China Agricultural University
Beijing · Agriculture & Forestry
Top tier — Priority coverage — programs, tuition and English-taught options actively maintained; a full international admission profile is shown where available.
Beijing
Major city Metro Est. budget CNY 3,500–6,500 (USD 490–900) / month incl. dorm or shared flatThe national capital and the center of Chinese education, politics and culture, Beijing packs Peking University, Tsinghua and dozens of other universities into the Haidian campus belt alone. For international students it offers the widest choice of programs and scholarships in China, the largest foreign-student community, and unmatched access to embassies, international organizations, media and multinationals. Four thousand years of history — from the Forbidden City to the Great Wall — sit alongside a first-tier modern city.
City guide: climate, halal food, healthcare & rent →
Academic strengths
China’s official discipline evaluation (MOE Degree Centre, 4th round, 2017): A+ ≈ top 2%, A ≈ top 2–5%. Methodology
| Double First-Class discipline | Evaluation |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Engineering | A+ |
| Food Science | A+ |
| Crop Science | A+ |
| Animal Husbandry | A+ |
| Veterinary | A+ |
| Grassland | A+ |
| Biology | A |
| Agricultural Resources & Environment | A- |
| Plant Protection | A- |
All evaluated disciplines (25)
- Agricultural Engineering A+
- Food Science A+
- Crop Science A+
- Animal Husbandry A+
- Veterinary A+
- Grassland A+
- Biology A
- Agricultural Resources & Environment A-
- Plant Protection A-
- Ecology B+
- Water Engineering B+
- Horticulture B+
- Agribusiness B+
- Public Administration B+
- Sociology B
- Mechanical Engineering B
- Environmental Engineering B
- Computer Science B-
- Business Administration B-
- Chemistry C+
- Mathematics C
- Marxist Theory C-
- Electrical Engineering C-
- Civil Engineering C-
- Information Management C-
What its badges mean
China’s elite university initiative (147 universities designated in the 2022 MOE list)
The original 39 top universities selected in 1998 for world-class development
112 universities chosen in the 1990s for key national investment
Data sources: university international-admission pages (linked above), MOE Double First-Class list (2022), MOE Degree Centre discipline evaluation (2017). Figures marked as typical ranges are editorial estimates, dated — per-source verification in progress — full data notes.