Huazhong Agricultural University initiated graduate education in 1953 and stands as one of the earliest institutions authorized to confer doctoral and master's degrees. The university boasts 126 authorized master's degree programs, spanning seven major academic disciplines: economics, law, science, engineering, agriculture, management, and literature.
First-level disciplines for master's degree (28 in total):
0202 Applied Economics
0301 Law
0305 Marxist Theory
0502 Foreign Language and Literature
0503 Journalism and Communication
0701 Mathematics
0703 Chemistry
0710 Biology
0713 Ecology
0802 Mechanical Engineering
0812 Computer Science and Technology
0828 Agricultural Engineering
0830 Environmental Science and Engineering
0832 Food Science and Engineering
0834 Landscape Architecture
0901 Crop Science
0902 Horticulture
0903 Agricultural Resources and Environment
0904 Plant Protection
0905 Animal Husbandry
0906 Veterinary Medicine
0907 Forestry
0908 Fisheries Science
1202 Business Administration
1203 Agricultural and Forestry Economy Management
1204 Public Administration
Second-level disciplines for master's degree (126 in total):
020204 Finance
020205 Industrial Economics
020209 Quantitative Economics
030105 Civil and Commercial Law
030107 Economic Law
030108 Environmental and Resource Protection Law
030109 International Law
030301 Sociology
030302 Demography
030303 Anthropology
030304 Folklore Studies
0303Z1 Social Work
030501 Basic Principles of Marxism
030503 Study on the Sinicization of Marxism
030505 Ideological and Political Education
030506 Research on Basic Problems of Modern Chinese History
050201 English Language and Literature
050211 Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
050301 Journalism
050302 Communication Science
070101 Basic Mathematics
070102 Computational Mathematics
070103 Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics
070104 Applied Mathematics
070301 Inorganic Chemistry
070302 Analytical Chemistry
070303 Organic Chemistry
070304 Physical Chemistry
071001 Botany
071002 Zoology
071003 Physiology
071004 Aquatic Biology
071005 Microbiology
071006 Neurobiology
071007 Genetics
071008 Developmental Biology
071009 Cell Biology
071010 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
071011 Biophysics
0710Z1 Bioinformatics
0710Z2 Genomics
0710Z3 Immunobiology
0710Z4 Tumor Biology
0710Z5 Chemical Biology
0713Z1 Chemical Ecology
080201 Machinery Manufacturing and Its Automation
080202 Mechanical and Electronic Engineering
080203 Mechanical Design and Principle
080204 Vehicle Engineering
081201 Computer System Structure
081202 Computer Software and Theory
081203 Computer Application Technology
082801 Agricultural Mechanization Project
082802 Agricultural Water and Soil Engineering
082803 Agricultural Biological Environment and Energy Engineering
082804 Agricultural Electrification and Automation
0828Z1 Modern Agricultural Equipment Project
0828Z2 Bioinformatics Technology and Engineering
0828Z3 Agricultural Information Project
083001 Environmental Science
083002 Environmental Engineering
0830Z1 Environmental Planning and Management
083201 Food Science
083202 Grain, Oil and Vegetable Protein Engineering
083203 Processing and Storage of Agriculture Products
083204 Processing and Storage of Aquatic Products
0832Z1 Food Biotechnology
0832Z2 Food Nutrition and Safety
090101 Crop Cultivation and Tillage
090102 Crop Genetics and Breeding
0901Z1 Crop Biotechnology
0901Z2 Medicinal Botany
0901Z3 Seed Science and Engineering
0901Z4 Crop Informatics
99J1 Biomass Energy
090201 Fruit Tree Science
090202 Vegetable Science
090203 Tea Science
0902Z1 Protected Horticulture
0902Z2 Ornamental Horticulture
090301 Soil Science
090302 Plant Nutrition
0903Z1 Resources and Environment Information Engineering
0903Z2 Agricultural Environmental Engineering
090401 Plant Pathology
090402 Agricultural Insects and Pest Control
090403 Pesticide Science
0904Z1 Plant Quarantine and Biological Invasion
0904Z2 Applied Mycology
090501 Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction
090502 Animal Nutrition and Feed Science
090503 Grass Science
090504 Feeding of Special Economic Animals
0905Z1 Animal Production and Animal Husbandry Engineering
090601 Basic Veterinary Medicine
090602 Preventive Veterinary Medicine
090603 Clinical Veterinary Medicine
0906Z1 Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety
090701 Forest Tree Genetics and Breeding
090702 Forest Culture
090703 Forest Conservation
090704 Forest Management
090705 Wildlife Protection and Utilization
090707 Soil and Water Conservation and Desertification Control
0907Z1 Landscape Botany
090801 Aquaculture
090802 Fishing Science
090803 Fishery Resources
0908Z1 Aquatic Animal Medicine
120201 Accounting
120202 Enterprise Management
120203 Tourism Management
120204 Technical Economy and Management
1202Z1 Business English Research
120301 Agricultural Economic Management
120302 Forestry Economic Management
1203Z1 Land Economic Management
1203Z2 Agricultural Trade and Finance
1203Z3 Management of Rural Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
1203Z4 Management of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
1203Z5 Rural and Regional Development
120401 Administration
120402 Social Medicine and Health Management
120403 Education Economy and Management
120404 Social Security
120405 Land Resources Management