Anhui Agricultural University

Anhui Agricultural University (AAU), located in Hefei, the capital of Anhui Province, is an institution with a long history and enjoys high prestige in agriculture, forestry and biotics studies, which have now been developed into its featured disciplines. As a jointly-funded university by Anhui Provincial People’s Government, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and National Forestry and Grassland Administration, AAU is one of first ten Chinese universities approved to construct an "Institute for New Rural Development", a member of National Basic Ability Construction Project of Western and Central China, and a high-level institution with local characteristics sponsored by Anhui Province.

AAU started its history as a college of agriculture in 1935 under then Provincial Anhui University, which was founded in 1928. In 1953, the college became an independent institution and was renamed Anhui Agricultural University in 1995. Currently, AAU has 19 schools, with a full-time enrollment of 27,012 students (including 149 international students), of whom 6,351 are master’s and doctoral candidates. Among 2,106 faculty members, 878 are professors or associate professors, and 915 are doctoral and master’s advisors. In addition, AAU has engaged 4 part-time CAS/CAE fellows, and is staffed with 34 national-level talents and 163 provincial-level talents.