Why Study in GSCAAS

CAAS, as a state-level agricultural comprehensive scientific research institution, undertakes China’s basic, applied and high-tech research in agriculture. Presently, CAAS 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 RMB 4.34 billion. GSCAAS 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.

GSCAAS has 1,560 supervisors, including 11 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering and 560 supervisors for Doctoral Programs. 8 are included in the “One Thousand Talents Plan” and 8 are in the “National Plan for the Special Support of High-level Talent” (10,000 Talents Plan).  There are 39 state level experts (retirees included); 56 are enrolled in the “National Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Talents Project” of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of P. R. China; 120 are recipients of special government grants; 14 people and 5 teams are enrolled in the “Innovative Talent Promotion Plan” put forward by the Ministry of Science and Technology; 15 have won the National Award for Youth in Science and Technology; 3 have been awarded the title of National Outstanding Professional and Technical Personnel; 7 have won the award of Chinese Outstanding Agricultural Talents; 41 are outstanding personnel in agricultural scientific research; 98 are secondary professional technical experts; and 109 are included in or candidates for the “Youth Talent Plan”. Over 350 scholars or professors are on the teaching post now. 70% of the teaching is taken by the supervisors of the graduate school. Another 30% is taken by some well-known professors, experts and scholars in the adjacent universities.