Agronomy
Introduction
This program aims to cultivate competent specialized and innovative talents equipped with a solid understanding of agronomy, research skills and managerial skills. Students are required to master and apply basic theories of traditional/modern crop genetics, crop breeding, crop cultivation, farming, plant physiology, plant biochemistry, molecular biology, etc. to fields such as crop production, selection and breeding of new crop varieties, seed production, and processing and inspection.
Objectives
Under the discipline of agronomy, this program aims to solve key problems in agricultural development. Four modules of courses are offered, including liberal education, disciplinary courses，specialized courses, and experimental teaching. Courses are properly arranged for students, with emphasis given to both the basic and the frontier science courses. The former includes botany, plant biochemistry, plant physiology, genetics, etc., and the latter includes molecular biology, plant molecular breeding, seminars on frontier biotechnologies, agricultural Internet of Things, theory and practice of entrepreneurship, etc. Experimental courses are also offered to improve students’ specialized and innovative skills. These courses include experimental skill training, experiment of plant molecular breeding, high-tech agricultural practice, etc.
Major courses
Botany, basic biochemistry, plant physiology, genetics, microbiology, biostatistics, molecular biology, crop breeding, crop cultivation, soil science, etc.
Career Prospects
Graduates can teach or research in universities and research institutes, or do managerial and technology promotion work in agricultural management departments. They can also serve as seed operation managers at seed companies of all levels, engage in the trade of agricultural products at domestic and foreign trade companies, and popularize knowledge on agricultural technology through press coverage. Students with excellent academic performance can be recommended to pursue graduate studies exam-free , sign up for graduate studies in this or a similar field, or go abroad for further study. They can also start their own business.
Plant Protection
(A national first-class undergraduate program, and a program under the Outstanding Agricultural and Forestry Talent Training Project)
Introduction
Guided by Jilin University’s talent cultivation objectives, the Plant Protection program (a national first-class undergraduate program, and a program under the Outstanding Agricultural and Forestry Talent Training Project) gives full play to the university's multidisciplinary advantages, especially in biology, and aims to cultivate high-level interdisciplinary talents in plant protection who have a wide knowledge of humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, as well as an open mind. These talents should suit the needs of China’s agricultural development and modernization, dedicate themselves to the development of “Three Rurals” with passion and responsibility, master the basic theories and practical skills of plant protection, develop an international perspective, excellent team spirit and innovation ability, and obtain good language skills, communication skills, learning skills and adaptability. They should possess a certain knowledge of economy and management, have the potential to engage in international competition and scientific research, master modern biotechnology, know how to innovate, and apply their international perspective and interdisciplinary skills to pest management in agricultural and forest production. In a word, this program aims to cultivate versatile professional who can secure the sustainable development of agriculture and forestry.
Research emphasis include plant pathology, agricultural entomology and pest control, and pesticide science.
Features
The Plant Protection program was approved by the Ministry of Education as one of the first national class-II distinctive programs in 2008, as a program with Jilin characteristics in 2011, and as a flagship program of Jilin Province as well as a pilot reform program under the Outstanding Plant Protection Talent Training Project of the Ministry of Education in 2014. It was also approved by the Education Department of Jilin Province as a class-A high-level discipline development project during the “13th Five-Year Plan” in Jilin Province in 2017, and as a national first-class undergraduate program of plant protection in 2019. In 2006, Plant Pathology was rated as a provincial key program during the “11th Five-Year Plan”. In 2012, Plant Protection was listed as a key program with Jilin University’s characteristics during the “12th Five-Year Plan”. The Faculty of Plant Protection and Plant Pathology were successively awarded “Outstanding Faculties of Jilin Province”. In 2015, the research team of Plant Protection was included in the Development Program for Innovation Teams of Universities in Jilin Province, and that of Plant Pathology was granted as one of first teams under the Support Program for Major Scientific and Technological Project Research and Development Talents and Teams in Jilin Province.
Major courses
Botany, basic biochemistry, plant physiology, genetics, general plant pathology, agricultural plant pathology, general entomology, agricultural entomology, and chemical plant protection.
Career Prospects
Graduates can teach in universities, engage in foreign and domestic plant quarantine at national entry-exit quarantine departments, do scientific research and management at plant protection research institutes at all levels, or engage in the monitoring, warning and sustainable control of diseases and pests at agricultural and forestry departments. They can also be employed in fields like environmental protection, commerce and trade, food safety, biotechnology, pesticide, and plant protection for scientific research, technology promotion, R&D, operation and management. Students with excellent academic performance can be recommended to pursue graduate studies exam-free , sign up for graduate studies in this or a similar field, or go abroad for further study.
