China Agricultural University is situated in Beijing, a key university directly under the administration of the Education Ministry of the People's Republic of China and also listed as “211 Project” to be priority invested and constructed by the state.
Founded in 1949, the University offers a broad range of programs now, including 65 undergraduate programs, 131 master programs and about 71 doctoral programs. It is a natural whole with the disciplines of Chinese languages, management, economics, law, education, literature, medicine, etc.
China Agricultural University boasts a campus which has a floorage of 180 million square meters. It is wooden and green, surrounded by a lot of fragrant flowers. The University offers a comprehensive range of support services for all students and teachers, with all major facilities easily accessible on campus. It has also built the trunk network of its Campus Computer Networks and has set up interactive network teaching platforms centered on multi-media course wares. The University library has over 250 ten thousand books and periodicals; its web-based catalogue and homepage guide you to high-quality resources, as well as providing detailed information on all library services.
China Agricultural University lays great emphasis on international cooperation and exchanges and has established cooperative ties with many universities and research institutes worldwide. It also invites famous foreign scholars and political personages to be the part-time professors, honorary professors or guest professors. The University has currently 60 programs for more than 200 international students. Most of them have been awarded a diploma as well as a degree certificate after their completion of all courses according to schedule. Apart from that, the University has 15 foreign teachers from different countries and regions. China Agricultural University welcomes the cultural diversity the international students and teachers bring to campus life.
During the past years after its founding, China Agricultural University has gradually achieved recognition for the strength of its leading-edge research and high quality teaching. The graduates from China Agricultural University are prized by employers and its employment status reaches upwards of 80% in recent years.
China Agricultural University is ranked 30 in China out of 200 universities by the CUAA (China University Alumni Association). It is also amongst the top 35 universities in China according to Netbig Education.
Benefited from the new favorable opportunities of development and stimulated by the new challenge, China Agricultural University is working hard for building a high-level university well known both at home and abroad. On this basis, still greater efforts are to be made to raise the teaching, scientific research and every other work of the university to international advanced levels so that the university can enjoy higher position and greater prestige in the international academic circles in the near future.