China Agricultural University

China Agricultural University (中国农业大学) is a university in Beijing, China.

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China Agricultural University(CAU) is a leading agricultural education and research institution in China, offering a wide range of subjects majoring in agriculture, biology, engineering, veterinary medicine, economics, management, humanities and social science,etc. It is a merger of the former Beijing Agricultural University(BAU) and Beijing Agricultural Engineering University(BAEU) which took place in 1995. Its history traces back to October of 1905, when the College of Agriculture was founded on the former Jing Shi Da Xue Tang by the Qing Dynasty. CAU is a national key university and directly subordinated to the Ministry of Education, P. R. China. Now, CAU is one of first national key universities qualified for the State 211 Project. The West Campus stands near the the Summer Palace and Yuan Ming Gardens, while the East Campus is located in Qinghua Donglu near the famous Hi-tech area of Zhongguancun Street. The university boasts 5 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Sciences, 235 professors and 524 associate professors. CAU consists of 14 colleges with 65 specialties for Master candidates and 40 specialties for Doctoral candidates. At present, CAU has 10 research areas for post-doctorates. The number of students has kept rising over the past years. Currently, more than 14,000 undergraduate students, 3,000 graduate students(2,000 for Master Degree; 1,000 for Doctoral Degree) are enrolled at the university. Chairman of University Council: Prof. Qu Zhenyuan President: Prof.Chen Zhangliang