Why Study at Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GSCAAS) is one of the earliest degree conferral institutions for master’s degree and doctor’s degree in China.
(1). History
Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GSCAAS), founded in 1979, was approved by the State Council of China in 1981 as one of the earliest degree conferral institutions for Master and Ph.D. degree. Characterized by its integration of instructional programs and the frontier research activities in the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences research institutes, the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has been successfully educating a patch of highly talented agricultural scientific and technological professionals for years.
(2). Discipline and programs
The subjects and programs that Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences offers are centered on the 8 academic categories of CAAS. As a result of the optimization of the curriculum system, the courses now relate to 4 major academic categories: agriculture, natural sciences, engineering and management sciences, covering 17 primary disciplines. There are 10 Ph.D degree authorizing points in such primary disciplines as crop science, horticulture, agricultural resourcesand environment, plant protection, animal science, veterinary medicine, agrostology, ecology, agriculture and forestry economic management and biology and 53 in secondary disciplines. There are 13 master’s degree authorizing points in primary disciplines and 65 in secondary disciplines. In addition, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GSCAAS) has 2 professional master’s degrees’ authorizing qualification.
(3). Academic facilities and Scientific research
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, as a state-level agricultural comprehensive scientific research institution, undertakes China’s basic, applied and high-tech research in agriculture. Presently, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has 2 key national science projects, 6 key national labs, 32 key labs of the Ministry of Agriculture, 52 key labs of CAAS, 16 state crop and animal and poultry improvement centers and 1 branch center, 5 key national science observation field stations, 24 key field stations of the Ministry of Agriculture, 5 national engineering technology research centers, 5 national engineering lab and engineering research centers, 3 national quality supervision and testing centers, 35 ministerial centers on quality supervision and testing, 1 long-term national crop germplasm resources bank, 10 mid-term germplasm banks and 12 crop germplasm nurseries, 1 national agriculture library with a collection of more than 2.1 million copies of books in over 330 thousand categories, and 1 large database with a storage of over 80G in agricultural science and technology. In the past 50 years since its founding, CAAS has received 2,495 awards of scientific excellence, 273 of which were at national level. The research funding during the 10th and 11th Five-Year Plans adds up to CNY 4.34 billion. Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences pools the resources of CAAS to provide students with well-equipped research facilities, bountiful cutting-edge research projects, ample research funding, rich library resources, first-class supervisors, and world-wide international cooperation and exchange programs. Such powerful research support is intended to facilitate students in conducting research, participating projects and developing competence in creativity.
(4). Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Achievement
With its accomplishments, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences was awarded National Outstanding Institution in Degree and Postgraduate Education Management by the Academic Degree Committee of the State Council and the Ministry of Education in 1999, and Outstanding Institution in Degree and Postgraduate Education Management in Beijing in 2008. Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences was honored with 4 National Top 100 Ph.D Dissertations of Excellence awards in the National Ph.D Dissertation Assessment. Another 6 were nominated. 2 were awarded with excellence in Beijing Ph.D Dissertation Assessment. Since 2002, the school has been continuously regarded as “the first class Graduate School in China”. It ranked top 30 in terms of overall competitiveness among Graduate Schools in China.
(5). Communication and international cooperation
Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences attaches close attention to the development in international education and the cutting edge in science and technology of the world today. We actively extend international cooperation. So far, we have established various bilateral exchanges and cooperation with agricultural research institutions,universities and colleges from more than 60 countries and regions. We have carried out joint Ph.D Programs with the University of Liège in Belgium, Wageningen University in Netherlands and other world famous universities. In 2007, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences was approved by the Ministry of Education to accept international students granted with the Chinese Government Scholarship (CGS). In 2008, 11 foreign students were admitted for the first time. At present, there are over 150 foreign students in total. This marks the internationalization of Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
As the new force for building CAAS into a “world-class agricultural scientific research institution”, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences will stick to her motto of keeping integrity, seeking truth, studying extensively and practicing earnestly, and seek after the mission of higher-level, research-oriented, internationalized and distinct-featured educational institution. Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences will strive to realize her goal of becoming a top-rate graduate school in China and internationally renowned talents base in agriculture.
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