Sichuan Agricultural University

Sichuan Agricultural University
四川农业大学

Type	Project 211、plant 111 、plant 2011
Established	1906
Chairman	Youliang Zheng
Students	40 thousand
Location	Ya'an, Sichuan, China

Sichuan Agricultural University (SAU) is a university located in Ya'an city, Sichuan province, China, and part of the “Project 211”, specialized in biotechnology and agricultural sciences, as well as offering degrees in physical science, engineering, economics, management, veterinary medicine, liberal arts, pedagogy and law.

History

The institution was founded in 1906 as Sichuan Tong Sheng Agricultural School. It is the first public agricultural college in Sichuan Province. In 1935, it became a component of National Sichuan University. In 1956 it moved from Chengdu to Ya'an, where Sichuan Agricultural College was founded as an independent institution in 1956. In 1985 it was renamed as Sichuan Agricultural University.

Nowadays, Sichuan Agricultural University (SICAU) has three campuses, respectively located in Chengdu city, Ya'an city, and Dujiangyan city. SICAU belongs to the 211 State Key University Group in China. The group member universities was officially selected by Chinese Central Government for priority funding as these universities were evaluated to rank in the top 100 in China for their distinguished achievements in research and education.

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Sichuan Agricultural University

Universities and colleges in Sichuan

National	Sichuan University Ω University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Ω Southwest Jiaotong University Ω Southwestern University of Finance and Economics Ω Sichuan Agricultural University Ω Southwest University for Nationalities Civil Aviation Flight University of China

Provincial	Chengdu University of Technology Southwest Petroleum University Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Sichuan Normal University Chengdu Sport University Chengdu University of Information Technology Xihua University Chengdu University Sichuan Conservatory Of Music Chengdu Medical College Southwest University of Science and Technology China West Normal University Sichuan University of Science and Engineering Sichuan University of Arts and Science Sichuan University for Nationalities Yibin University Panzhihua University Mianyang Normal University Leshan Normal University Neijiang Normal University Xichang College Luzhou Medical College North Sichuan Medical University Sichuan Police College Chengdu Technological University Chengdu Normal University Sichuan Tourism University

Private	Chengdu Neusoft University Sichuan University of Media and Communications Chengdu College of Arts and Sciences Sichuan College of Culture and Arts Sichuan Institute of Industrial Science and Technology Sichuan Film and Television College

See also: List of universities in China

Project 211

Higher education and universities in China

Beijing	Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing Forestry University Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Normal University Beihang University Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Beijing University of Technology Central Conservatory of Music Central University of Finance and Economics China Agricultural University China University of Geosciences China University of Mining and Technology China University of Political Science and Law Communication University of China Minzu University of China North China Electric Power University Peking Union Medical College Peking University Renmin University of China Tsinghua University University of International Business and Economics University of Science and Technology Beijing

Shanghai	Donghua University East China Normal University East China University of Science and Technology Fudan University Second Military Medical University Shanghai International Studies University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai University Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Tongji University

Tianjin	Nankai University Tianjin Medical University Tianjin University

Chongqing	Chongqing University

Anhui	Anhui University Hefei University of Technology University of Science and Technology of China

Fujian	Xiamen University Fuzhou University

Guangdong	Jinan University South China Normal University South China University of Technology Sun Yat-sen University

Guizhou	Guizhou University

Gansu	Lanzhou University

Hainan	Hainan University

Hebei	Hebei University of Technology

Heilongjiang	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Institute of Technology Northeast Agricultural University Northeast Forestry University

Henan	Zhengzhou University

Hubei	China University of Geosciences Wuhan University Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan University of Technology Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Normal University Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Hunan	Central South University Hunan Normal University Hunan University National University of Defense Technology

Jiangsu	China Pharmaceutical University Hohai University Jiangnan University Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Normal University Nanjing University Nanjing University of Science and Technology Soochow University Southeast University

Jiangxi	Nanchang University

Jilin	Jilin University Northeast Normal University Yanbian University

Liaoning	Dalian Maritime University Dalian University of Technology Liaoning University Northeastern University

Qinghai	Qinghai University

Shaanxi	Chang'an University Fourth Military Medical University Northwest A&F University Northwest University Northwestern Polytechnical University Shaanxi Normal University Xi'an Jiaotong University Xidian University

Shandong	China University of Petroleum (Huadong) Shandong University Ocean University of China

Shanxi	Taiyuan University of Technology

Sichuan	Sichuan Agricultural University Sichuan University Southwest Jiaotong University Southwestern University of Finance and Economics University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Yunnan	Yunnan University

Zhejiang	Zhejiang University

Guangxi	Guangxi University

Inner Mongolia	Inner Mongolia University

Ningxia	Ningxia University

Tibet	Tibet University

Xinjiang	Shihezi University Xinjiang University

See also: Project 985

Sichuan topics

Chengdu (capital)

General

History

Nations	Sanxingdui Ba & Shu Chengjia Shu Han Cheng Han Western Shu Former Shu Later Shu Great Shu Great Xia Great Xi

Events	Sichuan-Mongol War Huguang Filling Sichuan Railway Protection Movement Home Front Period