📖 Introduction

Inner Mongolia Agricultural University (IMAU) is a comprehensive public university located in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China. Established in 1952, the university has a significant focus on agricultural and ecological disciplines, contributing to the development and research of agriculture in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. IMAU is committed to providing quality education, conducting cutting-edge research, and serving the needs of the local agricultural community.

As a key institution in the region, IMAU places emphasis on cultivating talents in agriculture, engineering, science, and management. The university has played a crucial role in advancing agricultural technology and sustainable practices, reflecting its commitment to environmental stewardship. While specific world rankings may vary, IMAU is recognized within China for its contributions to agricultural education and research. With a mission to address regional and national challenges in agriculture, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University continues to make significant strides in promoting innovation and knowledge dissemination in the field.

🏫 About Inner Mongolia Agricultural University (IMAU)

Inner Mongolia Agricultural University is a multi-disciplinary university focusing on agriculture and forestry and focusing on grassland animal husbandry. It has eight disciplines including agriculture, engineering, science, economics, management, literature, law, and art. A complete higher education system of higher vocational colleges, bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. In 2001, it became a university supported by the "one province, one school" of the country's western development. The Midwest Higher Education Revitalization Plan" supports the ranks of colleges and universities. Historical evolution In 1952, the former Hebei Agricultural College, Pingyuan Agricultural College's Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine and Shanxi Agricultural College's veterinary professional reorganization system moved to Guisui (now Hohhot), forming the first undergraduate higher school in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region - Inner Mongolia Animal Husbandry and Veterinary College . In 1958, Inner Mongolia Forestry College was established. In 1960, Inner Mongolia College of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine changed its name to Inner Mongolia College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry. In 1999, Inner Mongolia Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College and Inner Mongolia Forestry College merged to form Inner Mongolia Agricultural University. School scale The school currently has 23 departments (including vocational and technical colleges) including the College of Animal Science, and there are 35,080 full-time students in general higher education (28,561 in the school headquarters). There are 4,583 graduate students (3,067 full-time students) and 639 doctoral students. There are 154 international students. The school covers a total area of ​​14,000 mu (including the science and technology park), and the campus covers a total area of ​​3,360 mu (the school headquarters is 2,630 mu). The teaching and administrative space of the school headquarters is 409,200 square meters, there are 4 standard track and field fields (halls), and the total value of teaching and scientific research equipment is 1 billion yuan. Disciplines and majors The school currently has 1 national key discipline, 3 national key cultivation disciplines, 23 provincial and ministerial key disciplines, and 11 autonomous region first-class construction disciplines. There are 12 post-doctoral research stations, 13 first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization points, 24 first-level discipline master degree authorization points, and 8 professional master degree authorization categories. There are 82 undergraduate majors in general higher education, 2 pilot projects (including 8 majors) of the National Excellent Agriculture and Forestry Talent Education and Training Program, 7 national-level specialty majors, and 1 national-level comprehensive reform pilot major. Faculty There are 1,351 full-time teachers in the school headquarters, including 761 teachers with senior professional titles, accounting for 56.32% of the total number of full-time teachers; 1,195 teachers with master's degrees and above, accounting for 88.45% of the total number of full-time teachers, of which doctoral degree teachers account for 52.11% . There are "Changjiang Scholars Award Program" specially-appointed professors and one funded by the "National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars", two funded by the "National Outstanding Youth Fund", two scientific and technological innovation leaders in the "Ten Thousand People Program" of the Organization Department of the Central Committee There are 8 national-level candidates for the Talent Project, 91 experts enjoying special government allowances from the State Council, 51 young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions from the state and autonomous regions, 15 outstanding returnees from the state and autonomous regions, and 3 national model workers and advanced workers. There are 18 scientific and technological personnel who have made outstanding contributions to the front line of industrial, agricultural and animal husbandry production in the autonomous region, 1 person has won the National "Young Female Scientist Award", 3 chief experts of the "333 Talent Project" in the autonomous region, and one "New Century 321 Talent Project". , 8 second-level candidates, 91 selected as "Grassland Talents" in the autonomous region, 36 grassland elite teams, and 10 outstanding talents in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. He has won 2 national forestry and grassland "teaching teachers", 28 autonomous region-level teaching teachers, and 18 autonomous region-level rookies. 3 deputy directors and 9 members of the Professional Teaching Steering Committee of Colleges and Universities were selected. 9 teachers won the honorary title of "Smart Teaching Star" in online education by the Online Education Research Center of the Ministry of Education. Teaching work The school currently has 1 national-level teaching team and 23 autonomous-level teaching teams. There are 5 national-level excellent courses, 2 national-level excellent resource sharing courses, 2 national virtual simulation experimental teaching projects, and 22 Ministry of Education industry-university cooperative education projects. There are 1 national talent training model innovation experimental area, 2 national experimental teaching demonstration centers, 1 national college student off-campus practice education base, 1 national college student cultural quality education base, and the first batch of agricultural science and education cooperation talents from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Agriculture. 3 cultivation bases. During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan", it has undertaken 6 national-level and 175 autonomous-level research projects on education and teaching reform. There are 40 autonomous region-level brand majors, 6 key construction majors, 1 undergraduate comprehensive reform pilot project, 9 experimental teaching demonstration centers, 72 autonomous region-level quality courses, 4 high-quality quality courses, and virtual simulation experimental teaching first-class courses. 