Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University (HBAU) was first established in 1958. It was founded by General Wang Zhen, the former vice president of China; who was also the minister for the Land Reclamation Department and served as the first president of the university.
HBAU was located in the remote and rural town of Peide, near Mishan city in Heilongjiang province. With the provincial government’s approval in October 2003, HBAU as a whole, moved to a new high technology industrial development zone in Daqing city and achieved strategic relocation.
HBAU occupies 1 million square meters with 456,500 square meters of total campus construction area. There are 13 colleges, 44 undergraduates programs, 37 masters programs, 6 doctoral directions, and 4 specialized masters programs of agricultural extensions in HBAU. There is also 1 post-doctorate scientific research workstation in the university.
HBAU also has 7 provincial level key disciplines, 6 provincial level key undergraduate programs, 4 provincial level key laboratory and 8 laboratories (centers) of the Ministry of Agriculture. The National Research Center for Coarse Cereal Processing is also located in the university. Currently, HBAU has the total enrollment of 16,012 students including about 1000 master graduate students. There are 1251 faculty members, including 138 professors and 190 associate professors.
Since 1958, HBAU has trained forty thousand students for the country, including undergraduates, specialty students and postgraduates. Many of them have become the backbones in all aspects, both in and outside of the Heilongjiang reclamation area and the province. At present, HBAU is undertaking 580 scientific research projects at different levels.
HBAU adheres to the guiding principle of running an “open” school. Within these 54-years, the university has established a stable exchange and cooperation relationship with overseas universities and research institutes from many countries, including: Russia, South Korea, Canada, Ukraine, America, and Australia.
After 54 years of development and construction, HBAU has developed into a large multi-disciplinary agricultural university with Agriculture as its core, covering agriculture, engineering, science, management, economics, arts and laws.