College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, HZAU – Top Horticulture College in the World!

Welcome to the College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences

The College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences at Huazhong Agricultural University was Established in February 2002. It is one of the world's leading horticulture colleges.

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Faculty

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Postdocs

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Students

Fully Funded Scholarships

Chinese Government (CSC) and Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAUS) scholarships are available for outstanding international students who graduated from top universities. Chinese Government and Huazhong Agricultural University scholarships cover tuition and accommodation fees and provide monthly living expenses for post-graduation studies.

Vibrant Campus Life

The College offers a vibrant and diverse campus life for international students and foreign faculty. The College fully promotes students’ 3S functions, namely, self-education, self-management, and self-service leading to sound personalities, social responsibility, overall consciousness, and an international perspective.

Innovative Faculty

The College consists of top innovative research and teaching faculty with an international vision to deliver educational ideas, which take students as its essence, deepen the integration of science, focus on innovation and practical ability, and strengthen the construction of quality education resources. We are promoting an independent educational environment with international quality standards.

Admission

The College of Horticulture and Forestry Science offers degree programs in Fruit Science, Vegetable Science, Protected Horticulture, Landscape Gardening, Landscape Architecture, Tea Science, and Forestry Science and is highly ranked by the Ministry of Education, and the National Development and Reform Commission. We were ranked first in the third national discipline evaluation. Moreover, in 2017, the Center for World University Rankings classified the College of Horticulture and Forestry Science as a First International Horticulture Discipline.

Research

The College of Horticulture and Forestry Science is focused on high-quality research and top talent cultivation as the fundamental task of higher education. The college aims to develop cutting-edge research teams to address major issues in the horticulture industry and to meet the national needs for socio-economic and industrial development. We carry out basic to applied research based on modern science in key laboratories and engineering centers. Our research teams use the interconnectedness of science and engineering to create interdisciplinary approaches to fundamental and goal-oriented problems.