Huazhong Agricultural University
People's Republic of China · Asia
About
Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU) is located in the main urban area of Wuhan, Hubei province in Central China. It was founded in 1898 during the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1871-1908) of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) by Zhang Zhidong, the then-governor of Hubei and Hunan provinces, as the Hubei Farming School in China.
In 1979, it was designated as a key national university directly under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs by the State Council. In 1985, the university got its present name. It became a national 211 Project key university in 2005 and a national "double first-class" construction university in 2017.
The school has, in the first round of "double first-class" effectiveness evaluation, reached the first grade in seven out of nine evaluation indicators. Five disciplines -- namely biology, horticulture, animal husbandry, veterinary medicine and agricultural and forestry economic management -- were selected for the second round of construction disciplines under the national "double first-class" initiative. Additionally, the school has been ranked among the world’s top 1% of ESI in agronomy, life sciences, science, engineering, medicine and social sciences.
With the vision of becoming a world-famous, research-intensive university with world-class dominant disciplines and distinctive characteristics, Huazhong Agricultural University has made significant efforts and achieved remarkable results, particularly in the fields of hybrid rapeseed, green rice, high-quality breeding pigs, animal vaccines, premium citrus, test-tube potatoes, cotton, corn, and freshwater fish, among other crop products.
The university trains a large number of innovative talents with global competence, and has made an impact on the world's scientific, technological and industrial development.
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