Huazhong Agricultural University is located in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province. Originated from 1898 Hubei Agricultural School founded by Zhang Zhidong, Governor of Huguang. It is one of the starting points of higher agricultural education in China. Huazhong Agricultural College was founded in 1952, and 1985 was renamed Huazhong Agricultural University.
3. Orientation of Huazhong Agricultural University: Huazhong Agricultural University is a university directly under the Ministry of Education, a 2 1 1 engineering university, a 985 dominant discipline innovation platform university, a double-class world-class discipline construction university, an outstanding engineer, an excellent agriculture and forestry planning university, the first batch of scientific and technological achievements transformation and technology transfer bases of universities in China, a newly-added engineering research and practice project university, and a joint member of seven universities in Wuhan.
4. Reference for ranking of Huazhong Agricultural University: In the ranking of the best universities in China, Huazhong Agricultural University ranks 67th in China and 7th in Hubei Province. In the ranking of China University Alumni Association, Huazhong Agricultural University ranked 43rd in China and 5th in Hubei Province. From the comprehensive ranking, Huazhong Agricultural University ranks very high. Huazhong Agricultural University ranks second in the ranking of China Soft Agriculture and Forestry University, second only to China Agricultural University.