Shandong Agricultural University (SAU)

SDAU now has 20 colleges，including College of Agronomy，College of Plant Protection，College of Resources and Environment，College of Horticulture Science and Engineering，College of Forestry，College of Animal Science and Technology (College of Veterinary Medicine)，College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering，College of Economics and Management，College of Food Science and Engineering，College of Information Science and Engineering，College of Chemistry and Material Science，College of Life Sciences，College of Humanities and Law，College of Foreign Languages，College of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering，College of Physical Education and Arts，College of International Exchanges，College of Marxism，College of Continuing Education，and College of Farmers.

 Shandong Agricultural University (SDAU)，situated at the foot of the magnificent Mount Tai，was founded in Jinan in 1906 with the original name of Shandong Higher Agricultural School. Later in 1952, it was renamed Shandong Agricultural College after many adjustments and integration. The college moved to Tai’an in 1958 and was renamed Shandong Agricultural University in 1983. In July 1999, the former Shandong Agricultural University incorporated two schools, Shandong Water Conservancy College and Shandong Forestry School, to form the current Shandong Agricultural University. At present, SDAU is a multi-disciplinary university with agricultural science as its advantage and life science as a distinctive feature, covering many areas of both Natural Sciences and Social Sciences.
    Currently, SDAU has a fulltime enrollment of 31,000 students, of which more than 3,000 are graduate students. There are additionally 13,000 students enrolled in adult education programs. SDAU has a total number of 2,598 staff members, among which 657 are professors and associate professors. SDAU has 2 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and 4 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Faculty members of SDAU have won a number of national and provincial titles and awards, including 8 awards of the National Hundred-Thousand-Ten-Thousand Talent Project, 4 awards of Young and Middle-aged State-ranking Experts with Outstanding Contribution, 3 National Outstanding Teachers, 1 innovative team supported by the Supporting Plan for Cheung Kong Scholars and Innovative Teams, 3 National Teaching Teams and 9 Taishan Scholars.