1. China Agricultural University
Agricultural University of China is the origin of modern agricultural higher education in China. Its predecessor is agricultural university of Beijing Normal University founded in 1905. It is one of the top universities in the world, "985 Project" and "211 Project". There are 19 colleges in total, covering 9 disciplines including agronomy, engineering, science, economics, management, law, literature, medicine and philosophy; there are undergraduate school, Graduate School, continuing education college and sports and art teaching department. In the fourth round of first-class discipline level evaluation, six first-class disciplines were awarded a +, and the number of subjects awarded a + ranked sixth in the national universities.
2. Huazhong Agricultural University
Huazhong Agricultural University is one of the starting points of China's higher agricultural education. The former is Hubei agricultural school founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Huguang in 1898. It is a national key university characterized by life science and coordinated development of agriculture, science, engineering, culture, law, economy and management, one of the first batch of "double first-class" world-class discipline construction universities, and one of the key construction universities of "211 Project" and "985 Project advantageous discipline innovation platform". Five disciplines (groups) including biology, horticulture and crop science, animal husbandry, veterinary medicine, and agricultural and forestry economic management were selected as the "double first-class" construction disciplines. In the fourth round of national first-class discipline evaluation, 7 disciplines have entered A-class disciplines, among which 3 disciplines including horticulture, animal husbandry and veterinary science are a +, biology is a, and 3 disciplines including food science and engineering, crop science and agricultural and forestry economic management are a -.
3. Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing Agricultural University is located in the ancient capital of Zhongling Yuxiu and Huju Longpan. It is a national key university directly under the Ministry of education with advantages and characteristics of agriculture and Life Sciences, coordinated development of agriculture, science, economics, management, engineering, literature and law, national "211 Project" key construction university, "985 advantage discipline innovation platform" and "double first-class" first-class discipline construction university. In the fourth round of national first-class discipline evaluation results, four disciplines including crop science, agricultural resources and environment, plant protection, and agricultural and forestry economic management were awarded a +, and three disciplines including public management, food science and engineering, and horticulture were awarded a.
4. Northwest agricultural and Forestry University of science and technology
Northwest Agricultural and Forestry University of science and technology is located in Yangling, Shaanxi, the birthplace of Chinese agricultural civilization and the national agricultural high-tech industry demonstration zone. It is a key construction university directly under the Ministry of education, under the national "985 Project" and "211 Project". It is one of the first batch of universities selected as the national "world-class university and first-class discipline" construction university. Agricultural science ranks the 30th in the world in terms of us.news disciplines; agricultural science disciplines rank in the top 1 ‰ of ESI global disciplines, and 8 disciplines including agricultural science, botany and zoology, engineering, environmental science and ecology, chemistry, biology and biochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology, molecular biology and genetics rank in the top 1% of ESI.
5. South China Agricultural University
South China Agricultural University is a national key university, a "211 Project" University jointly established by Guangdong Province and the Ministry of agriculture, and a key construction University of high-level university in Guangdong Province. Eight disciplines including botany and zoology, chemistry, agricultural science, materials science, microbiology, biology and biochemistry, environmental science and ecology, and engineering have entered the top 1% of ESI world rankings.
6. Northeast Agricultural University
Northeast Agricultural University is a national "211 Project" key construction university and "world-class discipline" construction university with "agriculture as the advantage, life science and food science as the characteristics, agriculture, engineering, science, economics, management and other disciplines coordinated development". Two disciplines of agricultural science, botany and zoology enter the top 1% of ESI International disciplines.
7. Sichuan Agricultural University
Sichuan Agricultural University is a national "211 Project" key construction university and a national "double first-class" construction university with the characteristics of biotechnology, the advantages of agricultural science and technology, and the coordinated development of multiple disciplines. It has 10 disciplines, including agronomy, science, engineering, economics, management, medicine, literature, education, law and art. The ESI ranking of agricultural science, botany and zoology, and biology and biochemistry kept stable at the top 1% in the world.
8. Hunan Agricultural University
Hunan Agricultural University is the leading construction unit of the national "2011" collaborative innovation center. It is a University jointly built by the Ministry of agriculture and rural areas and the people's Government of Hunan Province, and one of the first pilot construction units of the National New Rural Development Institute. It is located in Changsha, a famous historical and cultural city in China. ESI disciplines in the field of animal and plant science and agricultural science rank in the top 1% in the world.