China Agricultural University, originated from Beijing Normal University in 1905, is a key construction university of the "211 Project" and "985 Project", and a research university featuring agronomy/life science/agricultural engineering and food science
China Agricultural University is a university directly under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, which is a key construction of the national "211 Project" and "985 Project". Jiang Peimin, the current party secretary, and Ke Bingsheng, the president.
China Agricultural University is the origin of modern agricultural higher education in China, and its history begins with the establishment of Beijing Normal University in 1905. In September 1949, the College of Agriculture of Beijing University, the College of Agriculture of Tsinghua University and the College of Agriculture of North China University were merged to form Beijing Agricultural University. In October 1952, the Department of Agricultural Machinery of Beijing Agricultural University merged with the Central Ministry of Agriculture Mechanized Agricultural College, North China Agricultural Machinery College, and Pingyuan Provincial Agricultural College to establish Beijing Agricultural Mechanization College, which was renamed Beijing Agricultural Engineering University in October 1985. In September 1995, Beijing Agricultural University and Beijing Agricultural Engineering University merged to form China Agricultural University, and Comrade Jiang Zemin personally inscribed the name of the university. For a long time, the construction and development of schools have been highly valued by the state. In 1954, Beijing Agricultural University was listed by the State Council as one of the six key institutions of higher learning in the country, and in 1984, it was listed as one of the 10 key institutions of higher learning in the country. Beijing Institute of Agricultural Mechanization was listed as one of the national key universities in 1960. In 1995, the university entered the ranks of the first batch of "211 Project" construction, and in 2004, it was identified as a high-level research university under the "985 Project". On May 4, 2003, Premier Wen Jiabao inspected China Agricultural University and delivered an important speech. On October 13, 2005, Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, inspected China Agricultural University, congratulated the University on its centennial and encouraged the university to create new glories. On May 2, 2009, Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President of the People's Republic of China, inspected China Agricultural University, had a cordial discussion with the representatives of teachers and students, put forward ardent expectations for young students, and put forward the requirements of "accelerating the pace of building a world-class agricultural university" for the university. On May 2, 2010, General Secretary Hu Jintao sent a letter to the teachers and students of China Agricultural University, encouraging them to make greater contributions to the development of modern agriculture. On September 15, 2012, Xi Jinping and other party and state leaders came to the school to participate in the main event of the National Science Day in Beijing, and asked the school to "grasp and promote both with two hands" and "not delay" when inspecting the school, and "truly build a first-class university with Chinese characteristics and agricultural characteristics", which further pointed out the direction for the development of the school and greatly stimulated the sense of responsibility and mission of the teachers and students of the school.
After a century of ups and downs, China Agricultural University has developed into a research university with characteristics and advantages in agronomy, life science, agricultural engineering and food science, and has formed a discipline group with distinctive characteristics and complementary advantages, such as agriculture and life science, resources and environmental science, information and computer science, agricultural engineering and automation science, economic management and social science. The university has a total of 16 colleges, involving 9 university disciplines, including agriculture, engineering, science, economics, management, law, literature, medicine, and philosophy. There is a Graduate School, a School of Continuing Education, and a Department of Physical Education and Arts. In the third round of first-level discipline level evaluation, 6 first-level disciplines ranked first in the country, and the number of first-ranked disciplines ranked fourth among universities in the country. It has 3 national key laboratories, 1 national engineering laboratory, 2 national engineering technology research centers, and 91 provincial and ministerial key laboratories (centers and bases); 1 National Field Scientific Observation and Research Station, and 6 Ministerial Field Scientific Observation and Experimental Stations.
China Agricultural University has a strong and well-structured faculty. At present, there are 1,641 full-time teachers, including 581 professors (including researchers) and 832 associate professors (including associate researchers). There are 1,398 graduate supervisors, including 810 doctoral supervisors. The university has 5 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 24 distinguished professors of the "Yangtze River Scholars Award Program", 42 winners of the "National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars", 15 chief scientists of the national "973 Program", 26 national candidates for the "Millions of Talents Project" in the new century, 145 candidates for the "New Century Excellent Talents Support Program" of the Ministry of Education, and 70 experts enjoying special government allowances. A number of well-known scholars at home and abroad, including James Watson, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and the "father of DNA", and Academician Yuan Longping, an outstanding agricultural scientist in China and the father of hybrid rice, have been hired as honorary professors and visiting professors.
China Agricultural University has a complete education system for training bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. The university has 15 postdoctoral mobile stations, 20 first-level disciplines authorized for doctoral degrees, 95 authorized doctoral degree programs, 29 first-level disciplines authorized for master's degrees, 144 master's degree authorized points, 9 professional degree types, and 33 professional degree fields. There are 65 undergraduate majors, of which biology and chemistry are listed in the "National Science Basic Discipline Research and Education Talent Training Base". There are 11,395 full-time undergraduates and 7,661 full-time graduate students, including 4,478 full-time master's students and 3,183 full-time doctoral students. There are 215 postdoctoral researchers in the station.
