The "985 Project" and "2 1 1 Project" focused on the construction of colleges and universities, and were selected into the National Strong Foundation Plan, "11Plan" and "201Plan".
One of the 40 key universities in the "Subject Construction Plan for Aid to Xinjiang" jointly established by the Ministry of Education, China Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Water Resources, State Forestry Administration and Shaanxi Province, it is the birthplace of modern higher agricultural education in northwest China and the most complete agricultural university in China, with the wine major ranking first in the country.
The school was formerly the National Northwest Agricultural and Forestry College, founded in 1934. 1In September, 1999, with the approval of the State Council, seven scientific and educational institutions, including the former Northwest Agricultural University, Northwest Forestry College, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation of the Ministry of Water Resources of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Northwest Water Conservancy Institute of the Ministry of Water Resources, Shaanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shaanxi Academy of Forestry and Northwest Botany Institute of Shaanxi Academy of Sciences of China, were merged to form Northwest A&F University.
As of March 2022, the school covers an area of 5,657 mu, with graduate schools, 28 colleges (departments and institutes) and 74 undergraduate majors. There are 0/4 postdoctoral mobile stations 16 first-class doctoral programs/kloc-0, and 28 first-class master programs; 7 national key disciplines and 2 national key (cultivation) disciplines; There are more than 4,300 faculty members and 4 full-time academicians; There are nearly 2 1 000 full-time undergraduates and more than 9,600 doctoral students.