Higher Education · Anhui
Anhui Agricultural University (AAU), located in Hefei, the capital of Anhui Province, is a prestigious institution with a long history in agriculture, forestry, and biotics studies, which have become its featured disciplines. Jointly funded by the Anhui Provincial People’s Government, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, AAU is one of the first ten Chinese universities approved to construct an “Institute for New Rural Development,” a member of the National Basic Ability Construction Project of Western and Central China, and a high-level institution with local characteristics sponsored by Anhui Province. AAU began as a college of agriculture in 1935 under the then Provincial Anhui University, founded in 1928. In 1953, the college became an independent institution and was renamed Anhui Agricultural University in 1995. Currently, AAU has 19 schools with a full-time enrollment of around 27,000 students and approximately 2,100 faculty members.