Hunan Agricultural University

Infobox_university | university_name =Hunan Agricultural University


name = Hunan Agricultural University
native_name = 湖南农业大学
motto = Honesty(朴诚),Diligence(奋勉),Truth(求实) and Creation(创新)
established = 1951
president = Qingming Zhou (周清明)
undergrad = 24,000
postgrad = 3,000
faculty = 1,279
location = Changsha(长沙), People's Republic of China
campus = 2.27 km²
website = [http://www.hunau.net www.hunau.net]

Hunan Agricultural University (HUNAU), 湖南农业大学 in simple Chinese, located in Furong District of Changsha is a key provincial university of Hunan with a campus of 2.27 square kilometers. HUNAU was established in 1951 by combining two colleges: the Agricultural College of Hunan University and the Hunan Provincial Xiuye Agricultural and Forestry College, and was called Hunan Agricultural College. It was renamed Hunan Agricultural University on 1994.

After more than half century's development, HUNAU has evolved from an agriculture-oriented teaching organization into an integrated university. In 1978, HUNAU started to grant degrees of master. In 1987, it began to grant degrees for doctors. And in 1995, the post-doctoral scientific study and research station was established. In 2007, more than 50,000 students from 31 provinces study here, including 24,000 undergraduates, 26,000 adult-education students, 3000 masters and doctors.

The university contains College of Biological Science & Technology, College of Sciences, Agricultural College, Gardening and Horticultural College, College of Plant Protection Science & Technology, College of Animal Science and Technology, College of Food Science And Technology, College of Engineering, College of Resources and Environment Protection, College of Economy and Management, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Foreign Languages Institution, Computer and Information Science Institution. College of Vocational Technique Education, College of Adult Education, Oriental College of Science & technology, International College, and so on.

A total of 60 specialties of bachelor degrees, 9 junior college education degrees, 67 master degrees and 42 doctors degrees can be granted. Also, it has 5 post-doctoral research stations, 1 ministerial level key subject, 4 provincial key laboratory and 1 national key base of professional teacher training.

In 2007, there are 1279 teachers, one engineering academician, 157 doctor advisors, 432 master advisors, 234 professors and 515 association professors. Among them, 4 teachers were awarded the title of National Outstanding Experts. 62 of them receive government special allowance, 18 of them are the provincial excellent experts.

Since the ninth "Five-Year" period, HUNAU has been awarded 182 prizes, 13 of them were the state level prizes, 169 were the ministerial or provincial level prizes. 54 new agricultural varieties were bred here. In recent years, HUNAU undertakes over 145 scientific research item of state level and 918 items of provincial level. In 2007, the university has 16 enterprises of sole proprietorship or proprietorship. The total fund is 40 million RMB, and the annual income reaches 109 million RMB. [" [http://www.hunau.net/en/] ", "A brief introduction - Hunan Agricultural University", Accessed May. 11, 2008.]

External links

* [http://www.hunau.net/2008/ 湖南农业大学] (Chinese Version)
* [http://www.hunau.net/en/ Hunan Agricultural University ] (English Version)

* [http://210.43.224.228/ Library of Hunan Agricultural University (湖南农业大学图书馆)]

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