Jiangxi Agricultural University
江西农业大学 | |
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| Motto | 团结，勤奋，求实，创新 |
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Motto in English | "Unity, Diligence, Truth-seeking, Innovation" |
| Type | Public university Research university |
| Established | 1905 |
| President | Huang Lusheng |
Academic staff | 1800 |
| Students | 26,000 |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | 1.6 million mu of land for 3,950 acres (16.0 km2) of teaching |
| Website | jxau.edu.cn |
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| Simplified Chinese | 江西农业大学 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 江西農業大學 | ||||||
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Jiangxi Agricultural University (JXAU; Chinese: 江西农业大学; pinyin: Jiāngxī Nóngyè Dàxué) is located in the northern suburbs of Nanchang city. Nanchang is the capital city of Jiangxi province. JXAU is a key province-run university and is one of the first universities in China to confer bachelor's and master's degrees.
With 17 colleges, JXAU offers degrees in 60 academic majors. Jiangxi Agricultural University is a high-level agricultural university with distinctive characteristics, featuring strengths in agriculture, a focus on biotechnology, and coordinated development across multiple disciplines.
History
The origins of Jiangxi Agricultural University trace back to the establishment of Jiangxi Industrial School in 1905. In 1908 it was renamed Jiangxi Higher Agricultural School and later evolved through various reorganizations and mergers.
- 1905: Founded as Jiangxi Industrial School , regarded as the earliest agricultural education institution in Jiangxi[1]
- 1908: Renamed Jiangxi Higher Agricultural School
- 1940: Undergraduate education formally began with the founding of National Chung Cheng University College of Agriculture; first principle was the botanist Hu Xiansu[2]
- 1949: Renamed Nanchang University College of Agriculture[3]
- 1952: Merged several agricultural and veterinary departments (including those from Nanchang University, provincial veterinary schools, Henan/Hunan/Guangxi institutions) to form [4]
- 1958: Establishment of [5]
- 1968: Renamed
- 1969: Merged with
- 1980 Nov: Renamed
Faculties and Schools
The university consist of the following faculties and schools. These are;
- School of Agronomy Sciences
- School of Forestry
- School of Animal Science and Technology
- School of Engineering
- School of Economics and Management
- School of Land Resource and Environment
- School of Computer and Information Engineering
- School of Software
- School of Humanities and Public Administration
- School of Chemistry and Material Science
- School of Vocational Education and Technology
- School of Food Science and Engineering
- School of Biological Sciences and Engineering
- School of Foreign Languages
- School of Marxism (Political Science)
- School of Physical Education
- Nanchang Business College of JXAU
Research
Jiangxi Agricultural University independently established the first national key laboratory in Jiangxi Province and the only national key laboratory in China dedicated to pig genetics and breeding, with a total of 53 ministerial and provincial level scientific research platforms. The university has developed distinctive academic strengths in fields such as swine genetics, rice cultivation, and biodiversity conservation.
The university led the independent development of the swine genetic breeding technology "Zhongxin No. 1", which is internationally advanced, widely promoted nationwide, and also disseminated globally. It was the first to discover a causal mutation in host genes affecting gut microbiota composition in agricultural animals, publishing a breakthrough research article in Nature. This publication represents the first long-format Nature article from Jiangxi Province, the first in Chinese animal husbandry science, and only the third such article worldwide in pig genetics over the past 20 years.
The university also led the breeding of the new pig breed "Shanxia Changhei", which was nationally approved, becoming Jiangxi's first nationally certified new pig breed since 1999.
Additionally, the university has received Jiangxi's first major project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the province's first National Science and Technology Progress Award, and the National Technological Invention Award, and bred Jiangxi's first super rice variety.
Since the 13th Five-Year Plan, the university has won over 100 scientific and technological awards at various levels, bred more than 80 new varieties including swine, rice, sweet potatoes, taro, lilies, peanuts, navel oranges, kiwifruit, and forest trees, and developed numerous key agricultural technologies.
The university's scientific achievements have been selected for the "Top Advances in Chinese Agricultural Science" for two consecutive years.[6]
Campus
- Jiangxi Agricultural University (North and South Campuses): 1101 Zhimin Avenue, Nanchang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jiangxi 330000, China
- Jiangxi Agricultural University (East Campus): 888 Lushan Middle Avenue, Nanchang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jiangxi 330045, China
References
- ^ "One of the Five Founding Institutions: Jiangxi Industrial School". www.jxau.edu.cn.
- ^ "One of the Five Founding Institutions: National Chung Cheng University". www.jxau.edu.cn.
- ^ "One of the Two Merging Institutions: Nanchang University". www.jxau.edu.cn.
- ^ "One of the Five Founding Institutions: Jiangxi Provincial Veterinary College". www.jxau.edu.cn.
- ^ Mao Zedong:A Letter to Jiangxi Communist Labor University (July 30, 1961). Archived 2020-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Jiangxi Agricultural University excels in innovation".
External links
- Jiangxi Agriculture University(JXAU) Official website (in English)
- JXAU Official website (in Chinese)
- Nanchang Business College Official website
