NORTHWEST A&F UNIV

Northwest A&a;F University (NWAFU, A&a;F referring to Agriculture and Forestry; simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: Xbi Nóngln Kj Dàxué; traditional Chinese: ), is a national key university and a member of the Project 985, located in Yangling Agricultural Hi-tech Industries Demonstration Zone, Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, P.R.China. The university has an old and abandoned name called Northwest Sci-tech University of Agriculture and Forestry, NWSUAF for short, which is still kept in the domain name of the university&s;s official website. A&a;F is included in the Double First Class University Plan by China&s;s Ministry of Education (totally 42 universities were included in this plan) . The history of Northwest A&a;F University can be dated back to 1934 when National Northwest Senior College of Agriculture and Forestry was established by Ministry of Education, Republic of China based on an act drafted by Dai Jitao, General Yang Hucheng and Yu Youren in 1932. This was the first national senior college with speciality on agriculture field in the north-west of China and was also the only independent senior college of its kind. Northwest A&a;F University provides courses covering agriculture, forestry, engineering, natural science, medicine, management and economy etc. to both native and international students. These courses are provided by 23 academic colleges. Students can choose one college to register and pursue their honour degrees at different levels including Bachelor, Master and PhD. Studentship and scholarship from governments and organizations are available to help students finish their studies.