Anhui Agricultural University Introduction Anhui Agricultural University locates in Hefei, a famous historic city known as the hometown of Bao Zheng (the distinguished justice in the Song Dynasty) and noted as a base of scientific research and higher education of China. Anhui Agricultural University, the only agricultural university of the province, is a historic and comprehensive university with a broad social impact. The university dates back to the Provincial Anhui University founded in Anqing in 1928, whose predecessor, the College of Agronomy, attached to the university, was founded in 1935. It became independent from the Provincial Anhui University and was renamed Anhui Agricultural College after moving to Hefei in 1954. In 1995, Anhui Agricultural College was renamed Anhui Agricultural University. The university covers an area of 210 hectares with a total building space of 770,000 square meters. And the total value of instruments for teaching and scientific research adds up to 220 million Yuan. The number of printed book of the library codection is 1.28 million volumes. The university consists of 17 schools. Currently, there are 2,0413 full-time students, with 2,200 graduate students pursuing master s and PhD degrees included. The University employs 1,657 faculty and staff members, of whom 159
are full professors, 393 are associate professors, and over 390 are PhD and master supervisors. Five of them were awarded as the National Model Teachers or the National Excellence Teachers. One of the courses offered in the University has been named as National Excellence Course. Additionally four distinguished professors have been hired for the Wanjiang-Scholars-Award Program and three chair professor posts have been set up. The university offers 70 undergraduate programs, including 5 national special majors and 1 National Excellence Course. At present there are 1 national (under cultivation) key discipline, 16 provincial/ ministerial key disciplines, and 2 postdoctoral research stations. The University is also authorized to grant doctorates in 5 level-a disciplines and 31 level-b disciplines, and offers 62 master s degrees programs. The university takes great initiatives in her international exchanges and cooperations and has set up close relations with the academic institutions from over 30 countries and regions Degree Programs Bachelor s Degree (4 years) 1. Seed Science & Engineering 2. Agronomy 3. Tobacco Production 4. Practaculture Science 5. Plant Protection 6. Animal and Plant Quarantine 7. Horticulture 8. Facility Agriculture Science and Engineering 9. Horticulture Education 10. Wood Science and Engineering 11. City Planning* 12. Forestry 13. Landscape Architecture 14. Materials Science and Engineering
15. Animal Science 16. Veterinary Medicine 17. Aquaculture 18. Tea Science 19. Food Science and Engineering 20. Food Quality and Safety 21. Biotechnology 22. Biological Science 23. Applied Biological Science 24. Resource and Development of TCM 25. Silkworm Science 26. Environmental Science 27. Ecology 28. Environmental Engineering 29. Agricultural Resources & Environment 30. Geographic Information System 31. Agricultural Mechanization and Automation 32. Machine Design & Manufacturing and Automation 33. Agricultural Construction Environment and Energy Engineering 34. Vehicle Engineering 35. Agricultural Hydraulic Engineering 36. Electric Engineering and Automation 37. Textile Engineering 38. Apparel Design and Engineering 39. Package Engineering 40. Art Design 41. Computer Science and Technology 42. Telecom Engineering 43. Network Engineering 44. Logistics Engineering 45. Electronic Information Engineering 46. Economics and Management of Agriculture & Forestry 47. Tourism Management 48. Information Management & Information System
49. Public Administration 50. Land Resources Management 51. Financial Management 52. Marketing 53. Accounting 54. Rural Regional Development 55. Economics 56. Finance 57. International Economy and Trade 58. Insurance 59. Social Work 60. Law 61. Chinese Language and Literature 62. Applied Psychology 63. Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language 64. English 65. Japanese 66. French 67. Information & Computing Science 68. Applied Chemistry 69. Statistics 70. Surveying and Mapping Engineering Master s Degree (3 years) 1. Industrial Economics 2. Basic Principles of Marxism 3. Education in Ideology and Politics 4. Meteorology 5. Atmospheric Physics and Atmospheric Environment 6. Botany 7. Animal Science 8. Physiology
9. Hydrobiology 10. Microbiology 11. Genetics 12. Cell Biology 13. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 14. Biophysics 15. Ecology 16. Mechanical Manufacture and Automation 17. Mechatronic Engineering 18. Mechanical Design and Theory 19. Vehicle Engineering 20. Computer Applications Technology 21. Agricultural Mechanization Engineering 22. Agricultural Water-Soil Engineering 23. Agricultural Biological Environmental and Energy Engineering 24. Agricultural Electrification and Automation 25. Wood Science and Technology 26. Environmental Science 27. Environmental Engineering 28. Food Science 29. Processing and Storage Engineering of Farm Products 30. Landscape Architecture 31. Crop Cultivation and Farming System 32. Crop Genetics and Breeding 33. Crop Eco-physiology 34. Crop Biotechnology 35. Safety of Crop Production 36. Pomology 37. Olericulture 38. Tea Science 39. Soil Science 40. Plant Nutrition 41. Plant Pathology 42. Agricultural Entomology and Pest Control 43. Pesticide Science
44. Animal Genetics Breeding and Reproduction 45. Animal Nutrition and Feed Science 46. Practaculture Science 47. The Rearing of Special-Type Economic Animals 48. Basic Veterinary Medicine 49. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 50. Clinical Veterinary Medicine 51. Forest Tree Genetics and Breeding 52. Science of Forestry Cultivation 53. Forest Protection 54. Forest Management 55. Ornamental Plants and Horticulture 56. Nutrition and Food Hygiene 57. Accounting 58. Corporate Management 59. Technology Economy and Management 60. Agricultural Economics & Management 61. Forestry Economics & Management 62. Land Resource Management Doctoral Degree (3 years) 1. Microbiology 2. Genetics 3. Cell Biology 4. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 5. Biophysics 6. Ecology 7. Crop Cultivation and Farming System 8. Crop Genetics and Breeding 9. Crop Eco-physiology 10. Crop Biotechnology 11. Safety of Crop Production 12. Crop Information Science 13. Regional Rural Development 14. Pomology 15. Olericulture 16. Tea Science 17. Science of Forestry Cultivation 18. Forest Protection 19. Ornamental Plants and Horticulture 20. Wood Science and Technology 21. Agricultural Entomology and Pest Control
22. Animal Genetics Breeding and Reproduction Science Fees For Self-financed International Students 1. Application fee: RMB 400 2. Tuition: 1) Bachelor s Degree: RMB 16000/academic year Majors in Art Design, Apparel Design and Engineering: RMB 20000/academic year 2) Master s Degree: RMB 20000/academic year 3) Doctoral Degree: RMB 24000/academic year 4) Chinese Language and Culture: RMB 12000/academic year 3. Material fee: It refers to the actual price of the textbooks. 4. Accommodation: Standard Single room: RMB 60 Yuan/per day. Standard Double room: RMB 30 Yuan/per day. Deluxe Single room: RMB 60 Yuan/per day. Deluxe Single room: RMB 120 Yuan/per day. Each room is equipped with bathroom, air conditioner, furniture, beddings, telephone, Internet jack, etc. 5. Insurance fee: RMB 600/per year Contacts International Office, Anhui Agricultural University Add: 130 West Changjiang Road, Hefei 230036, Anhui, P. R. China Tel: 0086-551-5787009 Fax: 0086-551-5786013 Email: ioff@ahau.edu.cn Website: http://www.ahau.edu.cn