Shandong Agricultural University (SDAU), situated at the foot of the magnificent Mount Tai, was founded in Jinan in 1906 with the original name of Shandong Higher Agricultural School. Later in 1952, it was renamed Shandong Agricultural College after many adjustments and integration. The college moved to Tai’an in 1958 and was renamed Shandong Agricultural University in 1983. In July 1999, the former Shandong Agricultural University incorporated two schools, Shandong Water Conservancy College and Shandong Forestry School, to form the current Shandong Agricultural University. At present, SDAU is a multi-disciplinary university with agricultural science as its advantage and life science as a distinctive feature, covering many areas of both Natural Sciences and Social Sciences.
Currently, SDAU has a fulltime enrollment of 31,000 students, of which more than 3,000 are graduate students. There are additionally 13,000 students enrolled in adult education programs. SDAU has a total number of 2,598 staff members, among which 657 are professors and associate professors. SDAU has 2 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and 4 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
