Nanjing Agricultural University is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education with the advantages and characteristics of agriculture and life sciences and the coordinated development of agriculture, science, economics, management, engineering, literature and law. It is a national key university under "2 1 1 project", a "985 dominant discipline innovation platform" and a "double-class" construction university.
Pukou Campus has a history of 68 years. 1952, East China Mechanized Agricultural School was established and started to run schools here. 1955 was renamed Nanjing Agricultural Mechanization School. 65438-0958 The Agricultural Mechanization Department of Nanjing Agricultural College merged with the school to form the Agricultural Mechanization Branch of Nanjing Agricultural College. 1985, College of Agricultural Engineering of Nanjing Agricultural University was established. In 2000, it was renamed Engineering College of Nanjing Agricultural University. In July 2020, Pukou Campus of Nanjing Agricultural University was established in the original site of Institute of Technology.