First, school profile:
1. The school was founded in 1958 and was then called Tianmulin College. 1960 merged with Zhejiang Agricultural College to form Zhejiang Agricultural University. 1966 was renamed as Zhejiang forestry college, merged with Zhejiang agricultural university in July, and resumed running independently in February 1979.
2. As of March 2023, the school has three campuses, namely Donghu, Yijin and Zhuji, covering an area of more than 3,400 mu, with a construction area of 920,000 square meters, and the total value of instruments and equipment exceeds 600 million yuan.
3. The school has 20 college departments, 1 independent college, 69 undergraduate majors, 1 postdoctoral research mobile station, 6 first-class doctoral degree authorization points, 19 first-class master degree authorization points, 16 professional master degree authorization categories,17244.
4. Journal of Zhejiang A&F University is an academic journal sponsored by Zhejiang A&F University, which was founded in 1984. It mainly publishes academic papers and research briefs on agronomy, forestry, plant protection, horticulture, zoology, ecology, agricultural engineering, biotechnology, soil and water conservation, soil science and other disciplines.
Second, cooperation and exchanges:
1. By March 2023, the school had signed cooperation agreements with more than 100 universities and scientific research institutions in 27 countries, including Britain, the United States, Canada, Russia, Ukraine, Poland and Australia, and carried out academic exchanges, joint running schools, scientific research and other activities, established the Confucius Institute with the University of Novi Sad in Serbia, and cooperated with the University of British Columbia in Canada to run a Chinese-foreign cooperative school.
2. The school has been approved to study abroad by several national study abroad fund committees. Every year, more than 50 teachers and students can be selected to study abroad, and they can go to internationally renowned scientific research institutes in professional fields such as Russian National Agricultural University, St. Petersburg National Agricultural University, Ukrainian National University of Environment and Life Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences for exchange visits or study for degrees.