Anhui Agricultural University

About Anhui Agricultural University

Anhui Agricultural University locates in Hefei, a famous historic city known as the hometown of Bao Zheng （the distinguished justice in the Song Dynasty） and noted as a base of scientific research and higher education of China. Anhui Agricultural University, the only agricultural university of the province, is a historic and comprehensive university with a broad social impact. The university dates back to the Provincial Anhui University founded in Anqing in 1928, whose predecessor, the College of Agronomy, attached to the university, was founded in 1935. It became independent from the Provincial Anhui University and was renamed Anhui Agricultural College after moving to Hefei in 1954. In 1995, Anhui Agricultural College was renamed Anhui Agricultural University. The university covers an area of 201 hectares with a total building space of 770,000 square meters. And the total value of instruments for teaching and scientific research adds up to 258 million Yuan. The number of printed book of the library codection is 1.2 million volumes.The university consists of 18 schools. Currently, there are 2，0920 full-time students, with 2,608 graduate students pursuing master’s and PhD degrees included. The University employs 1,680 faculty and staff members, of whom professor, associate professor, a total of 619 people, and over 400 are PhD and master supervisors. Five of them were awarded as the National Model Teachers or the National Excellence Teachers. One of the courses offered in the University has been named as National Excellence Course. Additionally four distinguished professors have been hired for the Wanjiang-Scholars-Award Program and three chair professor posts have been set up.