Among the 4 universities with the strongest agriculture-related disciplines, 1 of them is unexpected, and the school name has nothing to do with agriculture
Agricultural colleges and majors have always been undervalued. They belong to cold universities. The most bizarre thing happened in 2019. China Agricultural University, the first domestic agricultural and forestry college, was "unpopular" in Shaanxi. Scores are accepted. It reflects the situation of agriculture and forestry colleges and universities from one aspect.
As a major agricultural country, agriculture is the most basic guarantee for national development. The cultivation of agricultural talents is the millennium plan for the development of modern agriculture. The lack of agricultural science and technology talents is also a bottleneck restricting agricultural development. Judging from the employment situation in recent years, the employment rate of graduates from agriculture and forestry colleges is also very good, and agriculture and forestry colleges are very worth applying for.
According to the results of the fourth round of subject evaluation by the Ministry of Education, the four universities with the strongest agricultural disciplines are: China Agricultural University,
Zhejiang University, Nanjing Agricultural University, Huazhong Agricultural University. Among these four universities, only Zhejiang University's name has nothing to do with agriculture, but its academic strength in the field of agriculture is very strong, and many people are surprised.
China Agricultural University has 9 A-type disciplines, including 6 A+ disciplines, 1 A-discipline, and 2 A- disciplines; Zhejiang University has 9 A-type disciplines, including 6 A+ disciplines and 3 A- disciplines. ; Nanjing Agricultural University has 7 A subjects, including 4 A+ subjects, 1 A subject, and 2 A- subjects; Huazhong Agricultural University has 7 A subjects, including 3 A+ subjects, 1 A subject, and A- subjects 3.
Zhejiang University is one of the well-known first-class universities. In some institutional rankings, its comprehensive strength ranks third, second only to Peking University and Tsinghua University. The reason for the strong strength of its agricultural disciplines is related to the merger of schools. The origins of Zhejiang University can be traced back to Qiushi Academy, founded in 1897. During the school period of the National Third Sun Yat-sen University, it was established by the reorganization of Zhejiang Public Industrial College and Zhejiang Public Agricultural College.
During the period of National Zhejiang University, the College of Agriculture was established. At that time, it had developed 5 departments of agronomy, horticulture, plant diseases and insect pests, sericulture, and agricultural economics. In 1952, during the major adjustment of colleges and departments across the country, the Agricultural College was established separately as Zhejiang Agricultural College, which was renamed Zhejiang Agricultural University in 1960. In 1998, the former Zhejiang University, Hangzhou University, Zhejiang Agricultural University, and Zhejiang Medical University merged to form the current Zhejiang University.
Judging from its development history, the Agricultural College of Zhejiang University was established very early and has a deep history, which has laid the foundation for the development of the discipline in the future. In 1995, Zhejiang University became one of the first batch of 211 engineering universities. At the same time, Zhejiang Agricultural University, Medical University and Hangzhou University also passed the preliminary examination of 211 engineering departments and the demonstration of key construction projects. In 1999, Zhejiang University was included in the 985 engineering university sequence, and in 2017, it became a double-first-class university A-level construction university.
Seeing this, you may not be surprised anymore. Although the name of Zhejiang University has nothing to do with agriculture, its agricultural disciplines have a long history of development and deep accumulation, which has also created its current strength. China Agricultural University and Zhejiang University belong to 985 first-class universities, Nanjing Agricultural University and Huazhong Agricultural University belong to 211 first-class discipline universities, and these four universities have strong agricultural disciplines.