山西农业大学是我国著名的高等农业学府,全国重点高校,教育部本科教学工作水平评估优秀高校,山西省人民政府与农业部共同建设的省部共建高校。
学校具有优良的办学传统。学校始建于1907年,初名私立铭贤学堂,创始人为孔祥熙,后发展为私立铭贤农工专科学校、私立铭贤学院;1951年改私立为公办,成立山西农学院;1979年更名为山西农业大学,列入全国重点院校。在百余年的办学实践中,学校立足山西,面向全国,服务“三农”,不断提高人才培养质量、科技创新水平和社会服务能力,推进文化传承创新,为山西乃至全国的经济建设与社会发展作出了重要贡献,铸就了“崇学事农、艰苦兴校”的办学精神,积淀了“甘于奉献、敬业乐教”的教风,“勤奋学习、注重实践”的学风。
学校具有完整的学科专业体系。现有农学院、动物科技学院、林学院、园艺学院、资源环境学院、工学院、经济管理学院、食品科学与工程学院、文理学院、生命科学学院、公共管理学院、马克思主义学院(思想政治理论教学研究部)、信息科学与工程学院、体育教学部、软件学院、城乡建设学院、中德学院、信息学院等教学单位。现有博士后科研流动站8个,一级学科博士学位授权点5个,二级学科博士学位授权点26个;一级学科硕士学位授权点13个,二级学科硕士学位授权点50个,专业硕士学位授权点5个;国家重点(培育)学科1个,省级重点学科5个,省级重点建设学科5个,省级重点扶持学科4个,省级优势学科1个,省级特色学科4个;本科专业59个;成人函授本科专业11个,成人函授专科专业6个;主考的自学考试本科专业4个,专科专业5个。本科专业涵盖了农学、理学、工学、经济学、管理学、文学、法学、艺术学等学科门类。
学校具有雄厚的师资力量。现有教职员工1600余人,其中国务院学位委员会学科评议组成员1人,教育部高等学校教学指导委员会委员7人,国家有突出贡献专家2人,教育部“新世纪优秀人才支持计划”入选者2人,享受政府特殊津贴60余人,中央联系的高级专家1人,省委联系的高级专家28人,省教育厅联系的高级专家43人,省学术技术带头人9人,省高等学校优秀青年学术带头人14人,省“131”人才项目第一层次柔性引进院士10人,第二层次知名学者和学术带头人65人。
学校始终把人才培养放在中心位置。现有全日制在校生2万余人,国家级教学名师1人,全国优秀教师2人,国家级教学团队1个,国家级特色专业建设点5个,国家级精品课程2门,国家级精品资源共享课程1门,国家级教学实验示范中心2个,国家级大学生校外实践教育基地1个;省级教学名师29人,省级教学团队3个,省级品牌、特色专业建设点16个,省级精品课程16门,省级精品资源共享课程14门,省级实验教学示范中心9个,省级虚拟仿真实验教学中心1个,省级人才培养模式创新实验区2个;先后获省部级以上教学成果奖100余项。大学生在全国或山西省大学生英语竞赛、大学生“挑战杯”竞赛、数学建模竞赛等活动中屡获奖励;本科生考研率多年保持在25%左右。学校1978年获得硕士学位授权资格,1998年获得博士学位授权资格,是山西省最早获得博士、硕士学位授权资格的高校之一。现有博士生导师63人,硕士生导师300余人,省级研究生教育优秀导师团队3个,省级研究生教育优秀导师8人,省级研究生培养基地1个,省级研究生教育创新中心5个。
学校不断提高科技创新能力。现有农业部转基因生物产品成分监督检验测试中心1个,农业部农业科学观测实验站1个,教育部农业部农科教合作人才培养基地1个;省级重点实验室2个,省普通高等学校重点实验室1个,省教育厅创新基地1个,省级工程技术研究中心5个,省级高等学校人文社科重点研究基地1个;省级科技创新团队4个;国家现代农业产业技术体系岗位科学家2人,省现代农业产业体系首席专家7人、副首席专家5人、岗位专家45人,省“12316”三农服务热线专家44人,省星火科技“12396”科技信息服务专家6人,农科110专家11人,企业科技特派员7人,农村科技特派员137人。改革开放以来,获省部级以上科研奖励300余项,其中全国科学大会奖2项、国家科技进步奖6项、国家科技发明奖3项、国家自然科学奖1项、国家星火科技奖2项,育成60余个新品种,创造社会经济效益500多亿元。
