Northwest A&F University (Chinese: 西北农林科技大学; lit. ‘Northwestern University of Agricultural and Forestry Science and Technology’) is a national public research university in Xianyang, Shaanxi, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education.
The university has an annual income of around RMB 1.72 billion (around £172 million) in 2011,. By April 2013, the university has 1661 faculty members and 28,964 students.
Academic Colleges
The university is composed of 23 academic faculties (colleges, schools or departments) including Institute of Water and Soil Conservation, and Institute of Ideological and Political Education. These colleges, departments and schools are in charge of undergraduate studies, offering 3,000 courses. All of them are listed below:
- College of Agronomy (Academy of Agricultural Sciences)
- College of Horticulture
- College of Plant Protection
- College of Forestry (Academy of Forestry)
- College of Animal Science and Technology
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- College of Life Sciences
- College of Enology
- College of Sciences
- College of Chemistry and Pharmacy
- College of Information Engineering
- College of Mechanical and Electric Engineering
- College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering
- College of Food Science and Engineering
- College of Natural Resources and Environment
- College of Economics and Management
- Innovation Experimental College
- College of Humanities
- International School
- Department of Foreign Languages
- Department of Physical Education
- College of Vocational and Adult Education
- College of Landscape Architecture and Arts
- Institute of Water and Soil Conservation
- Institute of Ideological and Political Education
- Innovation Experimental College