- North West Agriculture and Forestry University
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For the university system, see Northwest A&F University.
Northwest A&F University 西北农林科技大学 
Motto 诚朴勇毅(Chinese) Motto in English Be honest, modest, brave and resolute Established 1934(initially) Type National university Endowment RMB 300 million(for research only)[1] President SUN Qixin(孙其信） Students 28,224[2] Location Yangling, Shaanxi Province, P.R.China Campus Urban, 3,944,638 m²(3.94 km²) Colors Green
Nickname 西农(pinyin: xī nóng) or
西北农林(pinyin: xī běi nóng lín)Website www.nwsuaf.edu.cn 
Northwest A&F University (simplified Chinese: 西北农林科技大学; pinyin: xīběi nónglín kējì dàxué; traditional Chinese: 西北農林科技大學), formerly known as Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry, located in Yangling District, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China, is a national university dominant in the fields of agriculture biology including wheat breeding, entomology, agriculture resource management, horticulture, plant protection, food science(especially in Enology), forestry and veterinary. Besides, the university is also reputable in agricultural water conservancy, agriculture economics and management, agriculture mechanics and information engineering and ancient agricultural history research.
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General information
Northwest A&F University (A&F) is a national key comprehensive university directly under the jurisdiction of Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE). Under co-administration of Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Water Resources, State Forestry Administration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Shaanxi Province. As one of the leading universities in China, A&F is supported by Ministry of Education's "Project 985", a project aiming to build world-class universities in China. The university is also a member of the "Project 211", a new government endeavor aimed at strengthening 100 institutions of higher education and key disciplinary areas as a national priority for the 21st century. Moreover, the university has been authorized by the Ministry of Education to run National Graduate Schools, becoming the fifty-fifth member of the National Graduate School club.
A&F was the first high level institution for modern agricultural education in northwest China. In addition to its 18 colleges (department), the university also includes Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, and Department of Physical Education. There are 64 undergraduate programs encompassing eleven disciplines in agriculture, science, engineering, economics, management, humanities, law, philosophy, history, medicine and education. There are seven national key disciplines: Plant Pathology, Soil Science, Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering, Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Pomology, Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction, Agricultural Economics and Management. There are also two state key fostering disciplines: Crop Genetics and Breeding, and Agricultural Entomology and Pest Control. The university has 25 key disciplines at ministerial or provincial levels, one national key laboratory, 15 key laboratories at ministerial or provincial levels, 18 research centers or engineering (technological) research centers, and 4 national field research stations. A&F also has eleven postdoctoral research stations as well as 11 Ph.D. programs and 18 Master's programs in Level I disciplines and 71 PhD. programs and 105 Master's programs in Level II disciplines. The university runs professional master's programs in engineering, agricultural extension, veterinary medicine, and landscape and gardening and on-the-job master's programs for teachers at high level colleges and intermediate vocational schools.
The university staff includes accomplished senior professors and researchers together with young innovative academic leaders who are on the cutting edge of their research fields. There are 1,478 full time teachers among the 4689 staff members, including 258 professors and 372 associate professors. Among the teachers, 236 are qualified to supervise doctoral students and 623 are qualified to supervise master's students. Currently the university has one academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, one academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, and seven jointly-appointed academicians. A&F faculty members have won a number of titles and awards including 1 chair professor and 1 lecturer professor in the "Cheung Kong Scholars" Program, 4 recipients of "National Outstanding Youth Fund", 11 award winners in the "National Hundred-Thousand-Ten-Thousand Talent Project", 1 winner of "Trans-Century Training Program Foundation for the Talents" by MOE, 28 scholars in the " Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University ", 3 winners of the "Award for Young Teachers at Higher Education Institutions", and 13 recipients in the "Excellent Young Teachers’ Program, MOE".
A&F began recruiting undergraduate students in 1936 and post-graduate students in 1941. A complete range of study programs is now available at the university for undergraduates, masters, Ph.D. and post-doctoral studies. Technical training courses and adult education are also offered. There are currently over 20,000 full-time undergraduate students, 7100 postgraduates including 5573 postgraduate students for academic degrees, and about 8000 adult education students enrolled at the university.
From its beginning, more than 5,000 studies have been completed. A total of 1,800 studies have received awards, including 104 national awards. Outstanding research accomplishments include the development and release of “Bima-1”, the most widely planted wheat variety in China, and “Xiaoyan-6”, the leading replacement variety. The university researchers also developed the apple variety “Qinguan”, the most commonly planted apple variety in China. The direct economic benefit of these advances amounts to over 200 billion yuan.