学校大力服务地方经济社会发展。在服务“三农”的办学实践中,学校形成了十大优势和特色研究领域,八大优势和特色科技服务体系。近几年,积极推进“一村一品,一县一业”专项服务行动和“百团大战”专项服务行动,有近百支科技服务团队活跃在生产实践一线,有21个项目列入了国务院农村综合改革试点“新型农业社会化服务体系”建设项目,34个项目列入山西省农业技术推广示范行动项目。学校先后与晋城、晋中、运城等市,与泽州、祁县、榆次、盂县等县区签订了特色现代农业科技合作协议;在太谷县建设现代农业科技创新园区;与武乡鑫四海、洪洞天泽、太原康培等现代农业企业共建示范园区。通过项目带动,基地示范,打造了高叶酸小米、优质石磨面粉、晋香黑猪肉、钙果蜜饯、钙果酒、孢子粉、壶瓶枣、贵妃鸡蛋、蜂王浆冻干粉胶囊等近百个特色产品。学校是山西省农民教育和农村干部培训的重要基地。改革开放以来累计培训涉农管理干部、技术人员、企业家等300万人次。近年来通过山西省“分类送学”、“阳光工程”等项目,提高了培训工作的组织化、规模化水平。
学校积极推进对外合作交流。与美国欧柏林大学有长达百余年的合作历史。与德国安哈尔特应用科技大学合作培养本科生,累计派出1100余名学生。与台湾朝阳科技大学、波兰热舒夫信息科技与管理大学等学校开展交换生项目。与美国、德国、澳大利亚、英国、爱尔兰、新西兰等十余个国家的高校开展合作交流。改革开放以来,先后有400余位外国专家、教师来校讲学、授课;学校先后派出200多人次出国学习进修。
学校享有花园式学府盛誉。校园建设古今交融,中西合璧,园中有园,文明和谐,是读书治学的圣地,修身养德的圣地。校园占地面积2240亩,建筑面积65万平方米,毗邻同蒲铁路、大西高铁、108国道、太太公路、太长高速、龙城高速,到太原市区、武宿机场均在1小时车程内。“山西铭贤学校旧址”是全国重点文物保护单位,完整保存了清代至民国时期的建筑群,是山西省近代教育史、农业发展史、中西文化教育交流史的鲜活史料。学校是全国绿化模范单位,校园绿化面积达50万平方米,主校区绿化覆盖率达85%以上,草坪面积14万平方米,绿篱1.1万平米,乔灌木3万余株,绿化树种420余种,百年以上古稀树木有100余株,名贵、稀有树种50余种。学校教育资源雄厚,有纸质藏书140余万册,纸质期刊500余册,电子期刊2万余种,仪器设备总值2亿余元,为师生员工的学习、生活及开展学术文化交流活动提供了良好保障。
学校优秀校友灿若星河。建校以来培养了10万余名各类人才,分布在大江南北,各行各业。学校培养了一大批革命家和政治家,如谭绍文、张树德、高克亭、罗钰如、李清、张维琛、郝德青、赵振鑫、冯芝茂、郑社奎、金银焕等;培养了一大批科学家,如郑哲敏、王志均、席承藩、郭承基、朱尊权、庄文颖、高福等院士,全国著名大豆育种专家王绶、养猪专家张龙志、养羊专家吕效吾、养牛专家冀一伦、中国农业科学院副院长王韧等。近年来,在学校大力倡导扶持下,涌现出了以“中国大学生年度人物”江利斌为代表的一大批勇立时代潮头的创业就业典型。
山西农业大学历经百年沧桑,欣逢科教兴农、人才强国的难得机遇,肩负着为现代农业和区域经济社会发展服务的崭新使命,在建设地方农业院校先进水平教学研究型大学的道路上阔步前进。
About SXAU
Shanxi Agricultural University (SXAU) was originally known as Mingxian School which was founded in 1907 by Kong Xiangxi (Kung Hsiang-his / H. H. Kung). It was a private school at first and was approved as a public college in 1951. In 1979, SXAU adopted its present name and became a national key university. In 2005, SXAU got the Excellency Awards after an evaluation of undergraduate teaching conducted by the Ministry of Education of China. In 2012, it has been co-sponsored by the Shanxi Provincial Government and the Ministry of Agriculture of China. There are currently over 1600 staff members as well as a total of 20,000 full-time students.
