Northwest A&F University

Northwest A&F University (NWAFU), established in 1934, is a state key university under the direct administration of Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE). As one of China’s top university, NWAFU is supported by the central government under national “Project 985” and “Project 211”.

Currently, there are 23 colleges (departments or institutes) and a Graduate school. It has strong program in animal and plant breeding, plant protection, agricultural bio-technologies, dry-land framing and water saving irrigation, soil and water conservation on the Loess Plateau. The university has become an important base in nurturing high level talents, conducting research and transferring scientific achievements.

NWAFU is situated in Yangling, famous agricultural town in China. It is the state-level agricultural high-tech industries demonstration zone in the country. The university located about 80 km west of Xi’an, ancient capital town in China.

The university covers agriculture, science, engineering, economics, management, literature, law, education, medicine, history, philosophy and art, with 9 state key disciplines and 25 ministerial and provincial key disciplines. Currently, there are 2 state key laboratories, 1 state engineering laboratory, 2 state engineering research centers, 2 state off-campus field research stations, 52 provincial or ministerial research bases and 8 internationally collaborative platforms. There are more than 22,000 undergraduates and about 9,000 postgraduate.

NWAFU is opening up to the outside world by actively implementing the strategy of internationalization, and has been expending international collaboration with more than 100 internationally recognized universities and research institutes.

Northwest A&F University is one of the universities in China qualified to accept international students and Chinese Government Scholarship sponsored students. The students with outstanding academic records may apply for the university scholarship.

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