Zhong Kai Agricultural Engineering University, Zhong Kai for short, was founded in 1927. It is a high-level applied university in Guangdong Province named after a great patriot and a modern democratic revolutionist. It is characterized by modern agricultural science, with the advantages of agronomy and engineering, and the eight disciplines of agriculture, engineering, science, economics, management, literature, art and law develop in harmony. It is also an excellent undergraduate teaching evaluation school of the Ministry of Education and the first batch of outstanding agricultural and forestry talents education in China. The school has a long history and profound context, and is located in the famous historical and cultural city of Guangzhou. The existing Haizhu campus, Baiyun campus and Panyu teaching and research base cover an area of more than 2,000 mu. Campus has the beauty of Yunshan and the aura of pearl water, which is an ideal place for study and research.
Formerly known as A&M School, it was founded at the initiative of Mr. He Xiangning, a pioneer of modern democratic revolution, in order to commemorate Mr. Liao's wish to care about peasants and workers, and decided by the Kuomintang Central Committee. The school is located in Guangzhou, a famous historical and cultural city. After several years of development, it has a long history and profound foundation. There are Haizhu Campus, Baiyun Campus and Panyu Teaching and Research Base, covering an area of more than 2,264 mu.
In order to win the support from all walks of life and promote the development of the school,1In April 1987, at the proposal of Wang Zhen, vice president, and with the consent of Guangdong Provincial Committee, the school board was established, with Wang Zhen as honorary chairman and Ye Xuanping, governor of Guangdong Province as the first chairman of the board. Since then, the presidents of all previous schools have been the current governors of Guangdong Province. The members of the board of directors include state leaders, provincial and ministerial leaders and celebrities from Hong Kong and Macao.
The school has been adhering to the school-running philosophy of "quality-oriented" and paying attention to the teaching method of combining Industry-University-Research. Over the years, we have achieved remarkable teaching results. As early as 1997, it was rated as a qualified school for undergraduate teaching level evaluation by the Ministry of Education, and was rated as an excellent school for undergraduate teaching level evaluation by the Ministry of Education in 2009. It is a university funded by the International Exchange Program for Outstanding Undergraduates of the National Scholarship Fund Committee, and the first batch of pilot universities in China to train "outstanding agricultural and forestry talents". In recent years, students in school have won many awards. The most important thing is that the graduates of this school have a good initial employment and are among the best in the province.
School teachers
As of March, 2022, there were 1 person for the second-level candidate of the national 100 million talents project, 973 chief scientist 1 person, distinguished professor 1 person for the Pearl River scholar, 2 young Pearl River scholars, 3 famous teachers in Guangdong Province, and 12 provincial training objects of the "Thousand Talents Project" in Guangdong Province. The school library has a collection of 1 166300 volumes, 2,034,400 e-books and 39 digital resource libraries.
The setting of disciplines and majors in schools
In June 2006, the school was authorized by the Master in 5438+ 10, and now it has a second-level college in 17, 1 Teaching Department, and IELTS is the largest); South China test center There are 1 discipline, 9 first-class disciplines authorized by master's degree, 5 categories authorized by master's degree and 55 undergraduate majors in the post-doctoral research mobile station. Among them, there are 4 provincial key disciplines, 7 Pearl River scholars disciplines, 9 master's degree authorization points for first-class disciplines and 5 professional master's degree categories. There are also 16 famous brand specialties.
Key disciplines:
Key disciplines in Guangdong Province: chemical engineering and technology, agricultural products processing and storage engineering, garden plants and ornamental gardening, and plant protection.
Guangdong Pearl River Scholar Post Discipline: Garden Plants and Ornamental Horticulture, Agricultural Electrification and Automation, Agronomy, Biochemistry, Agricultural Products Processing and Storage Engineering.
Key majors:
National Excellence Program Major: Landscape Architecture
Specialty with national characteristics: horticulture, food science and engineering
Provincial majors: energy and power engineering, computer science and technology, plant protection, applied chemistry, visual communication design, environmental science, network engineering.
13 provincial first-class undergraduate majors: horticulture, food science and engineering, automation, energy and power engineering, computer science and technology, environmental engineering, plant protection, horticulture, food quality and safety, product design, applied chemistry, electrical engineering and its automation, biotechnology.
Provincial specialty 10: energy and power engineering, computer science and technology, plant protection, applied chemistry, visual communication design, environmental science, network engineering, landscape architecture, environmental design and environmental engineering.
By the end of 2020, there will be 2 national off-campus practice bases for college students, 3-D digital technology training bases 1, science and technology commissioners 1, and new professional farmers 1. 16 off-campus practice bases for college students in Guangdong province, 1 collaborative education platform in Guangdong province, 1 virtual simulation experimental teaching center in Guangdong province, 1 demonstration industrial colleges in Guangdong province and 9 experimental teaching demonstration centers in Guangdong province.
academic research
By the end of 2022 1, postdoctoral workstation of postdoctoral research center 1, Sino-foreign joint laboratory of Guangdong rural revitalization strategy (Sino-Singapore joint laboratory of comprehensive deep processing and functional nutrition evaluation of agricultural and sideline products of Zhong Kai Agricultural Engineering University (Lincoln University, New Zealand)) 1.
By 2020, the school will have 0/4 key disciplines at all levels and 35 provincial (ministerial) scientific research platforms. He has won many scientific and technological achievement awards at or above the provincial and ministerial level, including two second prizes of national scientific and technological progress, namely "Production, Development and Application of Biodegradable Super Absorbent Resin" with Zhong Kai as the first finisher and "Research and Application of Basic and Key Technology System for Sustainable Population Control of Bactrocera dorsalis" with Zhong Kai as the fourth finisher. He has published (collected) many papers in international and domestic famous scientific journals, among which "A New Self-pollination Mechanism-Pollen Slipping" with Zhong Kai as the second signature was published in the internationally renowned academic journal Nature, which achieved a breakthrough in publishing papers in Guangdong academic circles.
The school is maintaining water and fertilizer technology; Healthy breeding of waterfowl; Planting excellent and rare fruits such as kiwifruit, chickpea, blueberry and ginkgo; Utilization and breeding of peanut and sweet waxy corn: pest control; Development and utilization of agricultural chemicals; Development and utilization of silicone polymer materials: research and development, safety control and processing of Lingnan specialty foods; Planting ornamental flowers, lawn grass and other garden plants; Agricultural mechanization, electrification and automation; Environmental protection and standardization of artificial environment; Agricultural informatization and Internet of Things technology, industry and local standards formulation; A number of important scientific research achievements have been made in agriculture and forestry industry planning and enterprise economic management, which have produced remarkable economic and social benefits.
Cooperation and communication
In order to broaden students' international horizons and cultivate their learning ability in a diversified background, the school actively carries out cooperation and exchanges with high-level universities at home and abroad. We have cooperated with Bedfordshire University, Brighton University, Liverpool University, Brunel University, Napier University in Edinburgh, Avatar World University, Nottingham University, Texas A&M University, Hawaii University, University of Wisconsin, University of Queensland, University of British Columbia, Cornell University, Sōka Gakkai University, Lincoln University in New Zealand, Belarusian National University of Science and Technology, Massey University in New Zealand, and Aeres University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. At the same time, it has also established inter-school contacts, academic exchanges or cooperative relations with universities in Taiwan Province Province, Hongkong and Macau.