College of Horticulture
The College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at Southwest University (SWU), originally established in 1950 as the Department of Horticulture at Southwest Agricultural College, is one of the university’s earliest and most important departments. The college consists of three departments: Horticulture, Landscape Architecture, and Plants, offering undergraduate majors in horticulture,...
College of Agronomy and Biotechnology
The College of Agronomy and Biotechnology at Southwest University (SWU) boasts a 90-year history and currently has 101 teaching staff members. It offers a PhD program in Crop Science and admits postgraduate students in areas such as crop genetic breeding, crop cultivation and tillage, agronomy, and the seed industry. The college has four undergraduate majors: agronomy, plant science and...
College of Resources and Environment
The College of Resources and Environment at Southwest University (SWU) encompasses four first-level disciplines: agriculture, engineering, science, and management. With 155 active faculty members, the college offers a PhD program in Agricultural Resources and Environment, including soil science, and a master’s program in Environmental Science and Engineering, covering areas such as soil and...
Southwest University (SWU)
Southwest University (SWU) – 西南大学 – in Chongqing was founded in 2005 through the merger of Southwest Normal University and Southwest Agricultural University, both of which trace their origins back to 1906. The university is particularly renowned for its teacher education and agricultural education programs. Notable Chinese scholars associated with SWU include Hou Guangqiong, known as the...
School of Economics
The School of Economics at Zhejiang University was established in June 1999 through the merger of the Faculty of Economics at Zhejiang University, the former Hangzhou University, and the former Zhejiang University of Agriculture. More information: https://www.zju.edu.cn/english/. DCZ
Institute of Sericulture and Apiculture
The Department of Sericulture and Apiculture at Zhejiang University was established in 2005, building on the Silkworm Study Department founded in 1987 and the Department of Sericulture established in 1927. The department currently has 10 faculty members, including 5 professors qualified to supervise PhD students, and it welcomes foreign students and visiting scholars. The department conducts...
Feed Science Institute
The Department of Feed Science at Zhejiang University was established in 1989 and includes 23 staff members. It operates as the Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition under the Ministry of Education and the Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed under the Ministry of Agriculture. The department focuses on several research areas, including mesoscopic animal nutrition, nutrition and...
Institute of Animal Production and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Animal Production and Environmental Engineering at Zhejiang University focuses on research areas including the relationship between animal nutrition and the environment, ecological animal production and management (with an emphasis on HACCP systems and livestock waste utilization), and animal breeding and molecular breeding. Its molecular breeding research includes...
Department of Economic Zoology
The Department of Economic Zoology at Zhejiang University, originally established as the Department of Sericulture in 1927, has evolved to encompass the fields of sericulture, apiculture, and aquaculture. It was one of the first departments in China to offer undergraduate courses in sericulture and to admit international students. The department holds a National Key Discipline in “Rearing...
Department of Animal Science and Technology
The Department of Animal Science and Technology at Zhejiang University has been enrolling students since 1960. It offers doctoral programs in animal husbandry science, animal nutrition and feeding science, animal breeding and reproduction, and animal food science, as well as master’s programs in animal nutrition and feeding science, animal hereditary breeding and reproduction, and animal food...