Xinjiang Agricultural University

Xinjiang Agricultural University (Chinese: 新疆农业大学; pinyin: Xīnjiāng Nóngyè Dàxué) was founded in 1952.^[1] Located in Ürümqi, the capital of Xinjiang, China, Xinjiang Agricultural University (XAU), is a key institute of higher education.The campus of Xinjiang Agricultural University covers an area of 1496 acres and it is quiet, beautiful and well known as a garden university since its greenery is so extensive. In addition, it also has two practice farms, called Sanping and South Mountain respectively. The former covers 2,755800 million square meters. And the latter covers more than 4600 square meters. Over the half century, XAU has already developed into a multi-level and discipline institution that takes the undergraduate education as the basis with the coordinated development of doctor education, master education, international education, higher vocational education and continuing education. Now XAU has 17 colleges of Agronomy, Forestry, Animal Science, Machinery & Traffic, Water Hydrology & Civil Engineering, Economy & Management, Humanity & Society Sciences, Horticulture, Food Science, Grassland & Environmental Science, Animal Medicine, Pharmacy, Computer & Information Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mathematics & Physics, Chinese Languages, Foreign Languages, and International Education. The school offers 60 disciplines for a bachelor's degree, 37 disciplines for a master's degree, 6 disciplines for a Doctorate and 6 post–doctoral mobile stations. There are over 800 faculty and over 20,000 students at XAU. From 1986 to the present, more than 800 long-term and short-term foreign students from 20 countries who have finished their study and graduated from XAU in the different disciplines of Chinese language, Uygur language, Kazak language, animal husbandry and grassland, etc. Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region where XAU is located is a multi-ethnic area. Its strong ethnic customs, unusual nature, modernistic urban construction, and high-speed economy development are fascinating for people from all over the world to study, invest in, and visit.

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Universities and colleges in Xinjiang

Provincial	Changji College Kashgar University Shihezi University Tarim University Xinjiang Agricultural University Xinjiang Arts Institute Xinjiang Medical University Xinjiang Normal University Xinjiang University Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics Yili Normal University

See also: List of universities in China Education in China History of education in China

Xinjiang topics

Ürümqi (capital)

History	Yuezhi Xiongnu Han dynasty Protectorate of the Western Regions Kingdom of Khotan Sixteen Kingdoms Gaochang Turkic Khaganate (Western) Tang dynasty Protectorate General to Pacify the West Four Garrisons of Anxi Tibetan Empire Uyghur Khaganate Kingdom of Qocho Kara-Khanid Khanate Islamicisation and Turkicisation of Xinjiang Qara Khitai Mongol Empire Yuan dynasty Chagatai Khanate Moghulistan Kara Del Yarkent Khanate Dzungar Khanate Dzungar conquest of Altishahr Dzungar–Qing War Dzungar genocide Kumul Khanate Qing dynasty Qing rule General of Ili Reconquest of Xinjiang Republic of China Xinjiang Wars Ili Rebellion People's Republic of China PRC incorporation

Geography	Cities Tian Shan Dzungarian Basin Tarim Basin Gurbantünggüt Desert Kumtag Desert Taklimakan Desert Turpan Depression Karakoram Mountains Altai Mountains Kunlun Shan Pamir Mountains Torugart Pass Irkeshtam Pass Karakoram Pass Lanzhou–Xinjiang Railway

Education	Xinjiang University Xinjiang Agricultural University Xinjiang Medical University

Culture	Doppa Festival Music Meshrep gathering Muqam

Cuisine	Dapanji Sangza Samsa Youtazi Pamirdin Xurpa Tohax Tunurkawab Chinese Islamic cuisine

Visitor attractions	Apak Khoja and Xiang Fei Tomb Flaming Mountains Jiaohe Ruins Gaochang Grand Bazaar, Ürümqi Id Kah Mosque Karakul Lake Kizil Caves Ruins of Niya

Xinjiang conflict	1989 Ürümqi unrest Baren Township riot 1992 Ürümqi bombings Ghulja incident 1992 Ürümqi bombings 1997 Ürümqi bus bombings Xinjiang raid 2008 Uyghur unrest 2008 Kashgar attack Shaoguan incident July 2009 Ürümqi riots September 2009 Xinjiang unrest 2010 Aksu bombing 2011 Hotan attack 2011 Kashgar attacks Pishan hostage crisis 2012 Yecheng attack Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554 April 2013 Bachu unrest June 2013 Shanshan riots 2013 Tiananmen Square attack 2014 Kunming attack 2014 China–Vietnam border shootout April 2014 Ürümqi attack May 2014 Ürümqi attack Assassination of Juma Tayir

People	Amursana Mingrui Jahangir Khoja Yaqub Beg Zuo Zongtang Yang Zengxin Jin Shuren Sheng Shicai Ehmetjan Qasim Wang Zhen Saifuddin Azizi Rebiya Kadeer Nur Bekri Li Zhi Wang Lequan Zhang Chunxian Ilham Tohti

Related	Uyghur people Migration to Xinjiang East Turkestan Independence movement World Uyghur Congress China–Kazakhstan relations China–Kyrgyzstan relations China–Pakistan relations China–Turkey relations

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Xinjiang Agricultural University

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