China Agricultural University

Public university in Beijing, China

China Agricultural University

中国农业大学

Motto|

解民生之多艰，育天下之英才

Motto in English

| Solve the difficulties of people's livelihood; Educate talents under the sky
Type| Public
Established| 1905; 119 years ago (1905)
President| Sun Qixin

Academic staff

| 1,860
Undergraduates| 12,000
Postgraduates| 8,900
Address|

17 Qinghua East Rd

Haidian, Beijing

100083

China

40°00′07″N 116°21′17″E﻿ / ﻿40.001957°N 116.35482°E﻿ / 40.001957; 116.35482
Campus| Urban
Website| www.cau.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese| 中国农业大学
Traditional Chinese| 中國農業大學
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Zhōngguó Nóngyè Dàxué

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.

## History

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The history of China Agricultural University can be traced back to 1905 when the College of Agriculture was founded in the former Imperial University of Peking. Beijing Agricultural University (BAU) was established in September 1949 through the merging of Peking University's College of Agriculture, Tsinghua University's College of Agriculture and North China University's College of Agriculture.[2]

In 1954, BAU was listed by the State Council as one of the Top-Six National Key Universities as well as one of the Top-Ten Key Universities for further construction and improvement.[3]

In October 1952, BAU's Department of Agricultural Machinery, North China College of Agricultural Machinery and Ministry of Agriculture's Central Agricultural Mechanization School merged to form the Beijing Mechanized Agricultural College, which was renamed Beijing Agricultural Mechanization Institute (BAMI) in July 1953. The BAMI was listed by the State Council in October 1960 as one of the 64 National Key Universities and then renamed again as Beijing Agricultural Engineering University (BAEU) in 1985.

In 1995, Beijing Agricultural University and Beijing Agricultural Engineering University merged as China Agricultural University (CAU). Since then, the university has become the top academic institution in China in terms of agricultural studies.

## Faculties and Colleges

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* College of Agronomy
* College of Horticulture
* College of Plant Protection
* College of Biological Sciences
* College of Animal Science and Technology
* College of Veterinary Medicine
* College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering
* College of Resources and Environmental Sciences
* College of Information and Electrical Engineering
* College of Engineering
* College of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering
* College of Science
* College of Economics and Management
* College of Humanities and Development
* International College at Beijing
* School of Continuing Education
* Department of Arts Education and Physical Education
* Department of Ideological Education
* Yantai Academy of China Agricultural University (Yantai Campus)
* Beijing Construction University

## Facilities

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### Library

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Library of CAU

China Agricultural University Library consists of two parts, east library (No.17 Qinghua East Road) and west library (No.2 Yuanmingyuan West Road) occupying 21,665 square meters and hosting 2774 reading seats.

China Agricultural University Library (CAUL) is one of the most important libraries in agricultural education and research in China. The collections include both paper documents numbering more than 1.7 million volumes and over 1.47 million electronic documents. The collections emphasize agricultural science, biology and agricultural engineering with 116 library staff work in the library, including 39 research librarians and associate research librarians. 29 library staff are post-graduates. CAUL also functions as National Agricultural Information Center of CALIS (China Academic Library and Information System) and National Foreign Textbook Center in Agriculture. Haidian District Agriculture Library is affiliated with the China Agricultural University Library.

CAUL established an automatic information service system in 1995. This now runs efficiently and successfully. User education is one of the main functions of CAUL. The library provides different kinds of training courses and workshops to students and faculty every year. CAUL has been actively developing international communication and cooperation. CAUL will pursue collection development, personalized information services and resources sharing.

### Gym

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University Gymnasium

The China Agricultural University Gymnasium (simplified Chinese: 中国农业大学体育馆; traditional Chinese: 中國農業大學體育館; pinyin: Zhōngguó Nóngyè Dàxué Tǐyùguǎn) is an indoor arena located on the campus of the China Agricultural University in Beijing. Construction started in the first half of 2005 and was completed in July 2007. It hosted the wrestling events of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Gymnasium's rooftop has a staggered, stair-like design.

It covers an area of 23,950 square metres and has a capacity of 8,200 which will be reduced to 6000. It will also be turned into a sports complex for students of the China Agricultural University after the Olympic Games.

### Rugby Union

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China Agricultural University has played a key part in the reintroduction of rugby union into modern China and its subsequent growth.