Northwest A&F University is actively striving to expand international cooperation and exchange in education, science and technology. The university currently has cooperative relations with over 50 universities and research institutes from the U.S., U.K., Japan, and Australia, etc. In 2006, the university received approval to recruit international students who are funded by scholarships from Chinese government.
History
Northwest A&F University was established on September 11, 1999 by merging 5 scientific research institutions and 2 universities in Yangling, Shaanxi Province, namely Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest Institute of Water Resource Sciences, Shaanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shaanxi Provincial Academy of Forestry, Shaanxi Province and China Academy of Sciences jointly Northwest Institute of Botany, Northwest Agricultural University and Northwest Forestry College. The 7 members involved in merging were very close to each other historically. Northwest Agricultural University has the biggest area and the longest history out of 7 members. Therefore, the University history can be dated back to 1934(Year 23 in Minguo calendar) when National Northwest Senior College of Agriculture and Forestry, the original school based on which Northwest Agriculture University was formed, was founded by the Senior Politician of Kuomintang Mr. Yu Youren, Kuomingtang veteran member Tai Chi-tao, Kuomingtang General Yang Hucheng .
Northwest Agricultural University originated from the National Northwest Senior College of Agriculture and Forestry, which was founded in 1934. In 1930 and 1937, the Senior College merged with Department of Animal Husbandry in College of Agriculture of National Henan University and College of Agricultural of National Northwest Associated University respectively, renamed to be National Northwest Agricultural College. Meanwhile, Department of Water Conservancy of National Lanzhou University joined the College. Following the independence of People's Republic of China in 1949, "National" was deleted from the College name although it remains a government funded academic school. In 1952, Department of Agricultural Water Conservancy was partially given to Xi'an Jiaotong University under the order of The State Council. 2 years later, the remained Department of Agricultural Water Conservancy became an independent academic institution which is the mold of Northwest Institute of Water Resource Sciences. In 1979, Northwest Forestry College came out to be an independent school from Department of Forestry in Northwest Agricultural College. In 1985, with the approval of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fishery, the University name changed to be Northwest Agricultural University.
Faculties
The university is composed of 23 academic faculties(colleges, schools or departments) including Institute of Water and Soil Conservation, and Institute of Ideological and Political Education. These colleges, departments and schools are in charge of undergraduate studies, offering 3,000 courses. All of them are as below.
College of Agriculture
College of Horticulture
College of Plant Protection
College of Forestry
College of Animal Science and Technology
College of Veterinary Medicine
College of Life Sciences
College of Enology
College of Sciences
College of Information Engineering
College of Mechanical and Electric Engineering
College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering
College of Food Science and Engineering
College of Resource and Environment
College of Economics and Management
College of Ennovative Experiment
College of Humanity
International School
Department of Foreign Languages
Department of Physical Education
College of Vocational and Adult Education
Institute of Water and Soil Conservation
Institute of Ideological and Political EducationCampus
The University has two main campuses: North Campus and South Campus. Besides, Institute of Water and Soil Conservation, College of Food Science and Engineering and College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering have their own independent campuses for administration and research respectively. The Museums Garden, a collection of 5 museums including insects, animals, plants, soil and agricultural history, is praised to be the largest agricultural theme museum in all china universities and has the most extensive collection of butterflies all over the world.
The university hosts a diverse array of students from nearly all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities(except Shanihai, because no student from Shanghai are registered after they were admitted ) in China, mainly from northern China. Students in different grades and colleges study and live in different campuses. Generally, South Campus is mainly served for senior undergraduates from College of Agriculture, College of Horticulture, College of Forestry, College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering, College of Resource and Environment and College of Economics and Management. All students from International School, most of postgraduates, undergraduates from Department of Arts(Landscape Arts Design) and all students from College of Vocational and Adult Education also live and study in South Campus. Although North Campus is mainly for undergraduates of other colleges, some postgraduates move to North Campus for their research since they become the 2nd year students.
See also
- China-UK Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Network
External links
Reference List
- ^ http://news.nwsuaf.edu.cn/html/xiaonaxinwen/20110110/12605.html 2010年我校科研工作成果丰硕，亮点纷呈
- ^ http://www.nwsuaf.edu.cn/nwsuaf/export/sites/nwsuaf/column/xxgk/xqtj/index.html 2010年11月校情统计
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