China Agricultural University

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China Agricultural University
中国农业大学
CAU logo.png
Motto
解民生之多艰，育天下之英才
Motto in English
Solve the difficulties of people's livelihood; Educate talents under the sky
Type Public
Established1905;119 years ago (1905)
President Sun Qixin
Academic staff
1,860
Undergraduates 12,000
Postgraduates 8,900
Address
17 Qinghua East Rd
,
Haidian, Beijing
,
100083
,
China

40°00′07″N116°21′17″E / 40.001957°N 116.35482°E / 40.001957; 116.35482
Campus Urban
Website www.cau.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 中国农业大学
Traditional Chinese 中國農業大學

China Agricultural University (CAU) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. The university is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. It is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction.

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The university was formed in 1995 through the merger of the Beijing Agricultural University and the Beijing Agricultural Engineering University, which evolved from one of the earliest agriculture institutions in China founded in 1905.

As of December 2019, CAU offers 66 undergraduate majors and over 32 masters and 21 doctoral programs. There are around 12,000 undergraduate and 8,900 graduate students. Among them, 508 students are international. [1] Its gymnasium hosted the wrestling events during the 2008 Summer Olympics.

History

The history of China Agricultural University can be traced back to 1905 when the College of Agriculture was founded in the former Imperial University of Peking. Beijing Agricultural University (BAU) was established in September 1949 through the merging of Peking University's College of Agriculture, Tsinghua University's College of Agriculture and North China University's College of Agriculture. [2]

In 1954, BAU was listed by the State Council as one of the Top-Six National Key Universities as well as one of the Top-Ten Key Universities for further construction and improvement. [3]

In October 1952, BAU's Department of Agricultural Machinery, North China College of Agricultural Machinery and Ministry of Agriculture's Central Agricultural Mechanization School merged to form the Beijing Mechanized Agricultural College, which was renamed Beijing Agricultural Mechanization Institute (BAMI) in July 1953. The BAMI was listed by the State Council in October 1960 as one of the 64 National Key Universities and then renamed again as Beijing Agricultural Engineering University (BAEU) in 1985.

In 1995, Beijing Agricultural University and Beijing Agricultural Engineering University merged as China Agricultural University (CAU). Since then, the university has become the top academic institution in China in terms of agricultural studies.

Faculties and Colleges

Facilities

Library

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Library of CAU

China Agricultural University Library consists of two parts, east library (No.17 Qinghua East Road) and west library (No.2 Yuanmingyuan West Road) occupying 21,665 square meters and hosting 2774 reading seats.

China Agricultural University Library (CAUL) is one of the most important libraries in agricultural education and research in China. The collections include both paper documents numbering more than 1.7 million volumes and over 1.47 million electronic documents. The collections emphasize agricultural science, biology and agricultural engineering with 116 library staff work in the library, including 39 research librarians and associate research librarians. 29 library staff are post-graduates. CAUL also functions as National Agricultural Information Center of CALIS (China Academic Library and Information System) and National Foreign Textbook Center in Agriculture. Haidian District Agriculture Library is affiliated with the China Agricultural University Library.

CAUL established an automatic information service system in 1995. This now runs efficiently and successfully. User education is one of the main functions of CAUL. The library provides different kinds of training courses and workshops to students and faculty every year. CAUL has been actively developing international communication and cooperation. CAUL will pursue collection development, personalized information services and resources sharing.

Gym

University Gymnasium 2008 CAU Gymnasium Indoor Arena.JPG
University Gymnasium

The China Agricultural University Gymnasium (simplified Chinese :中国农业大学体育馆; traditional Chinese :中國農業大學體育館; pinyin :Zhōngguó Nóngyè Dàxué Tǐyùguǎn) is an indoor arena located on the campus of the China Agricultural University in Beijing. Construction started in the first half of 2005 and was completed in July 2007. It hosted the wrestling events of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Gymnasium's rooftop has a staggered, stair-like design.

It covers an area of 23,950 square metres and has a capacity of 8,200 which will be reduced to 6000. It will also be turned into a sports complex for students of the China Agricultural University after the Olympic Games.

Rugby Union

China Agricultural University has played a key part in the reintroduction of rugby union into modern China and its subsequent growth.

Rugby re-emerged in the PRC in 1990, with a club formed at Beijing Agricultural University. A professor there, Chao Xihuang, was introduced to the sport by a Japanese businessman, and set up a couple of sides. [4]

Rankings and Reputation

University rankings
BCUR National [5] Domestic 30
Wu Shulian National [6] Domestic 39
CUAA National [7] Alumni 28
QS National [8] General 33
QS Asia
(Asia version) [9] 		General 194
ARWU World [10] Research 201–300
QS World [11] General =534
USNWR World [12] General 332

General Rankings

The China Agricultural University was one of the Project 985 universities in China to appear in the world’s top 500 universities in the global university ranking in 2007, according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities. [13]

As of 2023, the university was listed as one of the top 350 global universities in the World University Rankings. [14] [15] [16]

Subject Rankings

The China Agricultural University is regarded as one of the world's top agricultural research institutions. [17] [18] [19] [20]

As of 2021, China Agricultural University is ranked the best university in the world in "Agricultural Sciences" by the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities. [20] [21]

CAU ranked 2nd globally in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) and the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking for "Agricultural Sciences" in 2020 [18] [1] and the QS World University Rankings listed CAU the first in Asia and Oceania region and 5th in the world in "Agriculture & Forestry". [17]

It also ranks 2nd globally in "Food Science and Technology" and 16th in the world in "Veterinary Sciences" by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. [22] [23]

Facts

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Building in CAU1
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A place in CAU

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