Overview Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU) is located in the main urban area of Wuhan, Hubei province in central China. It was founded in 1898 during the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1871-1908) of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) by Zhang Zhidong,the then-governor of Hubei and Hunan provinces, as the Hubei Farming School in China. [Read More]
History 1898-1911 During the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1871-1908) of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Zhang Zhidong, the then-governor of Hunan and Hubei provinces, established the Hubei Farming School. [Read More]
Leadership Leadership of CPC Committee of HZAU [Read More]
Charter Huazhong Agricultural University(HZAU), formerly known as Hubei Agricultural School, was founded in 1898 and later built into Huazhong Agricultural College in 1952. In 1985, the University got its present name. [Read More]
Organization General Office,Office of Discipline Inspection Commission,Supervision DivisionInspection Work Leading Group Office of CPC HZAU Committee [Read More]
News The latest news and significant events at HZAU will be released. [Read More]
Events Detailed information about upcoming events at HZAU will be released. This includes the latest previews and schedules for academic lectures, forums, competitions, and more. [Read More]
Specials From in-depth features on groundbreaking research and outstanding faculty achievements to behind-the-scenes looks at major events and student success stories, the Specials column provides a rich, immersive experience. [Read More]
Photos and Videos This column showcases the highlights of various cultural activities both on and off campus, including traditional festivals, artistic performances, cultural lectures, and student club activities. [Read More]
Undergraduates The school adheres to the principle of fostering integrity and encouraging people committed to nurturing well-rounded talents who meet the demands of technological, economic, and social development. These talents should be characterized by comprehensive development in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education. [Read More]
Graduates The university's graduate education dates back to 1953, making it one of the first institutions nationwide authorized to confer doctoral and master's degrees. The university is authorized to grant doctoral degrees in disciplines such as science,engineering, agriculture, and management, with 16 first-level discipline doctoral degree-granting programs and two professional doctoral degree-granting programs (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Doctor of Biology and Medicine). [Read More]
International Students The education of international students in our school can be traced back to 1960. In 2003, it became the first batch of pilot units in China for "high-level experts to train highly educated international students". Adhering to the principle of "giving priority to quality, optimizing structure and developing with characteristics", our school mainly recruits and trains high-level international students in China around the advantageous and characteristic disciplines such as crop science, horticulture,animal husbandry, veterinary medicine, food science and engineering. [Read More]
Continuing Education The continuing education program at Huazhong Agricultural University began in the early 1950s, initially focusing on short-term training courses for government management departments. In 1960, the university established a correspondence department,marking the beginning of its history in higher agricultural correspondence education. [Read More]
Research Progress The column highlights cutting-edge projects, innovative experiments, and significant discoveries made by our dedicated researchers and scholars. [Read More]
Discipline Construction Over the past three decades, HZAU focused on elevating the agricultural related disciplines with advanced bio-scientific technology while advancing the development of biological disciplines out of its strong root of traditional agricultural disciplines. [Read More]
Institutes HZAU has two national key laboratories, one national-local joint engineering laboratory, four specialized laboratories, and 26 ministerial-level key (engineering) laboratories. [Read More]
Publications The Journal Center of the Academy of Science and Technology Development at Huazhong Agricultural University was established in May 2019. [Read More]
Research Cooperation A relatively stable research collaboration network has been established with over 120 foreign (overseas) research institutions and universities, facilitating substantial international (regional) cooperation in research and exchange. [Read More]
Campus View The campus is located in the main urban area of Wuhan, Hubei province. Nestled on Shizishan and surrounded by lakes on three sides,it spans a 5-square-kilometer picturesque campus with 9 kilometers of romantic lakeside, 10 kilometers of forest roads, and 6.6 kilometers of scenic greenways. [Read More]
Student Life The school boasts extensive facilities for science popularization, sports, and cultural activities, as well as a student activity center. [Read More]
Useful Info HZAU has a fleet of 15 campus tour vehicles, operating on two routes. These vehicles are managed in accordance with industry standards and relevant regulations to provide convenient intra-campus transportation services for all faculty, staff, and students. [Read More]
Library Huazhong Agricultural University Library was established in 1940. It was initially known as the "Hubei Agricultural College Library." [Read More]
Museum The Museum of Huazhong Agricultural University is located at the foot of Shizi Mountain in Wuhan. It is a natural science museum that integrates agriculture, scientific research, and popular science functions. [Read More]
The research team from Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU), led by Mei Zhinan and Yang Qingyong, professors from the National Key Laboratory for Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops and the Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plant Resources team of HZAU, has recently published their groundbreaking research in Nucleic Acids Research.
