Nanjing Agricultural University is Jinling, a famous ancient capital of China in the Six Dynasties, and a key university specializing in agricultural life sciences. Nanjing Agricultural University has 19 colleges, and 62 majors are offered in undergraduate courses. In the latest fourth round of national college teaching evaluation, four subjects were rated as A+.
Nanjing Agricultural University, located in Nanjing, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education with advantages and characteristics of agricultural science and life science. It is also the national key construction university of "world-class discipline construction university", "21engineering" and "985 engineering advantage discipline innovation platform".
The school's predecessor can be traced back to Sanjiang Normal School in 1902 and Jinling University in 19 14. During the period of 1952, the departments of colleges and universities in China were adjusted, and Nanjing Agricultural College was formed by the merger of Jinling University, the former Agricultural College of National Central University and some departments of Zhejiang University. 1963 was identified as a national key university. 1984 was renamed Nanjing Agricultural University.