4 courses, and 14 projects for the construction of online open courses in colleges and universities in the autonomous region. "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" provincial and ministerial level planning textbooks 38, 24 Mongolian textbooks, won the China Agricultural Science and Education Foundation National Agricultural Education Excellent Textbook Award 7, won the State Forestry Administration Forestry Higher Education Excellent Textbook Award 3. "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" provincial and ministerial level planning textbooks 58, 44 Mongolian textbooks, won 5 national agricultural education outstanding textbook awards by the China Agricultural Science and Education Foundation. It has won 8 national teaching achievement awards, 73 autonomous regional teaching achievement awards, and 13 outstanding scientific research achievements in ethnic education in the region. Since the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" of scientific research , the school has presided over nearly 3,000 scientific research projects at all levels and various types, with more than 1.2 billion yuan in scientific research funds, including outstanding young people, excellent young people, key projects, and key national cooperation. The National Natural Science Foundation of China has 576 projects with a total funding of 275 million yuan; presided over 5 national key R&D projects in the "13th Five-Year Plan" with a total funding of 129 million yuan. In 2017 and 2018, the discipline of agricultural science entered the top 1% of ESI in the world, and three achievements in the research fields of featured animal genomes and lactic acid bacteria were published in "Nature Communications". 2 people won the Special Contribution Award for Science and Technology of the Autonomous Region, and 1 person was awarded the He Liang He Li Science and Technology Innovation Award; as the first completion unit, he won 78 provincial and ministerial level science and technology and social science achievement awards, including 13 first prizes; as the main completion unit, He has won 2 second prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award and 1 second prize of the Technological Invention Award. Relying on the "International Science and Technology Cooperation Base", he has presided over 15 key national international cooperation projects. 30 school-level scientific and technological innovation (cultivation) teams have been established, including 2 innovation teams in key areas of the Ministry of Science and Technology, 3 scientific and technological innovation team development plan teams from the Ministry of Education, 2 innovation teams from the Ministry of Agriculture, and autonomous region science and technology innovation team construction plan team 9 Piece. One national-level field scientific research observation station and 66 provincial and ministerial-level key laboratories (engineering research centers, field stations and humanities and social science bases) have been built. Social Service In 2013, the school was included in the second batch of the construction plan of the New Rural Development Research Institute of National Higher Education Institutions. There are 13 scientists and teachers in the comprehensive experimental station selected in the “13th Five-Year Plan” national modern agricultural industry technology system. The school has been approved as a national-level professional and technical personnel continuing education base, and has been approved as an autonomous region science popularization demonstration base. In 2018, the Rural Revitalization Research Institute was established to comprehensively coordinate and manage the transformation of scientific and technological achievements and social services. Through "school-local-enterprise" cooperation, 7 comprehensive experimental stations for rural revitalization, more than 30 characteristic industrial bases and technology service points have been built. The results of self-cultivation and development of probiotic strains, veterinary vaccines and other achievements have been transformed, and the contracted amount has accumulated to more than 50 million yuan. In recent years, the average annual contract value of the school's horizontal projects is more than 20 million yuan. Since 2013, 146 scientific and technological training courses at all levels and various types have been carried out, and more than 8,000 scientific and technological talents have been trained for various types of scientific and technological talents both inside and outside the district. The school has signed strategic cooperation framework agreements with Zhengda Group, Yili Group, Mengniu Group, Mengcao Drought Relief Group, Jinyu Group, Sainuo Sheep Industry, Minfeng Potato Industry and other enterprises. The school and the People's Government of Tuyou Banner jointly built the "Chilechuan Agricultural Expo Park", and 30,000 square meters of intelligent greenhouses and 24 acres of solar greenhouses were built and put into use. Open School has successively established inter-school cooperation and academic exchanges with more than 70 universities and scientific research institutions in more than 20 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Russia, Japan and Mongolia, and established the "China-Canada Sustainable Agriculture" Research and Development Center" and "Malik Management Center Inner Mongolia Agricultural University Branch Center". In the past five years, the school has sent more than 500 teachers to study abroad and academic exchanges, and more than 800 experts and professors have come to the school to carry out academic exchanges, visiting lectures, scientific research cooperation and other activities. The school established the "'Belt and Road' Research Institute", and participated in the relevant "Belt and Road" education foreign aid projects and academic exchanges and scientific research cooperation. In 2012, the school became the organizer of the foreign aid training project of the Ministry of Commerce, undertook 25 multilateral and bilateral foreign aid training sessions, and has trained more than 600 trainees from 52 countries. In 2015, the school became the "Study Abroad Training and Research Center of the Ministry of Education", with a total of more than 8,000 trainees. Since 2005, the school has implemented the "2+2" cooperative education project, and a total of 248 students have been selected to study in foreign cooperative institutions. The school has recruited international students since 2005, and has successively recruited 526 international students from 15 countries including Mongolia and Russia. Social honor The school party committee won the honorary title of "Advanced Grass-roots Party Organization" nationwide and the whole district, and the school was awarded the district's "May 1st Labor Medal" and the title of the first batch of "Civilized Campus" in the district. The Vocational and Technical College has won the honorary title of "National Education System Advanced Group", and the Academic Affairs Office has won the titles of "Advanced Academic Affairs Office" and "Excellent Academic Affairs Office" in ordinary colleges and universities across the country. It has won the titles of "National College Student Volunteer Summer 'Three Going to the Countryside' Excellent Unit" and "Advanced Collective for College Student Work and Graduate Employment Work in the Region" for many times. The College of Animal Science was awarded the "National May 1st Labor Medal", the College of Veterinary Medicine was awarded the "Advanced Unit of National Unity in the Region", and the School History Exhibition Hall was identified as the "Moral Education Base for College Students in Inner Mongolia".

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