Horticulture
Introduction
This program aims to cultivate competent, innovative and inter-disciplinary talents who are well-developed in ethics, intelligence, physique, aesthetics and social skills. These talents should possess political awareness, social responsibility and the awareness for sustainable development to suit the needs of contemporary horticulture. After specialized training, students are required to have good language and communication skills, an international perspective and outstanding team spirit. They should have established the habit of active and life-long learning, mastered the basic theories and expertise of horticultural science from the perspective of new agricultural sciences, and learned skills regarding the innovation and production of horticultural crop germplasm resources, variety selection and breeding, production and cultivation management, disease, pest and weed control, post-harvest storage and processing, and marketing. Students should also understand the basic theories of chemistry, mathematics, computer, biotechnology, food science, bionics as well as other interdisciplinary knowledge relevant to smart horticulture, and explore how to apply smart horticulture while taking consideration of the regions, seasons, as well as the diversity, periodicity, and freshness of plants.
Features
This program cultivates horticultural professionals guided by the philosophy of “lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets” and the Three Guidelines of New Agricultural Sciences including “Anji Consensus”, “Beidacang Action”, and “Beijing Guide”. It actively carries out ideological and political education, and apply professional knowledge to carry out poverty alleviation, rural revitalization, ecological conservation and the construction of a beautiful China. This program keeps pace with the times and explores how to use big data to train talents in smart horticulture. It also pays attention to people’s overall physical and mental well-being, and carries out teaching and research on the quality and safety of horticultural products as well as horticultural therapy. It leads the development in the industry, and conducts interdisciplinary teaching and research from the perspective of new agricultural sciences. It strengthens experimental teaching and builds a distinctive base for innovation and entrepreneurship in Jilin and beyond to effectively improve students’ practical skills. And in the end, it strives to develop first-class disciplines, and carry out exchanges and cooperation with domestically and internationally well-known horticultural research institutes.
Major courses
Botany; basic biochemistry; plant physiology; genetics; horticultural plant breeding; vegetable cultivation; fruit cultivation; ornamental horticulture; storage, transportation and sales of horticultural products; facility horticulture; landscape dendrology; landscape planning and design, etc.
Career Prospects
Graduates mainly engage in scientific research, production and development, technology promotion, entrepreneurship, business management, decision-making and planning in fields relevant to horticultural science. Students with excellent academic performance can be recommended to pursue graduate studies exam-free , sign up for graduate studies in this or a similar field, or go abroad for further study. Employers of our graduates include scientific research institutes such as Jilin University, government agencies such as provincial, municipal and county people’s governments, online fresh-food sellers such as Alibaba, and real-estate companies such as Evergrande Gardening, etc.
Agriculture Resources and Environment
Introduction
This program aims to cultivate competent specialized and innovative talents who know the basic theories, expertise and skills to effectively use agricultural resources, and monitor, evaluate and protect the agroecological environment. These talents can engage in agricultural production, land management, environmental protection, effective use of agricultural resources, and other teaching, research, technology promotion and development, and operation and management activities relevant to agricultural resources and environment.
Features
The program bases itself on the current situation of China’s and world agriculture, and the frontier research of agricultural resources and environment, and looks to the commonly held ideas of “environmentally friendly”, “green”, “organic”, and “healthy”. It aims to solve the existing problems on agricultural resources and environment in the sustainable development of China’s agriculture and rural areas. Making full use of Jilin University's interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary resources, the program works to build a scientific and technological platform for agricultural environmental protection, agricultural resources and their efficient use, conduct theoretic and innovative researches on plant physiology under stress and molecular biology, soil degradation and water and soil environmental effects, efficient use of crop nutrients and its coordination mechanism, pattern distribution and transformation of agricultural environmental pollutants, functions of soil microbes and wastewater resource utilization, ecological evaluation of river and lake water, and evaluation and restoration of soil pollution etc. In this way, it is hoped that this program could help secure China's agroecological and food security, and provide theoretical guidance and technological support for the effective and sustainable use of agricultural resources.
Major courses
Botany, soil science, basic biochemistry, plant physiology, genetics, microbiology, biostatistics, agricultural meteorology, agroecology, plant nutrition, comprehensive management of nutrient resources, investigation and evaluation of soil resources, environmental instrument analysis, environmental monitoring, environmental impact assessment, resource and environmental analysis technology, etc.
Career Prospects
Graduates can work as researchers or research managers in research institutes relevant to soil science, plant nutrition, environmental science, ecology, etc., or as teachers or researchers in universities. They can also engage in technology development and promotion, as well as management and planning at managerial agencies of agriculture, agricultural materials, environmental protection and land at all levels, or major agricultural materials or environmental protection enterprises. Students with excellent academic performance can be recommended to pursue graduate studies exam-free, sign up for graduate studies in this or a similar field, or go abroad for further study.
