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The China Agricultural
University (CAU) is a leading agricultural
education and research institution in China. It was formed in 1995 from a
merger of the former
Beijing Agricultural University (BAU) and Beijing Agricultural Engineering
university (BAEU). The history of the University traces back to 1905
when it was the College of Agriculture (the present Peking
University), the oldest university in China. The University is under the
jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education. The University boasts 6
academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5 academicians of the
Chinese Academy of Engineering Sciences, 235 professors, and 488 associate
professors. The number of students has kept rising over the past years.
Currently, 1,400 graduate students and 11,000
undergraduate students are enrolled in 19 colleges in the
university.
The
university library is one of the most
important libraries for agricultural sciences in China. The new library
building was
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 AgrifoodAsia
is a strategic partner of China Agricultural University working together
to foster food and
agriculture development and modernization in China, particularly in
the area of education and training. |
completed in 1990
and it has a modern and reader-oriented design
with a rich collection of agricultural
literature. The library has a total floor area of 12,955 square metres with
a holding capacity for 2.5 million volumes. The current collection is about
1.4 million volumes including 3,500 periodicals. The National Foreign
Textbook Center for Agriculture is affiliated to the Library.
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