【Face-to-face Food Majors】Introduction to the College of Food Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University

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Food science is the scientific foundation and technical support of the food industry.

1 Introduction to Hunan Agricultural University

Hunan Agricultural University is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the People's Government of Hunan Province, a national civilized campus, and a first-class university in Hunan Province (Class A)

The school has 20 colleges, an independent college, a graduate school, and a continuing education college.

The school has 1505 full-time teachers, 979 faculty members with senior professional titles, and 1,870 faculty members with master's degree and above

The school is one of the first pilot construction units of the New Countryside Development Research Institute in the country, taking the lead in the establishment of 1 national-level "2011" collaborative innovation center, the provincial and ministerial joint construction of 1 "2011" collaborative innovation center, and 3 provincial-level "2011" collaborative innovation centers ; 8 national scientific research platforms and 79 provincial and ministerial scientific research platforms

The school has established close ties with more than 100 universities, government agencies and international institutions in more than 30 countries, and has established cooperative education relations with more than 20 universities such as Ohio State University in the United States, Greenwich University in the United Kingdom, and Kagoshima University in Japan.

Looking forward to the future, the school will continue to uphold the school motto of "Simple, sincere, hardworking, truth-seeking, and innovative" and the school-running philosophy of "quality school, academic prosperity, and talents strong school".

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The School of Food Science and Technology originated from the Department of Agricultural Products Processing established in 1986.

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The college has three undergraduate majors: food science and engineering, food quality and safety, and brewing engineering.

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The college currently has 79 faculty members, including 21 professors, 22 associate professors, 17 doctoral tutors, 71 full-time and part-time master tutors, and 54 doctoral degree holders

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The college currently has the National Functional Food Sub-center of the Engineering Technology Research Center for the Utilization of Plant Functional Components, the National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Comprehensive Utilization of Citrus Resources, the National Vegetable Processing Technology R&D Sub-center, the National Channel Catfish Processing Technology R&D Sub-center, Food Science and Biotechnology Hunan Province Key Laboratory, Hunan Province Fermented Food Engineering Technology Center, Hunan Province Rapeseed Oil Nutrition Health and Deep Development Engineering Technology Research Center, Hunan Province Modern Food Engineering Technology and Equipment Innovation Center, Hunan Province Meat Engineering Technology Research Center, Pepper Provincial and ministerial-level scientific research platforms such as the Precision and Deep Processing Technology Research Center, including the Hunan Province Food Science and Technology Practice Teaching Demonstration Center, the Ministry of Food Science and Engineering Co-constructed Advantage Discipline Laboratory, and the Ministry of Education Agricultural Product Storage and Processing Training Center and other teaching platforms , More than 16,000 square meters of teaching and research rooms
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The college has established an on-campus practice base and more than 30 off-campus practice bases, including 4 provincial-level outstanding off-campus practice bases and 4 provincial college graduate students' innovation bases
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Scientific research results

The college conducts research on the advantages of Hunan Province and the intensive processing of characteristic agricultural products, focusing on scientific issues and key technologies in the processing of Hunan’s main agricultural products such as fermented vegetables, live pigs, rice, tea, vegetable oil, and wine
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Since the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", it has undertaken more than 40 national projects such as the National 973, 863, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the National Science and Technology Support Program
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It has won 2 second-class National Science and Technology Progress Awards, 15 provincial and ministerial science and technology awards, nearly 100 authorized national invention patents, and formulated 2 national food standards
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More than 50 monographs and textbooks have been published, and nearly 1,000 academic papers have been published
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Talent training and employment

With the aim of cultivating high-quality food science and technology talents, the college actively explores the rules of talent training
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Graduates are spread all over the world.
The ideological quality and professional skills of graduates are widely praised by employers.
The employment rate of graduates has been stable at over 95% for 5 consecutive years
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The college has established academic cooperation relationships with more than 10 countries and regions including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Thailand
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