Jilin Agricultural University (JLAU; Chinese: Ã¥ÂÂæÂÂÃ¥ÂÂä¸Â大å¦) is a public agricultural university located in Changchun, Jilin Province, China. Founded in 1948, it is affiliated with the Jilin Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, and included in the National Basic Capacity Construction Project for Western and Central China.
Jilin Agricultural University originated from the Agricultural Cadre School (Ã¥ÂÂä¸Âå¹²é¨å¦é¢) established in 1948 in Heilongjiang Province under the Northeast Bureau of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
In 1958, it was reorganized as Changchun College of Agriculture (é¿æÂ¥åÂÂå¦é¢), and the name of the institution was inscribed by Zhou Enlai, then Premier of the State Council of China. In 1959, it was officially renamed Jilin Agricultural University.
Jilin Agricultural University has approximately 18,000 students, 20 undergraduate colleges, one directly affiliated teaching department, and one graduate school, as well as nine postdoctoral research stations.