Rugby re-emerged in the PRC in 1990, with a club formed at Beijing Agricultural University. A professor there, Chao Xihuang, was introduced to the sport by a Japanese businessman, and set up a couple of sides.[4]

## Rankings and Reputation

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University rankingsBCUR National[5]|  Domestic|  27

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Wu Shulian National[6]|  Domestic|  39
CUAA National[7]|  Alumni|  28
QS National[8]|  General|  29
QS Asia
(Asia version)[9]|  General|  194
ARWU World[10]|  Research|  201–300
QS World[11]|  General|  484
USNWR World[12]|  General|  237

### General Rankings

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The China Agricultural University was one of the Project 985 universities in China to appear in the world’s top 500 universities in the global university ranking in 2007, according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities.[16]

As of 2023, the university was listed as one of the top 350 global universities in the World University Rankings.[17][18][19]

### Subject Rankings

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The China Agricultural University is regarded as one of the world's top agricultural research institutions.[20][21][22][23]

As of 2021, China Agricultural University is ranked the best university in the world in "Agricultural Sciences" by the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities.[23][24]

CAU ranked 2nd globally in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) and the U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking for "Agricultural Sciences" in 2020[21][1] and the QS World University Rankings listed CAU the first in Asia and Oceania region and 5th in the world in "Agriculture & Forestry".[20]

It also ranks 2nd globally in "Food Science and Technology" and 16th in the world in "Veterinary Sciences" by the Academic Ranking of World Universities.[25][26]

## Facts

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Building in CAU1 A place in CAU

Number of students and faculty members:

* Full-time undergraduates: 11,838
* Full-time master's degree students: 4,302
* Full-time doctoral degree students: 2,732
* Postdoctoral researchers: 207
* Academic staff: 1,581

Number of degree programs:

* Undergraduate degree programs: 64
* Master's degree programs: 171
* Doctoral degree programs: 95

Sports:

* Host of 2008 Beijing Olympics wrestling competitions
* Home of China's national female rugby team
* Home of China's national youth male rugby team
* Key members of the university's mountaineering team
* Hold membership in the national mountaineering team
* Responsible for conducting the Mount Everest portion of the 2008 Olympics torch relay.

## References

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1. ^ a b "An overview of CAU". Archived from the original on 2020-11-07.
2. ^ "History of China Agricultural University". en.cau.edu.cn. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
3. ^ Yudkevich, Maria; Altbach, Philip G.; Rumbley, Laura E. (2016-03-02). The Global Academic Rankings Game: Changing Institutional Policy, Practice, and Academic Life. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-38737-4.
4. ^ Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ISBN 1-86200-013-1) p65
5. ^ "2024 Best Chinese Universities Ranking". Shanghai Ranking. 2024. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
6. ^ "Wu Shulian University Ranking". Chinese Academy of Management Science. 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
7. ^ Chinese Universities Alumni Association (2024). "Alumni Association (22nd Edition): Chinese University Rankings 2024". Retrieved January 16, 2024. Alternative URL
8. ^ "QS University Rankings 2025 - China (Mainland)". Top Universities. 2025. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
9. ^ "QS World University Rankings: Asia 2024". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2024. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
10. ^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities". Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
11. ^ "QS World University Rankings". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2025. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
12. ^ U.S.News & World Report (2024). "2024-2025 Best Global Universities Rankings". Retrieved June 24, 2024.
13. ^ "THE University Rankings 2024 - China". Times Higher Education (THE). 2024. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
14. ^ "Asia University Rankings 2024". Times Higher Education. 2024. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
15. ^ "THE World University Rankings". Times Higher Education. 2024. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
16. ^ "ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities". www.shanghairanking.com.
17. ^ "Shanghai Ranking-Universities". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
18. ^ Studies (CWTS), Centre for Science and Technology. "CWTS Leiden Ranking". CWTS Leiden Ranking. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
19. ^ "World University Rankings 2023 | Global 2000 List | CWUR". cwur.org. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
20. ^ a b "QS World University Rankings for Agriculture & Forestry 2022". Top Universities. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
21. ^ a b "2020 U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities for Agricultural Sciences". Archived from the original on 2020-11-07.
22. ^ "ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Agricultural Science". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
23. ^ a b "Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities Subject Ranking". nturanking.csti.tw. Archived from the original on 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
24. ^ "Subject Ranking". nturanking.csti.tw. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
25. ^ "ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Veterinary Sciences". www.shanghairanking.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
26. ^ "ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Food Science and Technology". www.shanghairanking.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-31. Retrieved 2021-10-03.

## External links

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* CAU web site
* China Agricultural University Library (CAUL)
* CAU Office of International Relations
* Campus real three-dimensional map
* China agricultural university library(CAUL)web site

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