Huazhong Agricultural University

Huazhong Agricultural University

华中农业大学
Bird's eye view of the HZAU campus. Looking west, with Wuhan's South Lake being on the right
Other name	Central China Agricultural University
Established	1952; 72 years ago (1952)
Location	Wuhan , Hubei , China 30°28′34″N 114°21′09″E / 30.4762°N 114.3524°E / 30.4762; 114.3524
Website	hzau.edu.cn

Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU; 华中农业大学) is a public university in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First-Class Construction.

In 1952, Huazhong Agricultural College was established by merging the Agricultural College of Wuhan University, the whole Hubei Agricultural College, and some departments of Sun Yat-sen University, Nanchang University, He'nan University, Guangxi University, Hu'nan Agricultural College, and Jiangxi Agricultural College. In 1985, the school was renamed Huazhong Agricultural University.

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