Every year, during the application season, many candidates and parents have prejudices against agricultural majors and agricultural universities. They believe that graduates of agriculture can only engage in farming, and are skeptical about the development of modern agriculture. However, the importance of modern agriculture cannot be ignored, it is the basic industry for the development of human society, and the development of agriculture is of great importance to China's modernization. Among the 985 universities in my country, there is an agricultural university that is often underestimated, and today we will eliminate some prejudices against this agricultural university.
China Agricultural University, located in Beijing, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. It was established with the joint efforts of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the Beijing Municipality. China Agricultural University is one of the double first-class, 985 and 211 engineering universities in China, and has been selected as the pilot of basic discipline enrollment reform, the 2011 plan, the 111 plan, the excellent engineer education and training program and the excellent agricultural and forestry talent education and training plan.
The disciplines of China Agricultural University involve seven major categories: agriculture, engineering, science, economics, management, law and literature. With the characteristics and advantages of agronomy, life science, agricultural engineering and food science, it has formed a discipline group of agriculture and life science, resource and environmental science, information and computer science, agricultural engineering and automation science, economic management and social science. The university has 18 colleges, 1 entity teaching unit and 1 directly affiliated department, covering seven disciplines such as agriculture, engineering, science, economics, management, law, literature, medicine and philosophy, with a total of 49 majors.
In addition to the above abundant disciplinary resources, CAU has also cooperated with Shandong Province, Fujian Province, Liaoning Province, Hubei Province, Hunan Province, Hebei Province, Chongqing Municipality and other places to set up 6 majors in these places, such as aquaculture, facility agricultural science and engineering, marketing, public utilities management, grape and wine engineering, and e-commerce. In addition, the university also cooperates with the Yantai Research Institute of China Agricultural University to provide students with teaching and internship opportunities, and students can complete their first year of study in Beijing to further study and practice at the Yantai Research Institute.
China Agricultural University enjoys a high reputation in the academic community and has achieved outstanding results in several key disciplines. By 2022, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance, and the National Development and Reform Commission announced the list of China's "Double First-Class" universities and construction disciplines, and China Agricultural University was selected for nine disciplines, including biology, agricultural engineering, food science and engineering, crop science, agricultural resources and environment, plant protection, animal husbandry, veterinary medicine, and grass science.
In addition, in the fourth round of discipline evaluation, Agricultural Engineering, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Grass Science, Food Science and Engineering, and Crop Science of China Agricultural University received an A evaluation, ranking sixth among universities in the country in terms of the number of disciplines evaluated by A. In addition, in the ESI global rankings, China Agricultural University has 14 subjects in the top 1% of the global rankings, including Agricultural Sciences, Plant and Animal Sciences, Biology and Biochemistry, Environmental Ecology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Engineering, Molecular Biology and Genetics, General Social Sciences, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Immunology, Clinical Medicine, Earth Sciences, and Computer Science.
According to the data of the Undergraduate Teaching Quality Report of China Agricultural University (2022-2023), as of August 31, 2023, the employment rate of the university's undergraduate graduates has reached 9395%。The main destination of graduates is to be recommended for graduate students without examinations, accounting for 272%。In addition, 1,914 students chose to go on to higher education, accounting for 5486 per cent, including 390 international students. In terms of further study in China, the proportion of students studying in double first-class universities and top scientific research institutions accounts for 97%, which ranks 14th in the country.
The employment industries of graduates of China Agricultural University cover many fields such as state agencies, state-owned enterprises and institutions, international organizations and Fortune 500 enterprises.
In short, China Agricultural University is not just an agricultural university, it studies cutting-edge and modern agriculture, covering high-tech agriculture, modern biotechnology, engineering technology and information technology. In addition to the major of agriculture, China Agricultural University also has a number of majors such as literature, management, science, and engineering, and most of the majors are first-class majors. Therefore, for students who are willing to apply for the examination, China Agricultural University is a 985 institution with great value for money. It ranks among the top 20 in the country in terms of scientific research strength, discipline strength, further study rate, promotion and exemption rate and employment rate. Due to some misunderstandings about agricultural universities, the enrollment score is low, therefore, students may wish to consider this excellent 985 institution.