Qingdao Agricultural University

Qingdao Agricultural University
青岛农业大学
Former name	Laiyang Agricultural College^[1]
Type	Public
Established	1951 (1951)
President	Song Xiyun (宋希云)
Party Secretary	Li Baodu (李宝笃)
Academic staff	1,078
Undergraduates	33,600
Postgraduates	1,400
Location	Chengyang District, Qingdao, Shandong, China
Website	www.qau.edu.cn

Qingdao Agricultural University (Chinese: 青岛农业大学) is a public university based in Qingdao and Laiyang district of Yantai, Shandong province, China. Founded in 1951 and formerly known as Laiyang Agricultural College, the school was awarded university status in 1999. Most of the majors offered are in the agricultural and engineering sciences.

History

Qingdao Agricultural University (QAU), formerly known as Laiyang Agricultural College, was founded in 1951.

It was first named Laiyang Agricultural School (June 1951 – September 1958), then Laiyang Agricultural College (September 1958 – September 1963), Laiyang Agricultural School (September 1963 – May 1976), Laiyang Agricultural University (May 1976 – April 1978), Laiyang Agricultural College (April 1978 – March 2007), and finally Qingdao Agricultural University (March 2007 – present).

Campus

Qingdao Agricultural University, Liaoyang campus

QAU enjoys two campuses and one farm. One campus in Qingdao and the other in Laiyang. The farm in Jiaozhou. They boast ideal geographic location, beautiful sceneries and rich cultures. For perfect cultural atmosphere, QAU's campus is awarded Shandong Civil Campus. The campus of QAU covers an area of around 286 ha. with the building floorage of 1.1+ million square meters.

Academic

QAU comprises 22 schools (departments), 77 full-time four-year undergraduate majors or specialities, 13 first-level disciplines of postgraduate programs, 78 second-level disciplines of postgraduate programs and three professional postgraduate programs. QAU has a total enrollment of 35,000, including 1,400 graduate students. QAU Equipment gross is over CNY257+ million. QAU library has a total collection of 2,179,600 books,and 2,486,300 e-books.

QAU has developed herself into a well-balanced comprehensive university, covering sciences, engineering, agriculture, humanities, arts, law, management, economics etc. QAU was awarded EXCELLENT in the National Undergraduate Teaching Assessment of the Ministry of Education. QAU features in science and technology innovation and fruitful achievements. QAU was ranked 34 nationally in the National Higher Learning Institutions Real Income List from Science and Technology Transfer in 2002. QAU topped the other universities in Shandong Province.

Schools and departments

References

↑ "About_QAU".

External links

Qingdao Agricultural University website (Chinese)
Qingdao Agricultural University website (English)

Universities and colleges in Shandong

National

Provincial

Jinan	Shandong Normal University University of Jinan Shandong University of Finance and Economics Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Shandong Jianzhu University Qilu University of Technology Shandong Women's University

Qingdao	Qingdao University Shandong University of Science and Technology Qingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao Technological University Qingdao Agricultural University

Yantai	Yantai University Ludong University Shandong Institute of Business and Technology

Other cities	Shandong Agricultural University Qufu Normal University Shandong University of Technology Liaocheng University Linyi University Binzhou Medical College Jining Medical University Weifang Medical University Weifang University Harbin University of Science and Technology at Weihai

Private

Vocational

See also: List of universities in China

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