China Agricultural University

China Agricultural University

中国农业大学
Motto	解民生之多艰，育天下之英才
Motto in English	Solve the difficulties of people's livelihood; Educate talents under the sky
Type	Public
Established	1905; 119 years ago (1905)
President	Sun Qixin
Academic staff	1,860
Undergraduates	12,000
Postgraduates	8,900
Address	17 Qinghua East Rd , Haidian, Beijing , 100083 , China 40°00′07″N 116°21′17″E / 40.001957°N 116.35482°E / 40.001957; 116.35482
Campus	Urban
Website	www.cau.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	中国农业大学
Traditional Chinese	中國農業大學
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Nóngyè Dàxué

China Agricultural University (CAU) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. The university is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. It is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction.

The university was formed in 1995 through the merger of the Beijing Agricultural University and the Beijing Agricultural Engineering University, which evolved from one of the earliest agriculture institutions in China founded in 1905.

As of December 2019, CAU offers 66 undergraduate majors and over 32 masters and 21 doctoral programs. There are around 12,000 undergraduate and 8,900 graduate students. Among them, 508 students are international.^[1] Its gymnasium hosted the wrestling events during the 2008 Summer Olympics.