Sichuan Agricultural University, one of the 100 universities selected by the Chinese government to receive special funding under the “211 Project”, has a predominance of bio-technology and agricultural sciences, and covering fields such as physical science, engineering, economics, management，veterinary medicine, liberal arts, pedagogy and law. Beautified by green mountains and blue rivers, SAU is situated in the well known city of Ya’an，the hometown of Giant Panda and the cradle of Tea Culture of the world, the same as Top ten China glamour city and Chinese excellent tourist city. Its former body was Sichuan Tong Sheng Agricultural School established in 1906, subordinated to National Sichuan University in 1935. It was moved to Yaan city from Chengdu and Sichuan Agricultural College was founded here independently in 1956, renamed as Sichuan Agricultural University in 1985.

The university has a complete educational system involving postgraduate education, common higher education, advanced vocational technology education, adult education, modern distance education and international cooperative education. It governs 14 colleges, 1 postgraduate faculty at provincial level, 5 research institutes and several research centers. The university possesses 2 national key disciplines, 16 ministerial and provincial key disciplines, 16 ministerial and provincial key laboratories，2 engineering centers of the State Educational Department, 2 Changjiang Scholar Invention Group of the State Education Ministry. 3 post-doctoral programs of first level disciplinary, 29 disciplines with the power to award doctoral degrees, 64 specialized disciplines for masters and 64 for undergraduates. The number of enrolled full-time students at campus now is over 27,000. And there are 1,800 members of the staff, 1,400 of which are teachers and researchers,530 professors and associate professors, 2 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 5 national outstanding senior experts, 1 lecturing professor of Changjiang Scholar of the State Education Ministry, 7 middle-aged and young experts awarded for their outstanding contribution to the country, 7 1st-level and 2nd level academic candidates of the state “Hundred-Thousand-Ten Thousand Personnel Project”(Bai Qian Wan Talented Staff Project), 5 members of the Jury of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council and the Educational Instruction Committee of the Professional Degrees Committee of the State Council, 1 renowned teacher at state level, 4 renowned teacher at provincial level, 50 provincial academic and technical supervisors, 26 excellent provincial experts awarded for their outstanding contribution, and 112 specialists enjoying the Special Government Allowance from the State Council. The university, one of the first 200 universities in China entitled to receive overseas students, is active in international academic exchanges with more than 30 universities and research institutes from the United States, Canada, Germany, Holland, Russia, Thailand and Japan, etc. It covers an area of over 4,500 mu (300 ha.) and the university library owns a collection over 2,000,000 volumes. 

四川农业大学前身是创办于1906年的四川通省农业学堂，是四川第一所农业学府，1931年成为四川省立农学院，1935年并入国立四川大学成为川大农学院，1956年川大农学院迁雅安独立建校为四川农学院，1985年更名为四川农业大学，1996年进入国家“211工程”重点建设高校行列。2006年金秋十月，四川农业大学迎来了百年华诞。

百余年来,川农大始终以“兴中华之农事”为己任，铸就了“爱国敬业、艰苦奋斗、团结拼搏、求实创新”的“川农大精神”，形成了“重品德、厚基础、强实践、求创新”的优良办学传统，凝炼出“追求真理、造福社会、自强不息”的校训，孕育出“纯朴勤奋、孜孜以求”的校风，培养出毕业生“勤奋朴实、勇于开拓”的品质。学校教学、科研、国外引智、毕业生就业、学生社会实践、体育卫生和党的建设等工作先后多次被评为全国先进。迄今，学校已培养各级各类毕业生10余万人，他们已成为国家建设发展的骨干力量。2005年，学校以优秀成绩通过教育部本科教学工作水平评估。

四川农业大学是一所特色优势鲜明，农、理、工、经、管、医、文、教、法多学科协调发展的国家“211工程”重点建设大学。学校分为三个校区，分别是位于雅安市的校本部校区、位于成都都江堰市的分校校区和位于成都温江的研究生校区，占地总面积约4500亩，馆藏图书200余万册。学校现设14个学院、1个研究生学院、5个研究所和多个研究中心。有63个本科专业，73个硕士授位学科专业（其中9个为一级学科授位专业），32个博士授位学科专业（包括3个一级学科授位专业），3个专业学位授位学科，3个一级学科博士后科研流动站，4个国家级重点学科和重点（培育）学科，14个部省重点学科，14个部省重点实验室，2个教育部重点实验室，2个教育部工程中心，2个教育部批准的新世纪创新团队。

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