According to official website of Huazhong Agricultural University, Huazhong Agricultural University is one of the starting points of higher agricultural education in China. In 2005, it entered the national "2 1 1 project" construction ranks. 20 17 was listed in the national "double first-class" construction ranks.

Since 1996, the school has been rated as the best civilized unit in Hubei Province for ten consecutive times, the national advanced unit for spiritual civilization construction in 2005 and the national civilized unit in 2008. In 20 17, it was awarded the first national civilized campus, and it won the honorary title again in 2020.