China Agricultural University adheres to the talent training concept of moral education first, ability first, and all-round development, and cultivates top-notch innovative talents with patriotic feelings and a sense of social responsibility, proficient in professional knowledge and skills, and strong comprehensive ability. The school has 1 National High-level Talent Special Support Program ("Ten Thousand Talents Program") Famous Teacher, 2 National Famous Teachers and 32 Beijing Famous Teachers, 5 National Excellent Teaching Teams and 10 Beijing Excellent Teaching Teams, 14 National Characteristic Majors and 2 National Talent Training Model Innovation Experimental Areas. The university has continuously deepened the reform of teaching content and teaching methods, and has built 23 national excellent courses, 15 excellent resource sharing courses, 2 excellent video open courses, 25 Beijing excellent courses, and 6 "Chinese University MOOC" courses. 122 textbooks were selected as national "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" textbooks; 17 textbooks were selected as national "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" textbooks; It has further strengthened the construction of laboratories and practice bases, and has 3 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, 3 national virtual simulation experimental teaching centers and 6 Beijing experimental teaching demonstration centers; By strengthening the cultivation of practical innovation ability, the training system of innovative talents has been constructed, which has laid a good foundation for high-level research teaching, and college students' scientific and technological innovation activities are active. Since 2008, with the support of various innovative projects, our undergraduate students have published a total of 342 high-level academic papers, including 1 in Science, 268 in SCI, 67 in EI and 7 in ISTP. 184 invention patents, 33 utility model patents and 10 design patents; Students have won 1,464 awards in discipline competitions at the provincial and ministerial level and above. We will further promote the reform of postgraduate education and teaching, and fully implement the "application assessment system" for doctoral students; Further improve the quality assurance system of graduate dissertations and promote the continuous improvement of the quality of dissertations. A total of 23 doctoral dissertations have been selected as "National Excellent Doctoral Dissertations", ranking among the top universities in the country. The school has cultivated more than 130,000 qualified graduates, achieved a large number of educational and teaching achievements, and passed the evaluation of the undergraduate teaching level of the Ministry of Education with excellent results, and the quality and level of running the school have been widely recognized by all sectors of society. In 2016, there were 2,801 bachelor's graduates, 1,688 master's graduates, and 632 doctoral graduates.
Focusing on human nutrition and health, China Agricultural University is guided by the major needs of national agricultural science and technology and the international academic frontier, and carries out high-level scientific research, social services and cultural inheritance and innovation. The research in the field of biology and agricultural high technology is at the leading level in China. He has presided over 22 projects of the National Key Basic Research Program ("973 Program") (including 1 major scientific problem-oriented project and 1 major scientific research plan project), and has 6 chief scientists of the national modern agricultural industry technology system. Since 2001, it has won 78 national science and technology awards, 455 provincial and ministerial science and technology awards, and 3,420 authorized patents. The research results of "Research and Development of Comprehensive Management of Middle and Low-yield Areas in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain" presided over by Academician Shi Yuanchun have won the special prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award. 23 HIGH-LEVEL RESEARCH PAPERS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED JOURNALS SUCH AS SCIENCE, CELL, NATURE AND NATURE GENETICS, WHICH HAVE ESTABLISHED OUR UNIVERSITY'S LEADING POSITION IN BASIC RESEARCH. In 2016, the number of papers included in SCI, EI and SSCI reached 2,310. In the ESI discipline evaluation index, the total citations of 9 disciplines and all disciplines of Agricultural Science, Plant and Animal Science, Environment/Ecology, Biology and Biochemistry, Chemistry, Microbiology, Engineering, Molecular Biology and Genetics and Social Sciences have entered the top 1% in the world, and the total citations of agricultural sciences and plant and animal sciences remain in the top 1‰ in the world. The university strengthens the transformation and promotion of scientific and technological achievements, involving food science and nutritional engineering, veterinary medicine, animal science and technology, resources and environment, agronomy and biotechnology, engineering, information and electrical engineering and other fields of practical technological achievements to promote the whole country. Focusing on the major needs of the country, regional development and industrial development, based on the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, with the work ideas of top-level design, overall layout and leadership, aiming at the major needs of the country, local and enterprises, combined with the needs of scientific research, talent training and social service of our university, 53 comprehensive experimental stations (professor workstations) have been built in relevant regions across the country to provide comprehensive services such as planning and design, technical guidance and social management for regional economic and social development; It has signed scientific and technological cooperation agreements with more than 10 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and more than 70 prefectures and cities to provide technical support for the development of the local economy. Every year, our university signs more than 500 contracts with local governments in scientific and technological research and development and achievement transformation, which accelerates the transfer of scientific and technological achievements to enterprises; Relying on experts in the modern agricultural industry technology system and their team members to solve technical problems in industrial development, relying on experimental stations, professor workstations, science and technology courtyards, etc., to carry out more than 50,000 person-times of skill training for grassroots agricultural cadres, agricultural enterprise managers, grassroots technicians, farmers, etc., has played a prominent role in the promotion, demonstration and transformation of scientific and technological achievements of our university.
