Anhui Agricultural University

Anhui Agricultural University (AAU), located in the capital city of Anhui Province, is a prestigious teaching and research based university under the auspices of Anhui Province. It was founded in 1928 and established as Agricultural College under National Anhui University in 1935 and in 1995 was officially named as Anhui Agricultural University. The campus covers an area of 212 hectares, with beautiful views of trees and flowers like a garden smelling of fragrance all year round. In the western suburbs of Hefei, 100-hectare High-Tech Agricultural Garden is newly built. There are more than 1.8 million books in the school library, including 1500 kinds of periodicals in Chinese and many other languages. With a well-functioning computer network, AAU has 19 colleges, offering 46 undergraduate programs, 33 graduate and 5 Ph.D ones , plus 3 additional Agricultural Master’s Degree Awarding Programs. Most important of all, AAU possesses 1 national, 2 provincial key laboratories, 9 provincial key disciplines, 2 provincial key programs and 1 provincial research base for humanities and social science. The university faculty and staff members account for 1459, among whom there are 718 in-service academic staff - 103 professors and 202 associate professors. More than 20,000 students are studying in the university. AAU attaches great importance to domestic and international exchanges and cooperation in the academic fields and has built links with 29 overseas universities, colleges and research institutes. A lot of foreign students have registered in AAU courses such as Tea Science and Tea Culture, Silviculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, etc. More than 200 AAU academic staff have been overseas for academic research or further studies. Anhui Province, where AAU is located, is rich in natural scenic spots and historical relics. Yellow Mountain is a natural and cultural heritage approved by UNESCO; Xidi and Hongcun villages dates back to the Song Dynasty a thousand years ago; Jiuhua Mountain is one of the four famous Buddhist shrines in China while Qiyun Mountain one of the famous Taoist ones. Two major rivers, Chang Jiang (Yangtzi) River and Huaihe River, runs across Anhui Province. It is also famous for its rich and colorful domestic folklores, in the South Hui Culture (Hui is short for Anhui in ancient Chinese) and Huaihe Culture in the North. AAU lies luckily in connection of all these resorts and scenic spots.