The past 100 years witnessed SXAU generations adhering to the educational philosophy of “advocating study and agriculture, constructing SXAU through arduous struggle” and practicing the University Motto of “Diligent, Pragmatic, United and Enterprising”. SXAU gives prime concern to the nation and the people, persist in integration of production-learning-research, aim to build a “leading teaching and research agricultural university around the region”, and have made significant contributions to Shanxi and China’s agricultural development as well as economic growth.
SXAU encompasses eight academic fields in agriculture, science, engineering, economics, management, humanities, law and art. It comprises 15 colleges and departments, offering 67 specialties. It includes the College of Agriculture, the College of Forestry, the College of Animal Science and Technology, the College of Resources and Environment, the College of Horticulture, the College of Engineering, the College of Economics and Trade, the College of Food Engineering, the College of Art and Science, the College of Life Science, the College of Information Science and Engineering, the College of Software, the College of Urban and Rural Construction, the College of Public Management and the Department of Physical Education. It has 8 postdoctoral research stations, 5 Ph.D. programs and 13 Master's programs in Level I Disciplines, 26 Ph.D. programs and 50 Master's programs in Level II Disciplines as well as 5 Professional Master's Programs. In addition, SXAU has one state key fostering discipline, 5 key disciplines at provincial levels and 90 laboratories and 10 product bases. The library building, with a total floor space of 26,400 sq. meters, has a collection of over 1,500,000 volumes, and subscribes to over 15,000 kinds of periodicals.
SXAU has enforced a 100-year friendship with Oberlin College in the USA. With the help of joint education program between SXAU and Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Germany, there has been totally 1100 students go for overseas study. In addition, SXAU exchanges students with University of Rzeszów in Poland and Chaoyang University of Technology in Taiwan. SXAU participates actively in academic exchanges and establishes cooperative relations with overseas universities and institutions in more than 10 countries, including USA, Germany, Australia, Japan, UK, Ireland New Zealand and so forth. Since the policy of reform and opening up, SXAU welcomes more than 400 foreign experts and scholars to teach and sends over 200 scholars abroad for further study.
SXAU, a garden-style institution, is a blend of ancient and modern, a mixture of Orient and Occident, a combination of culture and nature. Railway, roads and highway lines crisscross within the nearby region. It merely takes one hour from Taigu to Taiyuan (the capital city) or Wusu Airport (the largest airport in Shanxi Province). The relics of Mingxian School are well-preserved ancient architectural complex dating back to the Qing Dynasty and the period of Republic of China, which won its laurels of National Cultural Relic Protection Unit. With over 85% coverage of landscaping area on main campus, SXAU is endowed with natural forest resources, including 30,000 shrubs and trees, 40 types of landscape tree seed, 100-odds rare century-old trees and above 50 valuable and rare types of tree seeds.
Building on its century-long history, Shanxi Agricultural University is today pursuing a strategy of developing into first-class agricultural universities. SXAU is committed to a blueprint of promoting leading-edge academics, cultivating innovative and entrepreneurial talents, and emerging as a regional hub for international academic exchange and cooperation.