About the university
Founded in — as Agricultural College of State-Run Yunnan University which later gained its independence as Kunming Agricultural and Forestry College (KGFC) in —, Yunnan Agricultural University (YAU) was officially established in — after KGFC merged with Yunnan Agricultural and Working University in —. The university was authorized to award master’s degree and doctoral degree in — and in — respectively, and established a center for post-doctoral studies in —. It was graded as “Excellence” in the undergraduates teaching assessment administered by the Ministry of Education in —. Based on the education and management resources, Yunnan Rural Cadres’ Institute was established on the campus of YAU in — and Yunnan Institute of Food Safety Management in — by Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and Yunnan Provincial Government. The present secretary of party committee of YAU is Professor Zhang Haixiang and the present president of YAU is Professor Sheng Jun.
The campus covering an area of —.65 Chinese mu, and the facilities area being over — square meters, the university enjoys a collection of 1.— million volumes of books in its two libraries, with instruments and equipment for teaching and scientific research worth of 151 million Chinese yuan. It has existing in-service staff of — people, — of whom being full-time teachers, of whom 173 are professors, 459 associate professors, 56 Ph.D. supervisors, and 482 master’s degree tutors.
The university has 1 scientist of Chinese Academy of Science, 3 teachers elected to be members of national “Millions of Talents” Project, 22 enjoying the State Council allowance and 20 provincial government allowance, 16 awarded for their great contributions to Yunnan province, 1 with the title of state-level outstanding teacher, 15 of provincial outstanding teachers, 49 being leaders and reserve talents in provincial academic and technological research. There are 1 state-level and 6 provincial-level technology renovation teams and 2 provincial-level innovation teams in philosophy of social science.
As of November, —, there are — full-time students, including — three-year and four-year undergraduates, — graduate students, 160 doctoral candidates, 200 foreign students, and — students receiving adult education.
The university is composed of 18 colleges, covering planting, breeding, water conservancy and hydropower, agricultural engineering, agricultural economy management, and other agriculture-related disciplines and some humanities and social science disciplines, among which Tobacco College and Pu’er Tea College are two colleges especially set up for the service of the competitive industries of Yunnan Province.
The university provides 63 bachelor’s degree programs for undergraduate students, of which 6 are state-level and 7 provincial-level characteristic specialties, and 8 are provincial-level key specialties. There are 42 state-level and 151 provincial-level “Quality Projects”; 25 provincial-level key disciplines, and 1 center for postdoctoral studies of first-level discipline; 3 authorized locations for doctoral degree of first-level discipline, and 10 of second-level discipline; 12 authorized locations for master’s degree of first-level discipline, and 54 of second-level discipline. The university is authorized to confer master’s degree in agricultural extension, engineering, and professional degree in veterinary medicine, and can offer degree to college teachers studying on the job. It also enjoys the right to recommend excellent fresh graduates to study as postgraduates with exemption from taking the entrance examination.
Yunnan Agricultural University has 5 national platforms for teaching, scientific research and social services, like National Research Center for Applied Technology and Engineering of Agro-Biodiversity and Sino-ASEAN Education and Training Center; 29 provincial and ministerial platforms for scientific research, including the Ministerial Key Laboratory of Pu’er Tea; 2 provincial training centers for innovative talents, the one in Biodiversity and Biotechnology and the other in Environmental Science and Engineering; 18 research institutes (centers) from different departments of the university, including on-campusfarms for experiments and factories for practice, and 59 off-campus teaching bases for practice.
Relying on the rich natural resources in the province, YAU has conducted a number of studies, basic and applied, according to the actual development of agricultural industry and has made a series of pronounced achievements in its key disciplines.
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