Shandong Agricultural University

Shandong Agricultural University
山东农业大学
Type Public
Established 1906
President Wen Fujiang (温孚江)
Location Tai'an, Shandong,  People's Republic of China
Campus urban 353 ha
Website www.sdau.edu.cn

Shandong Agricultural University (SDAU; Chinese: 山东农业大学; pinyin: Shāndōng Nóngyè Dàxué), established in 1906, is a comprehensive university in Shandong, China. Several academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering are graduates from SDAU.[1]

Overview

SDAU covers an area of more than 5,300 mu (about 353 ha). SDAU has set up 19 institutes.[1] The Chinese geneticist Li Zhensheng was a graduate in this university.

History

SDAU was established in 1906 in Jinan and was called Shandong Higher Agricultural School (山东高等农业学堂). Later, the university changed its name to Shandong Agriculture College (山东农学院) in 1952. In 1958, SDAU was moved to Tai'an and in 1983 SDAU got its name.

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