Jiangxi Agricultural University

Jiangxi Agricultural University is a distinctive, high-level university with strengths in agriculture, a focus on biotechnology, and coordinated development across multiple disciplines. It is jointly supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, and the Jiangxi Provincial People’s Government. It occupies 16000 mu, including 3975 mu for teaching, research and campus living.

The university traces its origins to Jiangxi Industrial School, founded in 1905. Its undergraduate education began with National Chung Cheng University, established in 1940, and its agricultural vocational education began with Jiangxi Communist Labor University, founded in 1958. It has trained more than 300000 people in various fields, with 6 academicians and 14 provincial or ministerial leaders among its distinguished representatives.

The university has 17 schools, over 22000 full-time students and more than 1800 faculty and staff. These include 161 staff with full senior professional titles, 436 with associate senior titles, and 517 with doctorates. Doctoral degree holders account for 52.7% of full-time teachers. It has 1 National Forestry and Grassland Administration key discipline, 4 Jiangxi first-class disciplines, and 11 Jiangxi first-class programs; 6 first-level disciplines authorized to award doctoral degrees and 20 authorized to award master’s degrees. It has established Jiangxi’s first independently organized national key laboratory, the National Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, along with 6 innovation platforms supported by national ministries and commissions, including Ministry of Education key laboratories; 5 Jiangxi 2011 Collaborative Innovation Centers; and 28 provincial key laboratories, research centers and humanities and social sciences research bases.

A new era brings a new journey and new achievements. With an open outlook of “Rooted in Jiangxi, Oriented toward East China, Serving the Nation and Engaging Internationally,” the university is embracing its mission and striving to advance higher education. It is moving firmly toward the goal of becoming a distinctive, high-level agricultural university with significant influence in East China, comprehensive strength among the province’s leaders, and nationally first-class distinctive disciplines.