Gansu Agricultural University
University in Lanzhou, China
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Established in 1946, Gansu Agricultural University (GAU) is a non-profit public higher education institution in the city of Lanzhou, Gansu. Officially accredited/recognized by the Department of Education of Gansu Province. Gansu Agricultural University is a large (15,000-19,999 students) coeducational institution, offering courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctorate degrees in several areas of study.
甘肃农业大学 | |
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Former name | 西北畜牧兽医学院 |
|---|---|
| Motto | 敦品励学 笃志允能 |
| Type | Public university |
| Established | October 1946 |
| Location | , Gansu , China |
| Website | www |
It is one of the universities on the first list of China's Excellent Agricultural and Forestall Personnel Training Project. This 70-year-old institution has a selective admission policy based on entrance examinations. GAU provides academic and non-academic facilities and services to students including a library, sport facilities and/or activities, as well as administrative services.
History
August 1945: College of National North-Western Agricultural established by Ministry of Education.
1950: Its name changed to North-Western Veterinary College.
1958: It moved to Huang Yang town from Lanzhou and combined with the College of Gansu Agricultural. Later it changed the name to Gansu Agricultural University.
1981: Its campus moved back to Lanzhou city.
Academic programs and departments
SThere are 15 departments in Lanzhou campus, which including 53 Bachelor programs, eight Master programs, and seven doctorate programs.[1]
Additionally, practaculture science, animal science, and veterinarian have been prized as the National Key Academic Programs.
| No. | Department | Program names |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agronomy | Agronomy
Rural Regional Development Seed Science and Engineering Chinese Medicinal Plants Cultivation and Application |
| 2 | Practaculture | Plant Protection
Practaculture Science Practaculture Science (management direction) |
| 3 | Animal Science | Animal Medicine
Animal Science |
| 4 | Animal Science
and Technology |
Animal Science (animal husbandry direction)
Aquaculture Science |
| 5 | Forest | Forestry
Landscape Architecture Soil Conservation and Desertification Control |
| 6 | Engineering | Electrical Engineering and Automation
Civil Engineering Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Transportation Agricultural Mechanization and Its Automation Agricultural Electrification Agricultural Water Conservancy Engineering |
| 7 | Gardening | Gardening
Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation |
| 8 | Bioscience
and Application |
Bioscience (animal direction)
Bioscience (plant direction, related products) Bioscience (biomass energy direction) |
| 9 | Food Science and
Engineering |
Food Science and Engineering
Food Quality and Safety Wine and enological engineering Bioengineering |
| 10 | Environment and
Resources |
Geography and rural planning
Geographic Information Science Environmental Engineering Agricultural resources and environment Land and Resource Management |
| 11 | Economy | Economics
Finance Marketing Financial Management Agricultural and Forestry Economy Management |
| 12 | Science | Applied Chemistry
Applied Statistics Material Chemistry |
| 13 | Arts | Law
Secretary Chinese Language and Literature Management of Human Resources Labor and Social Security |
| 14 | Computer Technology/Computing | Electronic Information Engineering
Computer Science and Technology |
| 15 | Foreign Language | English Language and Literature
Business English |
