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Hefei Hefei (; ) is the capital and largest city of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui. Its population was 9,369,881 as of the 2020 census and its built-up ( ...
, the capital city of
Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...
, China. AAU is a key university, with a long history specializing in agriculture and forestry. It is jointly funded by Anhui Provincial Government and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the PRC.


History

The origin of the university dates back to 1928, when
Anhui University Anhui University (), colloquially known in Chinese as An Da (安大, ''Āndà''), is located in Hefei, the capital city of Anhui Province, China. Founded in 1928 in Anqing, named 'National Anhui University' in 1946 and moved to Hefei in 1958, A ...
was founded in
Anqing Anqing (, also Nganking, formerly Hwaining, now the name of Huaining County) is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Anhui province, People's Republic of China. Its population was 4,165,284 as of the 2020 census, with 804,493 living in the ...
. In 1935, AAU started its history as a college of agriculture under Anhui University. In December 1949, Anhui University moved from Anqing to
Wuhu Wuhu () is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui province, China. Sitting on the southeast bank of the Yangtze River, Wuhu borders Xuancheng to the southeast, Chizhou and Tongling to the southwest, Hefei city to the northwest, Ma'anshan ...
. In July 1950, July 1952, September 1952, and the summer of 1953, Anhui University conducted three adjustments. After the adjustments, including Anhui University majored in agriculture and forestry professional and specialty of normal school two. In February 1954, the Agricultural College of Anhui University moved independently to Anhui Agricultural College. It became an independent institution. In April, Anhui Agricultural College moved to
Hefei Hefei (; ) is the capital and largest city of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui. Its population was 9,369,881 as of the 2020 census and its built-up ( ...
. In December 1968, Anhui Agricultural College moved to rural education, and split into three campuses: Suxian Zilu lake purple campus, Chuxian campus and Fengyang campus. In 1970, Anhui Agricultural College recruited the first batch of the worker peasant soldier students. From 1970 to 1977, 2,731 peasants and soldiers students enrolled. In October 1978, Anhui Agricultural College moved back to Hefei. In 1995, Anhui Agricultural College changed its name to Anhui Agricultural University.


Schools

*School of Animal Science *School of Agronomy *School of Continuing Education (SCE) *School of Economics and Management *School of Engineering *School of Foreign Languages *School of Forestry and Landscape *School of Horticulture *School of Humanities and Social Sciences *School of Information and Computer Science *School of Life Science *School of Textile Engineering *School of Plant Protection *School of Resources and Environment (SRE) *School of Natural Sciences *School of Tea and Food Science *School of Marxism


Research

AAU has one national key discipline in process and 19 provincial key disciplines. AAU has one state key laboratory, one national engineering laboratory, one international joint laboratory, and 37 provincial key laboratories, two provincial "2011" collaborative innovation centers, one provincial key think tank, and one provincial research institute of industrial technology.


See also

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List of universities in China This article is a non-comprehensive list of universities in China, which is defined as the People's Republic of China (PRC) in mainland China, as well as the Hong Kong and Macau SARs. By September 2021, there were 3,012 colleges and universit ...


External links


Website of AHAU
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