University Profile
Jiangxi Agricultural University (JAU) located in Nanchang City, the capital city of Jiangxi Province, is a key province-run university and is one of the first universities in China to confer Bachelor and Master Degrees. JAU has a proud history that can trace back to the Agricultural School of the National Zhongzheng University established in October 1940. In 1980, the school was renamed Jiangxi Agricultural University.
With a campus area of 263.3 hectares and a total area of 1066.7 hectares, the university has 16 colleges, 14 key provincial disciplines and 61 specialties for undergraduates, 60 specialties for Master degree programs, 7 master-degree specialties for the part-time students, 5 specialties for Doctoral degree programs and 1 mobile center for post-doctoral research. The university also has 1 national key-laboratory training base, 2 key laboratories of the Ministry of Agriculture, 1 key laboratory of the Ministry of Education and 5 key provincial laboratories.
Well staffed with 1,500 full-time personnel working in teaching, research and administration, JAU has 105 professors, 396 associate professors and 208 doctors. This university has accepted foreign students to study agricultural technology and Chinese since 1980s. At present, nearly 26,000 full-time students have enrolled in its schools.
Majors and Programs
1.Undergraduate Programs (4 academic years) Agronomy Bachelor
Regional Development Bachelor
Plant Protection Bachelor
Horticulture Bachelor
Bombycology Bachelor
Agricultural Resources and Environment Bachelor
Tourism Management Bachelor
Geographic Information System Bachelor
Environmental Engineering Bachelor
Environmental Science Bachelor
Management of Land Sources Bachelor
Economy and Management of Agricultural and Forestry Bachelor
Accounting Bachelor
Economics Bachelor
Marketing Bachelor
Business Management Bachelor
Finance Management Bachelor
International Economy and Trade Bachelor
Food quality and safety Bachelor
Food Science and Engineering Bachelor
Light Chemical Engineering Bachelor
Chinese Bachelor
Music Performance Bachelor
Journalism Bachelor
Management Science Bachelor
Public Enterprise Management Bachelor
Law Bachelor
Biological Technology Bachelor
Biological Engineering Bachelor
Biological Science Bachelor
Animal Medicine Bachelor
Animal Science Bachelor
Aquaculture Breeding Bachelor
Agricultural Mechanization and It's Automation Bachelor
Mechanic Design and Automation Bachelor
Traffic Engineering Bachelor
Agricultural Biological Environmental and Energy Engineering Bachelor
Electronic information engineering Bachelor
Civil Engineering Bachelor
Engineering Management Bachelor
Garden Bachelor
Chinese Medicinal Resources and Exploitation Bachelor
City Planning Bachelor
Art Design Bachelor
Chemical Industry of Forest Products Bachelor
Forestry Bachelor
Computer Science and Technology Bachelor
Information Management and Information System Bachelor
Electronic Commerce Bachelor
Applied Chemistry Bachelor
Information and Computing Science Bachelor
Software Engineering Bachelor
English Bachelor
Education Technology Bachelor
2.Master programs (3 academic years) Crop Cultivation and Farming System Master
Crop Genetics and Breeding Master
Agricultural Economy Management Master
Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction Master
Animal Nutrition and Forage Science Master
Basic Veterinary Medicine Master
Preventive Veterinary Medicine Master
Clinical Veterinary Medicine Master
Botany Master
Forest Management Master
Zoology Master
Agricultural Mechanization Engineering Master
Agrology Master
Pomology Master
Forest Cultivation Master
Ecology Master
Special Economic Animals Breeding Master
Land Resources Management Master
3.PhD programs(3-4academic years)
Crop Cultivation and Farming System Doctor
Crop Genetics and Breeding Doctor
Forest Management Doctor
Forest Cultivation Doctor
Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction Doctor
Applicant Qualifications
Short term language learner program: Any time in the year.
Other program: the university has spring semester and fall semester. Spring semester opens in March, fall semester opens in September. Candidates would better to apply the program 4 months in advance.
(1) Undergraduates (4 years): Foreign students who apply to study for Bachelor’s degree must have had formal schooling of high school level or higher.
(2) Master’s candidates (3 years): Foreign students who want to apply to study for Master's degree must have obtained Bachelor's Degree or reached the equivalent educational level.
(3) Doctoral candidates (4 years): Foreign students who want to apply to study for Doctor's degree must have obtained Mater's Degree or reached the equivalent educational level.
(4)Short term language learner (3 months~1 year): Foreign Students who want to study Chinese in the university should be over 16 years old, healthy and with a valid passport.