College of Veterinary Medicine
The College of Veterinary Medicine at Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University (NWAFU) is one of the university’s traditional colleges, with a history dating back to 1936. In 1958, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine was established, and in 2007, the College of Veterinary Medicine was officially founded. The college currently has four teaching and research...
College of Grassland Agriculture
The College of Grassland Agriculture at Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University (NWAFU) offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees. The college has 36 faculty members and a student body of approximately 201 undergraduates, 97 master’s students, and 23 doctoral students. Research at the college focuses on grass germplasm resources and abiotic stress biology, forage physiology and...
College of Animal Science and Technology
The College of Animal Science and Technology is one of the oldest colleges at Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University (NWAFU). It began enrolling undergraduate students in 1936 and graduate students in 1963. The college has five departments: Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction; Animal Nutrition and Environmental Sanitation; Animal Production and Husbandry Engineering; Smart Animal...
College of Horticulture
The College of Horticulture at Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University (NWAFU) traces its origins back to 1934 when it was established as the Horticulture Group of Northwest A&F College. It began enrolling undergraduate students in 1936, master’s students in 1961, and PhD students in 1986. Since 2008, the college has also accepted international students. In 2000, the Department of...
College of Plant Protection
Founded in 1934, the College of Plant Protection at Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University (NWAFU) enrolled its first undergraduate students in 1936 and its first master’s students in 1960. Since 1984, the college has also offered doctoral programs. The college specializes in plant pathology, agricultural insect and pest control, pesticide science, and integrated pest management. It...
College of Agronomy
As one of the oldest institutes at Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University (NWAFU), the College of Agronomy began undergraduate training in 1936 and postgraduate training in 1960. It offers three undergraduate programs in Agronomy, Plant Science and Technology, and Seed Science and Technology, as well as PhD and postgraduate training in Crop Genetics and Breeding and Crop Cultivation and...
Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University (NWAFU)
Founded in 1934 in Yangling, Shaanxi Province, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University (NWAFU) – 西北农林科技大学 – was the first institution of higher education in agriculture and forestry in Northwest China. In 1999, seven major institutions—the Northwest Agriculture University, Northwest Forestry College, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest Institute of Water Resources Design,...
College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering (CWRCE)
In 1958, the Department of Agricultural Water Conservancy was established at the Beijing Agricultural Mechanization Institute. In 1995, it was renamed the College of Water Resources & Civil Engineering (CWRCE) at China Agricultural University (CAU). CWRCE has 94 faculty members, more than 70% of whom hold a doctorate degree. The college’s research fields include agricultural water...
College of Resources and Environmental Sciences
The College of Resources and Environmental Sciences (CRES) at China Agricultural University (CAU) was established in April 1992 through the merger of the Department of Soil & Plant Nutrition, the Department of Land Resources, the Department of Agro-meteorology, and the Remote Sensing Institute. CRES currently operates two research centers: the Research Center of Resource Sciences and the...