Resource & Environmental Science and Plant Protection

China Agricultural University (CAU) has three campuses, two located in Beijing and one in Yantai City, Shandong province. CAU is ranked as 33rd out of more than 2,000 universities and colleges in China in 2010 . There are 20,000 full time students in CAU, including 6,000 postgraduate students and 14,000 undergraduate students.

There are totally 67 undergraduate courses, 136 master courses and 71 doctoral courses in CAU. Subjects offered by CAU are agriculture, biological sciences, resources and environmental sciences, animal science and technology, veterinary medicine, food science and nutritional engineering, agricultural engineering and automation science, information and electrical engineering, water conservancy and civil engineering, economics and management, and humanities and development.

As one of only a few centennial national universities, China Nongye University, also known as China Agricultural University, was established during the Qing Dynasty as the Agriculture College of Jingshi Grand University (currently Peking University). It later merged with the Agriculture College of Tsinghua University and established a new campus as an independent university. Over the previous century the university has founded comprehensive disciplines in a broad variety of academic fields, which mainly include agriculture, engineering and technology, liberal arts and sciences, business, law and medicine.

Colleges in the university

College of Agronomy & Biotechnology
College of Animal Science & Technology
College of Biological Science
College of Engineering
College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering
College of Information & Electrical Engineering
College of Resources & Environmental Sciences
College of Science
College of Veterinary Medicine
College of Water Conservancy & Civil Engineering
College of Humanities & Development
College of Economics & Management
International College of Business
College of Ideological and Political Education
 

China Agricultural University (CAU) has three campuses, two located in Beijing and one in Yantai City, Shandong province. CAU is ranked as 33rd out of more than 2,000 universities and colleges in China in 2010 (http://learning.sohu.com). There are 20,000 full time students in CAU, including 6,000 postgraduate students and 14,000 undergraduate students.

There are totally 67 undergraduate courses, 136 master courses and 71 doctoral courses in CAU. Subjects offered by CAU are agriculture, biological sciences, resources and environmental sciences, animal science and technology, veterinary medicine, food science and nutritional engineering, agricultural engineering and automation science, information and electrical engineering, water conservancy and civil engineering, economics and management, and humanities and development.

According to the Essential Science Indicators (ESI), CAU has four subjects ranked top 1% in the world. It includes agricultural science, plant science, animal science, and environmental and ecological sciences. According to the Ministry of Education China, CAU has six subjects ranked as No.1 in China, which are crop science, plant protection, utilization of agricultural resources, animal science, veterinary medicine and agricultural engineering. 

There are 4 Key State Laboratories located on CAU campus, including the State Laboratory of Agro technology, the State Laboratory of Plant Physiology & Biochemistry, the State Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and the State Laboratory of Poultry Breeding. There are 6 State Research Centres and 1 National Field Research Centre located on CAU campus. There are also 24 Ministerial Key laboratories, 3 Municipal Key laboratories and 4 Ministerial Field Research Centres located on CAU campus.

In 2008, as one of four universities among more than 50 universities in Beijing, CAU was supported by the Beijing Olympics Committee to build an Olympics Gymnasium on campus. The wrestling games of 2008 Olympics have been successfully held in CAU.

Apartments on Campus

Double rooms with shared bathroom and kitchen, 1000 RMB/person/month (on basis of whole-year contract), 1150 RMB/person/month (on basis of half-year contract).  

International Students' Apartments off Campus

On basis of half-year contract, double rooms,90 RMB/room/day; double rooms with sitting room, 120 RMB/room/day.

Rented Apartments

Around 3500 RMB/month (on basis of whole-year contract) for a typical furnished apartment with one bedroom, one sitting room, one kitchen and one bathroom.   

Reservations should be made by end of June for Autumn intake or by end of December for Spring intake.

A deposit should be paid with reservations. 

3 Steps to Apply to a Chinese University

To be eligible, applicants must:

(1) be a citizen of  “Belt and Road” countries, be in good health mentally and physically, abide by Chinese laws and regulations as well as campus rules and regulations, and respect Chinese customs.

(2) be a bachelor’s degree holder and under the age of 35 when applying for master’s degree programs;

(3) have relatively strong academic background in the field they intend to apply.

(4) having a high level of English proficiency，such as having a bachelor’s degree taught in English, or TOEFL (iBT) score of 90 points at least, or IELTS score at least 6.0，

(1) Scanned copy of passport (the date of expiration should be later than December, 2025； applicants without passports will not be accepted.);

(2) Visa information (only required for students in China);

(3) Notarized final degree certificate or pre-graduation certificate;

(4) Official undergraduate transcripts; If it is neither Chinese nor English, notarized Chinese or English version should be provided;

(5) Certification of English proficiency (IELTS, TOEFL, certification of a bachelor’s degree or master’s degree taught in English， or other materials that can prove English language proficiency );

(6) Study/Work experience (updated to application date)

(7) Study plan in English or Chinese (no less than 1000 words);

(8) Two reference letters (in Chinese or English) from two professors or associate professors with signatures ( reference letters have no fixed format but must have references’ signatures as well as their positions and titles.)

(9) Foreigner Physical Examination Form (photocopy); it can be downloaded from  http://www.csc.edu.cn/uploads/forms/foreinphy.pdf;

(10) No criminal report ( issued by the public security department);

(11) Published academic papers, patents obtained, or other research achievements （either photocopy or original）.

All English taught program students are not required to provide Chinese language scores when applying and admission. But the sutdents should reach the International Chinese Language Level -3 upon graduation. The school will provide Chinese language courses during students' learning period.