中国农业大学 | |||||||
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Motto | 解民生之多艰,育天下之英才 | ||||||
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Motto in English | Solve the difficulties of people's livelihood; Educate talents under the sky | ||||||
Type | Public | ||||||
Established | 1905 | ||||||
President | Sun Qixin | ||||||
Academic staff | 1,860 | ||||||
Undergraduates | 12,000 | ||||||
Postgraduates | 8,900 | ||||||
Address | 17 Qinghua East Rd , , 100083 , China 40°00′07″N 116°21′17″E / 40.001957°N 116.35482°E | ||||||
Campus | Urban | ||||||
Website | www | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 中国农业大学 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 中國農業大學 | ||||||
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China Agricultural University (CAU) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. The university is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. It is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction.
The university was formed in 1995 through the merger of the Beijing Agricultural University and the Beijing Agricultural Engineering University, which evolved from one of the earliest agriculture institutions in China founded in 1905.
As of December 2019, CAU offers 66 undergraduate majors and over 32 masters and 21 doctoral programs. There are around 12,000 undergraduate and 8,900 graduate students. Among them, 508 students are international.[1] Its gymnasium hosted the wrestling events during the 2008 Summer Olympics.