Li Bo, a professor at the National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU) and the Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, recently published groundbreaking research in Nature Plants.
A new potato variety exhibition and taste evaluation event was held in Wuchuan county, Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Sept 22. Among the varieties showcased, 15 varieties bred by the potato research team from Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU) were recognized for their outstanding quality.
Scholars from the College of Economics & Management at Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU), including Professor Hong Xianpei, Associate Professor Zhou Pin, PhD student Zhou Meiling, and He Zhixuan, a student with a master's degree from the same college, have published a paper titled Centralization or Decentralization? The Effect of Cost Learning on Procurement Strategy in one of the UTD24 journals Production and Operations Management, with Hong as the lead author, Zhou Pin serving as the corresponding author.
Some orb-weaving spiders force trapped male fireflies to mimic the flashes of females, researchers report today in Current Biology, drawing ever more males into their webs.
A research team led by Fu Xinhua, a professor from Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU), in collaboration with Li Daiqin, professor from Hubei University and Zhang Shichang, associate professor from the same university, discovered that the common web-building spider, Araneus ventricosus, can manipulate the flash signals of fireflies to lure them.
In the paddy fields and around the ponds of central China, a common species of orb-weaving spider builds new webs every evening at sunset, allowing it to entrap fireflies that begin to flash, flicker and glow around the same time.
A male firefly is caught in the web of an orb-weaving spider, Araneus ventricosus. Researchers believe that these spiders may manipulate the bioluminescent signals that fireflies use to find mates.
Imagine being a male firefly when suddenly the telltale flashing of a female catches your eye. Enthralled, you speed toward love's embrace — only to fly headfirst into a spider's web.
A field meeting on improving the quality of red and yellow soils was held at the National Observation and Experiment Station of Agricultural Science in the town of Shuangxiqiao, in Xianning, Central China's Hubei province on July 3.
An appraisal meeting was organized by Huazhong Agricultural University to review the achievements of the "Photovoltaic + Crayfish Pond Efficient Breeding Technology" on July 10.
On April 20, a new tomato variety, as known as "Beiweimei", bred by Prof. Ye Zhibiao and his team from the College of Horticulture & Forestry Sciences of Huazhong Agricultural University made its debut in the Horticulture Industry High-quality Development Seminar and High-quality Tomato Tasting in Shouguang, Shandong Province.
Grain and oil crops are easily infected by various pathogens during their growth. Traditionally, the approach to solve it relies on pesticides which are effective but may lead to drug resistance of pathogens.
Recently, the team of Academician Deng Xiuxin from the National Key Laboratory of Germplasm Innovation & Utilization of Horticultural Crops in the College of Horticulture & Forestry Sciences at HZAU, published a research paper titled "Transcription factor CrWRKY42 coregulates chlorophyll degradation and carotenoid biosynthesis in citrus" online in Plant Physiology.
Chinese scientists have successfully resolved the largest and most complex chloroplast RNA polymerase structure, a major mystery in the scientific community for decades.
From November 13 to 14, College of Resources & Environment of HZAU hosted the "Celebrating 100 Years of Boron in Agricultural Research: The International Summit Forum of Plant Boron Nutrition" in Wuhan.
On October 31, Prof. Chen Zhenxia's group from the HZAU Precision Nutrition and Metabolism Team published a research paper in Nucleic Acids, entitled "EndoQuad: a comprehensive genome-wide experimentally validated endogenous G-quadruplex database".