Chinese agricultural universities are under the administration of the Ministry of Education (MoE). They regularly achieve high scores in the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as the Shanghai Ranking and recognized as one of the three most influential university rankings worldwide. The screenshot presents the results of the 2023 ranking. Note that QS World University Rankings and The World University Ranking provide a slightly different picture.
China’s leading universities with agricultural science programs include:
- China Agricultural University (CAU)
- Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University (NWAFU)
- Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU)
- Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU)
- Sichuan Agriculture University (SAU)
- South China Agricultural University (SCAU)
- Zhejiang University
- Southwest University (SWU)
- Lanzhou University
- Shanghai Jiaotong University
- Peking University
- Tsinghua University
