Nanjing Agricultural University

Nanjing Agricultural University
南京农业大学

Former names	National Central University
Type	Public university
Established	Began 1902, became an independent institution 1952
Location	Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China 32°01′55″N 118°50′12″E / 32.03194°N 118.83667°E / 32.03194; 118.83667Coordinates: 32°01′55″N 118°50′12″E / 32.03194°N 118.83667°E / 32.03194; 118.83667
Website	http://www.njau.edu.cn

Yifu Building at Nanjing Agricultural University

Nanjing Agricultural University, NAU, (Chinese: 南京农业大学; pinyin: Nánjīng nóngyè dàxué) is a public university located in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. It offers courses in agriculture and sciences.

Introduction

NAU is one of China’s oldest universities of agricultural sciences under the administration of the Ministry of Education. The roots of the university can be traced back to the Faculty of Agriculture and Natural History of Sanjiang Normal School in 1902. Sanjiang Normal School later became Nanjing Higher Normal School, National Southeastern University, National Central University and Nanjing University, and reestablished agricultural faculty in 1917. The agricultural faculty became an agricultural college in 1927, and founded the first departments of Agronomy and Horticulture in Chinese universities.

Another main source of NAU is the agricultural faculty of University of Nanking established in 1914 and became agricultural college in 1930, and it established the first faculty of Forestry and department of Agronomics, and was the forerunner of four-year bachelor program in higher agricultural education in China. The two agricultural colleges were merged to form NAU in 1952.

Undergraduate students participate in SRT (Scientific Research Training) program to upgrade their research skills. The Graduate School was established in 2000, which makes NAU one of the 56 universities with graduate schools among more than 1000 universities and colleges in China.

Cooperation since the 1980s with Cornell University, USA, in the field of crop production incubated the State Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement at the university and the National Center of Soybean Improvement. The university maintains close relationships with 30 universities in 10 countries.

In the summer of 2007, NAU hosted a group of 15 students and two professors from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA. The Wisconsin students were welcomed with class room activities and extracurricular functions put on by NAU students. Relationships were fostered between students from both schools and NAU will continue to host UW students every summer.

NAU staff is involved in the application of research projects funded by governmental and non-governmental sources, such as the sino-foreign governmental framework programs, Asian Link, Asian Facility, Framework Program of the EU and McKnight Foundation in the USA.

References

External links

南京农业大学 http://www.pk.njau.edu.cn Official website (Chinese)
Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) official website (English)

Nanjing Central University-originated schools and universities (NCUOSU)

Nanjing	Nanjing University Southeast University Hohai University Nanjing Normal University Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing University of Technology Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

Jiangsu	Jiangsu University Jiangnan University

Shanghai	Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Fudan University Shanghai Medical College Shanghai Institute of Physical Education East China University of Political Science and Law

Taiwan	National Central University

Other	Fourth Military Medical University Northwestern Polytechnical University University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Chongqing Medical University

Related	Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University Nanjing College for Population Programme Management Nanjing Institute of Physical Education Nanjing University of Arts China Central Academy of Fine Arts High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University

City of Nanjing

Districts

Attractions

Parks and lakes	China Gate Castle Park Couple Park Defence Park Gulin Park Jiangxin Island Mochou Lake Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo Purple Mountain Purple Mountain Observatory Qingliangshan Park Taoye Ferry White Horse Park Wuchaomen Park Xu Garden Xuanwu Lake Yuhuatai Memorial Park of Revolutionary Martyrs Zhan Yuan Garden Zhongshan Botanical Garden

Temples	Nanjing Fuzimiao (Temple of Confucius) Jiming Temple Jinghai Temple Linggu Temple Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum Qixia Temple

Historic sites	Chaotian Palace City Wall of Nanjing Memorial of Tao Xingzhi Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall National Revolutionary Army Memorial Cemetery Presidential Palace, Nanjing Stone City The Porcelain Pagoda of Nanjing

Other sites	Jinling Hotel Nanjing City Wall Nanjing International Exhibition Center Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Xianlin Yangtze River power line crossings Zhonghua Gate

Culture and history

Education

Transport

2014 Youth Summer Olympics

Category
Commons

Project 211

Higher education and universities in China

Beijing	Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing Forestry University Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Normal University Beihang University Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Beijing University of Technology Central Conservatory of Music Central University of Finance and Economics China Agricultural University China University of Geosciences China University of Mining and Technology China University of Political Science and Law Communication University of China Minzu University of China North China Electric Power University Peking Union Medical College Peking University Renmin University of China Tsinghua University University of International Business and Economics University of Science and Technology Beijing

Shanghai	Donghua University East China Normal University East China University of Science and Technology Fudan University Second Military Medical University Shanghai International Studies University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai University Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Tongji University

Tianjin	Nankai University Tianjin Medical University Tianjin University

Chongqing	Chongqing University

Anhui	Anhui University Hefei University of Technology University of Science and Technology of China

Fujian	Xiamen University Fuzhou University

Guangdong	Jinan University South China Normal University South China University of Technology Sun Yat-sen University

Guizhou	Guizhou University

Gansu	Lanzhou University

Hainan	Hainan University

Hebei	Hebei University of Technology

Heilongjiang	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Institute of Technology Northeast Agricultural University Northeast Forestry University

Henan	Zhengzhou University

Hubei	China University of Geosciences Wuhan University Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan University of Technology Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Normal University Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Hunan	Central South University Hunan Normal University Hunan University National University of Defense Technology

Jiangsu	China Pharmaceutical University Hohai University Jiangnan University Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Normal University Nanjing University Nanjing University of Science and Technology Soochow University Southeast University

Jiangxi	Nanchang University

Jilin	Jilin University Northeast Normal University Yanbian University

Liaoning	Dalian Maritime University Dalian University of Technology Liaoning University Northeastern University

Qinghai	Qinghai University

Shaanxi	Chang'an University Fourth Military Medical University Northwest A&F University Northwest University Northwestern Polytechnical University Shaanxi Normal University Xi'an Jiaotong University Xidian University

Shandong	China University of Petroleum (Huadong) Shandong University Ocean University of China

Shanxi	Taiyuan University of Technology

Sichuan	Sichuan Agricultural University Sichuan University Southwest Jiaotong University Southwestern University of Finance and Economics University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Yunnan	Yunnan University

Zhejiang	Zhejiang University

Guangxi	Guangxi University

Inner Mongolia	Inner Mongolia University

Ningxia	Ningxia University

Tibet	Tibet University

Xinjiang	Shihezi University Xinjiang University

See also: Project 985

Universities and colleges in Jiangsu

National	Nanjing University Ω Southeast University Ω Hohai University Ω Nanjing University of Science and Technology Ω Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Ω Nanjing Agricultural University Ω China Pharmaceutical University Ω China University of Mining and Technology Ω Jiangnan University Nanjing Audit University Ω

Provincial	Xuzhou Medical College Jiangsu Normal University Yangzhou University Soochow University Jiangsu University Jiangsu Polytechnic University Jinling Institute of Technology Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing Medical University Nanjing Normal University Nanjing University of Finance & Economics Ω Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology Nanjing University of Technology Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications Suzhou Medical College

Private	Southeast University-Monash University Joint Graduate School Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

See also: List of universities in China

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