 1102 * 1094 * 1092 * 1084 * 1082 * 1074 * 1072 ### term 1272 ### departments | subject | count | | --------- | ----- | | AAE | 90 | | ABT | 20 | | ACCTIS | 36 | | ACTSCI | 14 | | AFAERO | 10 | | AFRICAN | 87 | | AFROAMER | 71 | | AGROECOL | 21 | | AMERIND | 53 | | ANAT\&PHY | 7 | | ANATOMY | 2 | | ANESTHES | 8 | | ANSCI | 57 | | ANTHRO | 95 | | ART | 125 | | ARTED | 10 | | ARTHIST | 121 | | ASIALANG | 129 | | ASIAN | 109 | | ASIANAM | 28 | | ASTRON | 38 | | ATMOCN | 69 | | BIOCHEM | 51 | | BIOCORE | 10 | | BIOLOGY | 14 | | BIOMDSCI | 18 | | BME | 66 | | BMI | 41 | | BMOLCHEM | 10 | | BOTANY | 69 | | BSE | 44 | | C\&ESOC | 73 | | CBE | 48 | | CHEM | 101 | | CHICLA | 52 | | CIVENGR | 133 | | CLASSICS | 47 | | CNP | 10 | | CNSRSCI | 50 | | COMARTS | 137 | | COMPBIO | 15 | | COMPLIT | 11 | | COMPSCI | 138 | | COUNPSY | 78 | | CRB | 19 | | CS\&D | 71 | | CSCS | 40 | | CURRIC | 193 | | DANCE | 93 | | DERM | 8 | | DS | 88 | | DYSCI | 35 | | ECE | 155 | | ECON | 145 | | EDPOL | 114 | | EDPSYCH | 97 | | ELPA | 70 | | EMA | 53 | | EMERMED | 17 | | ENGL | 206 | | ENTOM | 40 | | ENVIRST | 148 | | EP | 15 | | EPD | 67 | | ESL | 16 | | F\&WECOL | 60 | | FAMMED | 22 | | FINANCE | 50 | | FOLKLORE | 40 | | FOODSCI | 43 | | FRENCH | 63 | | GEN\&WS | 145 | | GENBUS | 72 | | GENECSLR | 17 | | GENETICS | 60 | | GEOG | 113 | | GEOSCI | 83 | | GERMAN | 82 | | GLE | 48 | | GNS | 38 | | GREEK | 27 | | HDFS | 41 | | HEBR-BIB | 13 | | HEBR-MOD | 10 | | HISTORY | 233 | | HISTSCI | 56 | | HONCOL | 13 | | ILS | 43 | | INFOSYS | 9 | | INTEGART | 7 | | INTEGSCI | 22 | | INTER-AG | 18 | | INTER-HE | 11 | | INTER-LS | 22 | | INTEREGR | 16 | | INTLBUS | 21 | | INTLST | 50 | | ISYE | 83 | | ITALIAN | 53 | | JEWISH | 56 | | JOURN | 88 | | KINES | 128 | | LACIS | 26 | | LANDARC | 61 | | LATIN | 24 | | LAW | 120 | | LEGALST | 48 | | LINGUIS | 35 | | LIS | 89 | | LITTRANS | 78 | | LSC | 52 | | M\&ENVTOX | 7 | | MARKETNG | 62 | | MATH | 153 | | MDGENET | 8 | | ME | 130 | | MEDHIST | 43 | | MEDICINE | 60 | | MEDIEVAL | 32 | | MEDPHYS | 39 | | MEDSC-M | 29 | | MEDSC-V | 41 | | MHR | 68 | | MICROBIO | 45 | | MILSCI | 16 | | MM\&I | 22 | | MOLBIOL | 6 | | MS\&E | 59 | | MUSIC | 165 | | MUSPERF | 126 | | NAVSCI | 20 | | NE | 44 | | NEURODPT | 11 | | NEUROL | 7 | | NEURSURG | 4 | | NTP | 11 | | NURSING | 111 | | NUTRSCI | 65 | | OBS\&GYN | 18 | | OCCTHER | 39 | | ONCOLOGY | 14 | | OPHTHALM | 5 | | OTM | 43 | | PATH | 34 | | PATH-BIO | 29 | | PEDIAT | 26 | | PHARMACY | 31 | | PHILOS | 77 | | PHMCOL-M | 11 | | PHMPRAC | 45 | | PHMSCI | 60 | | PHYASST | 37 | | PHYSICS | 88 | | PHYSIOL | 3 | | PHYTHER | 37 | | PLANTSCI | 52 | | PLPATH | 35 | | POLISCI | 192 | | POPHLTH | 58 | | PORTUG | 33 | | PSYCH | 101 | | PSYCHIAT | 22 | | PUBAFFR | 54 | | PUBLHLTH | 23 | | RADIOL | 11 | | REALEST | 41 | | RELIGST | 90 | | RHABMED | 9 | | RMI | 24 | | RP\&SE | 102 | | S\&APHM | 17 | | SCANDST | 73 | | SLAVIC | 89 | | SOC | 149 | | SOCWORK | 87 | | SOILSCI | 46 | | SPANISH | 83 | | SRMED | 21 | | STAT | 94 | | STDYABRD | 52 | | STS | 8 | | SURGERY | 25 | | SURGSCI | 33 | | THEATRE | 91 | | URBRPL | 60 | | UROLOGY | 5 | | ZOOLOGY | 89 | ## instructor ### instructor uid instructor\_032b858f440f048db01496d8 ### source madgrades ### source instructor id 6315768 ### identity basis source\_id ### identity status source\_identified ### name DAYIN ZHANG ### first observed at 2026-09-06 23:14:58.172943+00:00 ### last observed at 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### ratings #### review count 9 #### quality 3.78 #### difficulty 3.44 #### quality count 9 #### difficulty count 9 #### profile id rmp:2691486 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:46:29.306116+00:00 #### courses #### bayesian quality 3.6970246783079967 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### grade statistics #### gpa 3.459 #### graded 230 #### counts * 101 * 56 * 42 * 21 * 8 * 1 * 1 #### sections 21 ### current false ### courses None recorded. ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/DAYIN\_ZHANG--instructor\_032b858f440f048db01496d8 ## history | term | course\_uid | course\_id | title | | ---- | -------------------------------- | ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | | 1264 | course\_9adbac5d0c676755c49923ee | REALEST 410 | REAL ESTATE FINANCE | | 1264 | course\_aa128d5d4d2a73cc8a2aa975 | REALEST 870 | ADVANCED REAL ESTATE FINANCE THEORY | | 1264 | course\_c1fc2d46799764d863fe063e | REALEST 978 | RESEARCH SEMINAR IN REAL ESTATE AND URBAN LAND ECONOMICS | | 1262 | course\_c1fc2d46799764d863fe063e | REALEST 978 | RESEARCH SEMINAR IN REAL ESTATE AND URBAN LAND ECONOMICS | | 1254 | course\_9adbac5d0c676755c49923ee | REALEST 410 | REAL ESTATE FINANCE | | 1254 | course\_aa128d5d4d2a73cc8a2aa975 | REALEST 870 | ADVANCED REAL ESTATE FINANCE THEORY | | 1254 | course\_c1fc2d46799764d863fe063e | REALEST 978 | RESEARCH SEMINAR IN REAL ESTATE AND URBAN LAND ECONOMICS | | 1252 | course\_c1fc2d46799764d863fe063e | REALEST 978 | RESEARCH SEMINAR IN REAL ESTATE AND URBAN LAND ECONOMICS | | 1244 | course\_9adbac5d0c676755c49923ee | REALEST 410 | REAL ESTATE FINANCE | | 1244 | course\_aa128d5d4d2a73cc8a2aa975 | REALEST 870 | ADVANCED REAL ESTATE FINANCE THEORY | | 1244 | course\_c1fc2d46799764d863fe063e | REALEST 978 | RESEARCH SEMINAR IN REAL ESTATE AND URBAN LAND ECONOMICS | | 1242 | course\_c1fc2d46799764d863fe063e | REALEST 978 | RESEARCH SEMINAR IN REAL ESTATE AND URBAN LAND ECONOMICS | | 1234 | course\_9adbac5d0c676755c49923ee | REALEST 410 | REAL ESTATE FINANCE | | 1232 | course\_c1fc2d46799764d863fe063e | REALEST 978 | RESEARCH SEMINAR IN REAL ESTATE AND URBAN LAND ECONOMICS | | 1224 | course\_9adbac5d0c676755c49923ee | REALEST 410 | REAL ESTATE FINANCE | ## timeline | term | courses | | ---- | ------- | | 1224 | 1 | | 1232 | 1 | | 1234 | 1 | | 1242 | 1 | | 1244 | 3 | | 1252 | 1 | | 1254 | 3 | | 1262 | 1 | | 1264 | 3 | ## term 1272 ## courses None recorded. ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:46:29.306116+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyOTcyOTUz", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2691486", "instructor_name": "Dayin Zhang", "course_label": "RE410", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2026-04-29 20:17:30 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Professor Zhang is a pretty chill professor, and he let's u drop one midterm so that's nice. He has a lot of knowledge and is good during office hours. However, lectures were not the most engaging, and homework was difficult, with material being self taught, same goes for material on exams. Hard class.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2691486", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 5 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:46:29.306116+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyODgwNTkz", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2691486", "instructor_name": "Dayin Zhang", "course_label": "RE410", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2026-04-20 21:00:46 +0000 UTC", "comment": "A good professor overall, can be hard to understand at times and lectures could get really boring. Also expects that you have a decent amount of real estate knowledge coming into the course, some of the more introductory real estate topics are not re-explained.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2691486", "quality_rating": 4, "difficulty_rating": 2 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:46:29.306116+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyODUzNTU5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2691486", "instructor_name": "Dayin Zhang", "course_label": "RE410", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2026-04-16 18:48:45 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I like his vibe, smart and sharp. He is also super kind and passionate about teaching. A very responsible professor!", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2691486", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:46:29.306116+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQyMzc3NjM1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2691486", "instructor_name": "Dayin Zhang", "course_label": "RE410", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2025-12-22 20:44:14 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Prof. Zhang knows the materials well. He genuinely cares about the students, and is very approachable.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2691486", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:46:29.306116+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxNTc2NDk0", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2691486", "instructor_name": "Dayin Zhang", "course_label": "RE410", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2025-08-15 19:47:35 +0000 UTC", "comment": "This is the course that I learned the most in the past two years. It actually taught the skills that I later applied during the summer intern. Dayin is a very thoughtful professor, that cares about the students.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2691486", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 4 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:46:29.306116+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQxMzEyODg1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2691486", "instructor_name": "Dayin Zhang", "course_label": "RE410", "course_id": null, "course_uid": null, "review_date": "2025-05-17 21:33:21 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Professor Zhang is an outstanding educator. He actively engages the class by posing thoughtful questions and continuously refines the course throughout the semester to better meet students' needs. This ability to adapt responsively is, in my view, a rare and commendable quality among professors.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2691486", "quality_rating": 5, "difficulty_rating": 3 } ] ``` ### total 9 ### page 1 ### courses None recorded. ### matched true ## social Image false