Shandong Agricultural University

Shandong Agricultural University is located at the foot of the majestic Mount Tai. Its predecessor was the Shandong Higher Agricultural School founded in Jinan in 1906. After several changes, Shandong Agricultural College was established in 1952 after the adjustment of colleges and departments across the country. In 1958, it moved from Jinan to Tai'an and was renamed Shandong Agricultural University in 1983. In July 1999, the former Shandong Agricultural University and Shandong Water Conservancy College merged, and Shandong Forestry School was incorporated to form the new Shandong Agricultural University. At present, the school has developed into a multi-disciplinary university with agricultural science as its advantage and life science as its feature, integrating agriculture, science, engineering, management, economics, literature, law, and art.

The school is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the People's Government of Shandong Province, and the State Forestry and Grassland Administration and the People's Government of Shandong Province. It is one of the first batch of pilot universities for the reform of the Excellent Agricultural and Forestry Talent Education and Training Program of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the State Forestry and Grassland Administration. It is one of the first five application-based characteristic famous universities in Shandong Province, a high-level university in Shandong Province "rushing to the first-class" construction university, and the first National Civilized Campus. In recent years, the employment quality of school graduates has ranked among the top provincial universities, and the average postgraduate rate is above 38%. It has won the top 50 universities with typical experience in graduate employment and the top 50 universities with typical experience in innovation and entrepreneurship in the country.

The school currently has 34,262 students, including 29,150 undergraduates, 5,112 doctoral and master's students, and 21,532 continuing education students. There are 2,522 faculty members, including 1,259 professors and associate professors, 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 1 distinguished professor of the Yangtze River Scholars Program, 2 young Yangtze River Scholars, 6 recipients of the National Outstanding Youth Science Fund, 3 recipients of the National Excellent Youth Science Fund, 3 leading talents of the National Ten Thousand Talents Program, 11 selected for the National "Million Talents Project", 7 young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions to the country, 1 national outstanding professional and technical talent, 4 national teaching masters, and 7 other national leading talents; 2 innovation teams of the "Yangtze River Scholars and Innovation Team Development Plan", 3 national teaching teams; 1 top talent introduced by Shandong Province through the "one case, one discussion" policy, more than 60 experts of the Taishan Talent Project, including 1 leader of the Taishan Scholars Advantageous and Characteristic Discipline Talent Team, 5 Taishan Scholars Climbing Experts, 21 Distinguished Experts, 14 Young Experts, and 18 Taishan Industry Leading Talents.

The school has 12 postdoctoral research stations, 12 first-level doctoral programs, 26 first-level master's programs, and 15 professional degree authorization categories; 2 national key disciplines, 2 key disciplines of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 21 provincial key disciplines; 1 provincial "peak discipline", 4 provincial "advantageous and characteristic disciplines", and 1 provincial cultivation discipline; 1 provincial first-class discipline "Peak Plan" construction discipline, 4 provincial first-class and cultivation disciplines, and the agricultural and forestry disciplines have been selected in the top 400 of the QS World University Subject Rankings for 5 consecutive years, and 4 disciplines have entered the top 1% of the ESI global ranking. There are 1 national key laboratory, 3 national engineering research centers, 2 national engineering technology research centers; 1 comprehensive key laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 4 professional (regional) key laboratories of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 2 agricultural science observation and experimental stations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 1 national agricultural product processing technology research and development professional center, 1 national wheat improvement sub-center, 1 agricultural product quality and safety supervision and inspection and testing center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 1 new rural development research institute of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Education, 1 national wheat breeding and cultivation technology innovation base, 1 Huanghuaihai regional corn technology innovation center, and 1 National Forestry and Grassland Administration positioning Observation and research stations, 1 key laboratory of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration; 7 training bases of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, Ministry of Science and Technology, and Ministry of Education; 3 provincial technology innovation centers, 5 provincial collaborative innovation centers, 4 provincial key laboratories, 5 provincial university key laboratories, 15 provincial engineering technology research centers, 4 provincial international cooperation research centers, 2 provincial engineering laboratories, 1 provincial humanities and social sciences research base, 2 provincial new think tanks, 1 provincial science and education base, 5 provincial training bases, 1 provincial training demonstration base, 1 provincial social science popularization education base, and 1 provincial science and technology association popular science education base. The school has 96 undergraduate majors, 9 national specialty majors, 14 national first-class undergraduate major construction sites, and 16 provincial first-class undergraduate major construction sites; 5 national quality courses, 10 national first-class undergraduate courses, 57 provincial first-class undergraduate courses, 2 national bilingual demonstration courses, and 5 national quality resource sharing courses; 2 national talent training model innovation experimental areas, 3 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, 1 national virtual simulation experimental teaching demonstration center, 1 national virtual simulation experimental teaching project, 1 national college student off-campus practice education base, 1 national college practice education and innovation and entrepreneurship base, and 1 provincial college student entrepreneurship incubation demonstration base.

The school campus covers an area of ​​5,340.13 acres, with a construction area of ​​1.1489 million square meters. The total value of teaching and scientific research equipment is 985 million yuan. The library has a collection of 2.89 million books and 1.77 million electronic books.

The university has 21 colleges, including Qilu Academy, Agricultural College, Plant Protection College, Resources and Environment College, Forestry College, Horticultural Science and Engineering College, Animal Science and Technology College (Veterinary Medical College), Mechanical and Electronic Engineering College, Economic Management College (Business School), Food Science and Engineering College, Life Science College, Foreign Languages ​​College, Public Administration College, Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering College, Information Science and Engineering College, Chemistry and Materials Science College, International Exchange College, Physical Education College, Art College, Marxism College, and Continuing Education College.

Since the reform and opening up, the university has won 38 national science and technology achievement awards, including the first prize of the National Technological Invention Award, and more than 400 science and technology achievement awards at the provincial and ministerial levels or above. It has won 8 national teaching achievement awards, including 1 special prize and 2 first prizes for national teaching achievements, and 85 provincial and above teaching achievement awards. Since its establishment, the university has cultivated more than 260,000 outstanding talents of various types, including Li Zhensheng, Yin Xiangchu, and Zhu Zhaoliang, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shu Huairui, Shan Lun, Yu Zhenwen, Li Yu, and Li Peiwu, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Tang Keli, academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, Shi Yufang, academician of the European Academy of Sciences, 4 "Changjiang Scholars", and 12 National Outstanding Young Scholars.

In the course of more than 100 years of schooling, the school has continuously inherited and promoted fine cultural traditions and lofty spiritual qualities, put forward the school-running philosophy of "combining learning with practice, learning with reality as the most valuable, educating people as the basis, and academic supremacy", formed the school motto of "climbing high must be self-sufficient", condensed the university culture with "cultivating people, seeking truth, tolerance, and openness" as the core, and forged the spirit of the Agricultural University with "patriotism and love for the school, simplicity and virtue, truth-seeking and innovation, hard work and forge ahead" as the core elements.

The school has established inter-school cooperation with more than 70 foreign universities and research institutes, including the University of California, Davis, the University of Kentucky, the University of Georgia, the University of Idaho, Purdue University, the University of Florida, the University of Ottawa, the Royal Agricultural University, the University of Applied Sciences, the University of Liege, the University of Perm, the University of Aristotle, the University of Zagreb, the University of Flinders, the Royal Plant and Food Research Institute, the University of Lomé, the University of Togo, the University of Yamaguchi, the University of Hiroshima, and so on. (As of February 28, 2022)