# 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, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education. and co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the Jiangsu Provincial Government. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction.

## History

Nanjing Agricultural University can be traced back to the Agriculture Section of Sanjiang Teacher's College (Chinese: 三江师范学堂) in 1902, and its predecessors were the College of Agriculture of the private Jinling University and the College of Agriculture of the National Central University. In 1914, the private Jinling University set up the first four-year agricultural department, the first four-year university of higher agricultural education in China, and in 1930, the agricultural department was expanded to become the College of Agriculture of Jinling University.
In 1949, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the College of Agriculture of the former private Jinling University was renamed as the College of Agriculture of the public Jinling University, and the College of Agriculture of the former National Central University was renamed as the College of Agriculture of the National University of Nanjing. Wheat genetic breeding experts Jin Shanbao became the first chairman. In 1960s, the college was identified by the State Council as one of the country's two key agricultural colleges and universities. In 1972 January, the school moved to Yangzhou, and the then north of Jiangsu Agricultural College merged with the establishment of Jiangsu Agricultural College. In February 1979, approved by the State Council, Nanjing Agricultural College in the original site of the resumption of schooling, included in the Ministry of Agriculture under the national key universities.
In July 1984, approved by the Ministry of Education, Nanjing Agricultural College was renamed Nanjing Agricultural University. in December 1998, Nanjing Agricultural University officially entered the national "Project 211" key construction of universities. In February 2000, the university was transferred from the Ministry of Agriculture to the Ministry of Education for direct management.

## Faculties and colleges
### Faculty of Plant Science

* College of Agriculture
* College of Plant Protection
* College of Horticulture

### Faculty of Animal Science

* College of Veterinary Medicine
* College of Animal Science & Technology
* College of Prataculture College of Aquaculture

### Faculty of Biology and Environment

* College of Resources & Environmental Sciences
* College of Life Sciences

### Faculty of Food and Engineering

* College of Food Science & Technology
* College of Engineering
* College of Information Science & Technology

### Faculty of Social Science

* College of Economics & Management
* College of Public Administration
* College of Humanities & Social Sciences
* College of Finance
* College of Rural Development

### General education

* College of Foreign Studies
* Department of General Education on Political Science
* Department of Physical Education

## Featured graduate programs

* Agricultural Economics & Management
* Agricultural Entomology & Pest Control
* Clinical Veterinary Medicine
* Crop Cultivation & Farming
* Crop Genetics & Breeding
* Food Science
* Land Resources & Management
* Pesticide Science
* Plant Nutrition
* Plant Pathology
* Preventive Veterinary Medicine
* Soil Science
* Theoretical Veterinary Medicine
* Vegetable Science

## Research facilities

* State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Innovation (Chinese: 作物遗传与种质创新国家重点实验室)
* Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement
* Meat Quality and Safety Control
* Soybean Improvement
* Information Agriculture
* National Key Engineering Center for Organic-based Fertilizers

## NAU journals

* Journal of Nanjing Agricultural University
* Chinese Agricultural Education
* Journal of Nanjing Agricultural University (Social Science)
* Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine
* Institution of Chinese Agricultural Civilization
* Horticulture Research