China Agricultural University has carried out extensive international exchanges and cooperation, and has made efforts to expand opening up and accelerate the process of internationalization. The university has established friendly and cooperative relations with 209 universities and research institutes in 41 countries and regions, including the United States, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Russia, Israel, Tanzania, and Guinea. The university has 11 joint research centers in cooperation with Purdue University in the United States and Wageningen University in the Netherlands, as well as international education, research and training institutions such as the International College, the Sino-German Comprehensive Agricultural Development Center, and the China-Israel International Agricultural Training Center. The university attaches great importance to cultivating the international vision and innovative spirit of undergraduates, and has carried out a wide range of undergraduate exchange programs with overseas universities, such as exchange programs, short-term exchange programs, and exchange internship programs. The university has carried out various forms of undergraduate joint training programs with Cornell University, Colorado State University, Purdue University, University of Illinois, Auburn University in the United States, the University of Waterloo and the University of Alberta in Canada.
China Agricultural University attaches great importance to the cultivation of students' comprehensive quality, and actively carries out second-class education activities, and the campus cultural life is rich and colorful. Give full play to the role of student unions and graduate student unions in self-management, self-education, and self-service, and guide students to participate in the democratic management of the school in a standardized and orderly manner. At present, the school has 90 school-level student clubs and 15 college-level student clubs, including public welfare, theoretical and academic, scientific and technological practice, culture and art, sports and other types. The members of the school's Fengyun Club have become Olympic torchbearers on behalf of contemporary college students; The Rural Development Research Association and the Best Friends Club have been rated as "National Outstanding Student Associations". The school organizes more than 5,000 students to participate in social practice activities every year, and writes their papers on the land of the motherland in the process of serving the development of China's "three rural" undertakings, and has been awarded the excellent organization unit of summer social practice for college students in the capital for 10 consecutive years. The scientific and technological innovation and entrepreneurship activities of college students are vigorously carried out, relying on the University Student Science and Technology Association and the Entrepreneurship United Association to carry out the work of "double creation", and have won the "Challenge Cup" National College Student Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition, the "Create Youth" China College Student Entrepreneurship Plan Competition, the "Esquel" Creative Competition, the National Electronic Design Competition, the National Mechanical Innovation Design Competition, the National College Student Mathematical Modeling and Computer Application Competition and other competitions, and the college students' innovation and entrepreneurship ability and enthusiasm have been continuously improved. Promote volunteer service, integrate into the entrance education of new students, and cultivate students' sense of responsibility and dedication. Actively organize students to participate in the Olympic Games, the 60th anniversary of the National Day, the Garden Expo, the World Championships, the Beijing Half Marathon, the 110th anniversary of the school and other large-scale competitions, and have been commended by superiors for many times. At present, there are 65 normalized volunteer service projects in our school, covering poverty alleviation, poverty relief, elderly assistance, orphan rescue, disability assistance, student assistance and other fields. The China Agricultural University Rugby Team is the first rugby team in Chinese mainland, representing the country in international competitions many times and winning glory for the motherland. In November 2010, at the Guangzhou Asian Games, the Chinese rugby women's team, which is mainly composed of our students, won the silver medal and the men's team won the fourth place. In 2016, our men's rugby team won the National Sevens College Rugby Championship for the fourth time in a row. In 2014, our football team won the championship in the finals of the National University Futsal Championship. In 2016, our university won the championship of the Capital University Football League for the fourth time. The track and field team has also won many championships in the top competitions of Beijing colleges and universities, and has achieved excellent results in the national college competitions. After years of hard work, our school's art education has flourished, and it has formed its own characteristics in art education and art troupe management. At present, there are well-established university art troupes, including choirs, wind ensembles, dance troupes, drama troupes, Chinese orchestras, string orchestras and musical troupes. Each troupe has won the first place in the Beijing University Students' Art Exhibition and Performance for many times. Among them, the choir and wind ensemble of our school have successively become the Beijing University Student Art Troupe. The choir has participated in the recording of CCTV Spring Festival Gala and art exchange activities at home and abroad for many times; The Wind Orchestra has successfully held special performances in the Military Band Hall of the People's Liberation Army for many times. These art groups fully demonstrate the unique artistic characteristics and charm of our school.
The country is rich and the people are prosperous, and the agriculture is strong. Solving the difficulties of people's livelihood and cultivating talents in the world is the constant pursuit of our school for a hundred years. Several generations of agricultural people have been attached to the countryside and have lived in hardship, spared no effort to realize the Chinese's dream of food, clothing, and prosperity for thousands of years, and maintained the closest flesh-and-blood ties with the motherland and the people, forming the school's unique spiritual tradition of diligence and perseverance, patriotism and concern for the people, and the tradition of rigorous, realistic, virtuous and erudite. Today's China Agricultural University maintains the advantages of agricultural disciplines, develops a variety of emerging disciplines, is closely connected with the rapidly changing world, and is developing synchronously with the ever-changing science and technology, and is striding towards the goal of a world-class university with Chinese characteristics and agricultural characteristics.
