Nanjing Agricultural University traces its roots to the Agriculture Section of Sanjiang Teacher’s College, set up in 1902, and to the agricultural department of the private Jinling University, which established a four-year programme in 1914. Both lines later fed the agricultural colleges from which the present institution grew, and today it is a public university in Nanjing, Jiangsu province.
The school moved to Yangzhou in January 1972, returned to Nanjing later in the decade, and was renamed Nanjing Agricultural University in 1984. In 2000 it passed from the Ministry of Agriculture to the Ministry of Education, a change of supervision that placed it in the same system as China’s comprehensive universities.
Teaching and research cover crop science, plant protection, horticulture, veterinary medicine, animal science, resources and environment, and food science, alongside economics and management and the humanities. The university hosts the State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement. Its published figures list more than 17,000 undergraduates, about 8,500 postgraduates and over 2,700 faculty and staff.
Domains taught:
Agriculture, AI and Machine Learning, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Food Science, Geotechnics, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Robotics, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics
Diplomas*:
Bachelor, Doctor, Master
Status:
Public
Partnerships:
Leading agricultural university in East China. Strong collaborations with Ministry of Agriculture, international agricultural research centers.
Central China Agricultural University in Wuhan is a public university with crop science and horticulture, veterinary medicine, and food science, making it the closest agricultural counterpart.
China Agricultural University in Beijing, public, teaches agricultural engineering, food science and plant sciences.
Northwest A&F University in Shaanxi, a public institution, joins agronomy and plant science with forestry and water conservancy engineering.
South China Agricultural University is a public university in Guangdong covering agriculture, veterinary medicine, forestry and food science.
Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, public, focuses on food science, environmental sciences and life sciences, resembling Nanjing Agricultural University's food and environment lines.
University of California, Davis in the United States is a public university whose strengths include agriculture, environmental sciences and veterinary medicine.
Cornell University, with a mixed public and private status in New York state, pairs agriculture and life sciences with engineering.
University of Queensland in Australia, public, covers agriculture alongside medicine and science.
Hokkaido University in Japan is a public institution where agricultural sciences sit beside environmental and earth sciences.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
FAQ
Where does Nanjing Agricultural University come from?
Its roots go back to the Agriculture Section of Sanjiang Teacher's College in 1902 and to the 1914 four-year agricultural department of Jinling University. These lines later merged into the modern institution.
When did it get its current name?
It was renamed Nanjing Agricultural University in 1984, after earlier periods as an agricultural college, including a move to Yangzhou in 1972.
Which ministry supervises it today?
Since 2000 it has been transferred from the Ministry of Agriculture to the Ministry of Education.
How many students and staff does it have?
The university reports over 17,000 undergraduates and more than 8,500 postgraduates, with over 2,700 faculty and staff.
What are its main research areas?
Crop science, plant protection, horticulture, veterinary medicine, animal science and food science are the core areas, supported by a State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement.
Which subjects are taught at the university?
Besides agriculture, it offers economics and management, public administration, foreign languages and engineering.
Where are admission requirements and fees published?
Admission, scholarship and tuition details for international applicants are published by the university's international education office on its English site, english.njau.edu.cn.
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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