Jilin Agricultural University, located in Changchun City, Jilin Province, is a provincial-level key university. It was jointly built by the Jilin Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Agriculture, and was selected as a basic capacity-building project for universities in the central and western regions.

The school was founded in 1948, formerly known as Heilongjiang Agricultural Cadre School. In 1956, it was renamed as Bei 'an Agricultural College with the approval of the State Council. 1958 In April, Changchun Agricultural College merged with Changchun Animal Husbandry and Veterinary University and the preparatory office of Changchun Agricultural College. 1959 Changchun Agricultural Mechanization College was merged into Changchun Agricultural College in March, and was renamed Jilin Agricultural University in June of the same year.

As of 20 16 1 1, the school covers an area of 3 19.02 hectares, with a total construction area of 802,000 square meters, total fixed assets exceeding 2.2 billion yuan, and the library has 2,466,800 books. * * * Staff 1838, including full-time teachers 1 179, full-time students 18000.

There are 15 colleges, 2 directly affiliated teaching departments and 59 undergraduate majors. At present, there are 7 post-doctoral research stations, 5 doctoral programs in first-class disciplines, 2 doctoral programs in two disciplines, 7 master programs in first-class disciplines, 78 master programs in two disciplines and 6 professional master programs.