Gansu Agricultural University
Established in 1946, Gansu Agricultural University is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the small city of Lanzhou (population range of 250,000-499,999 inhabitants), Gansu. Officially accredited/recognized by the Department of Education, Gansu Province, Gansu Agricultural University (GAU) is a large (enrollment range: 15,000-19,999 students) coeducational higher education institution. Gansu Agricultural University (GAU) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctorate degrees in several areas of study. It is also one of the university on the first list of China's Excellent Agricultural and Forestal Personnel Training Project. This 70 years old HE institution has a selective admission policy based on entrance examinations. GAU also provides several academic and non-academic facilities and services to students including a library, sport facilities and/or activities, as well as administrative services.
History
August, 1945: College of National North-Western Agricultural established by Ministry of Education;
1950：Its name changed to North-Western Veterinary College;
1958: It moved to Huang Yang town from city of lanzhou and combined with college of Gansu Agricultural. Later it changed the name as Gansu Agricultural University.
1981: Its campus moved back to Lanzhou city.
Academic Programs & Departments
Statistics shown from official web: there are total 15 departments in Lanzhou campus, which including 53 Bachelor programs, 8 Master programs and 7 doctorate programs.
Additionally, Practaculture Science, animal science and veterinarian have been prized as The National Key Academic Programs.
| No. | Department | Program names |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agronomy | Agronomy
Rural Regional Development Seed Science and Engineering Chinese medicinal plants cultivation and application |
| 2 | Practaculture | Plant Protection
Practaculture Science Practaculture Science（management direction） |
| 3 | Animal Science | Animal Medicine
Animal Science |
| 4 | Animal Science
and Technology |
Animal Science（animal husbandry direction）
Aquaculture Science |
| 5 | Forest | Forestry
Landscape Architecture Soil Conservation and Desertification Control |
| 6 | Engineering | Electrical Engineering and Automation
Civil Engineering Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Transportation Agricultural Mechanization And Its Automation Agricultural Electrification Agricultural Water Conservancy Engineering |
| 7 | Gardening | Gardening
Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation |
| 8 | Bioscience
and Application |
Bioscience （animal direction）
Bioscience （plant direction, related products） Bioscience （biomass energy direction） |
| 9 | Food Science and
Engineering |
Food Science and Engineering
Food Quality and Safety Wine and enological engineering Bioengineering |
| 10 | Environment and
Resources |
Geography and rural planing
Geographic Information Science Environmental Engineering Agricultural resources and environment Land and Resource Management |
| 11 | Economy | Economics
Finance Marketing Financial Management Agricultural and Forestry Economy Management |
| 12 | Science | Applied Chemistry
Applied Statistics Material Chemistry |
| 13 | Arts | Law
Secretary Chinese Language and Literature Management of Human resources Labor and Social Security |
| 14 | Computer Technology
/Computing |
Electronic Information Engineering
Computer Science and Technology |
| 15 | Foreign Language | English Language and Literature
Business English |
