Inner Mongolia Agricultural University (IMAU, , mn, ) is a university in Hohhot,

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...

, China under the authority of the Autonomous Region government. It is in Hohhot, the capital city of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It was established in 1952. There are over 100 undergraduate degree programs and postgraduate courses across a range of disciplines, including Agricultural, Engineering, Science, Art, Business, and Management.

History

IMAU was established in 1952, with the first president appointed by Chairman

Mao Zedong Mao Zedong pronounced ; also romanised traditionally as Mao Tse-tung. (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC) ...

Faculty

IMAU has a staff of 2,737, among whom 435 have doctoral degrees and 653 have master's degrees, 101 tutors of doctoral students. IMAU has one professorship from the Yangtze River Scholar Award Plan.

Campuses

There are three campuses — main campus in Hohhot, Salaqi branch campus, and Current Science Park. The campuses cover an area of 15,000 hectares, of which 10,000 acres are for teaching and researching. There are four school-standard stadiums. Library construction area is 3,000 square meters. The value of teaching instrument and equipment amounted to 412 million RMB.

Academics

Over the past 63 years, IMAU has initiated a multi-level management system. Its primary objective is focused on

undergraduate Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, in the United States, an entry-le ...

studies. IMAU has been paying profound attention to

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, higher vocational and adult educational programs. IMAU is a multi-discipline university with eight fields of study: Agronomy,

Science Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...

Engineering Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a Government agency, government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includ ...

Social Sciences Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of so ...

and

Education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty ...

. IMAU has succeeded in cultivating more than 70,000 skilled talents in diverse fields of study.

Academic organisations

IMAU has 19 colleges including the College of Animal Science and Medicine, a Department for Physical Education and an Advanced Educational Research Center, two ministry-level key laboratories, one key laboratory of the State Bureau of Forestry, seven regional key laboratories, one state-level open field observation station, three regional engineering technology research centers, and one engineering research center supported by the

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Academic departments (colleges)

* College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering * College of Animal Science * College of Veterinary * College of Agronomy * College of Forestry * College of Ecology and Environmental Science * College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering * College of Economics and Management * College of Food Science and Engineering * College of Life Science * College of Material Science and Art Design * College of Humanity and Social Science * College of Foreign Languages * College of Science * College of Computer Science and Information Engineering * College of Energy and Transportation Engineering * College of International Education * College of Vocational Technology * College of Continuing Education

Discipline

There is one state-level key discipline, one key discipline of the Ministry of Agriculture, three key disciplines of the State Forestry Administration and 22 regional key disciplines. IMAU has six first-level and 33 second-level disciplines, which are authorized to grant

doctorate degrees A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' l ...

. IMAU has established three moving scientific research stations for

post-doctorate A postdoctoral fellow, postdoctoral researcher, or simply postdoc, is a person professionally conducting research after the completion of their doctoral studies (typically a PhD). The ultimate goal of a postdoctoral research position is to pu ...

research. It has 72 second-level disciplines that confer

master degrees A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

. IMAU offers 58 undergraduate programs, 13 of which are offered in Mongolian and

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Bilingual (Chinese and English) undergraduate programs

Water Resources Engineering Hydrology () is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources, and environmental watershed sustainability. A practitioner of hydrology is calle ...

* Practaculture Science * Vehicle Engineering * Animal Quarantine * Horticulture * Computer Science and Technology * Software Engineering * Computer Network Engineering * Finance * Agronomy * Law * Economic Management for Agricultural and Forestry * Food Science and Engineering * Biotechnology * Bioscience * Furniture Design and International Trade * Wood Science and Engineering * Landscape Architecture

Achievement

IMAU has acquired scientific research achievements in 265 programs and provincial “Technological Advancement” awards in 18 programs, seven of which are first-class awards. All these have provided extensive technological support and service for the economic construction, ecology and natural forest protection, reforesting the cultivated land, prohibiting herding and encouraging yard-feeding among other developments in the

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...

. The government of the

once awarded “Excellent collectivity that had made great contribution in developing our region through technological education” to IMAU.

International exchange and cooperation

IMAU has established broad academic ties with some 20 universities in United States, Canada, UK, France, Australia, Japan, Russia, the Republic of

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

, among others. IMAU has collaborative programs with foreign educational institutions. Outstanding achievements have been made in teaching, scientific research, cultural exchange and joint programs.

References

External links

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Inner Mongolia Agricultural University website
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Inner Mongolia Agricultural University website
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Inner Mongolia Agricultural University website
{{authority control Universities and colleges in Inner Mongolia Agricultural universities and colleges in China Educational institutions established in 1958 Education in Hohhot 1958 establishments in China