It is both a 985 university and a 2 1 1 university.

Northwest A&F University, located in the birthplace of Chinese farming civilization, is a key construction university directly under the Ministry of Education, the original "985 Project" and "2 1 1 Project".

The school has a graduate school and 28 colleges (departments, institutes), including 4 postdoctoral mobile stations 14, 6 first-class disciplines authorized by doctoral degrees/kloc-0, 28 first-class disciplines authorized by master's degrees and 74 undergraduate majors.