The research work has reaped a bump harvest. For example, of the 1003 evaluated projects since the 12th five-year plan, 257 projects have won awards of the ministerial and provincial levels or above. 61 new varieties of organisms have been approved. HEBAU has achieved more than 326 patents and published 1,828 academic papers listed in three major indexes. Scientific research funds reached 695 million yuan. Research achievements created evident social and economic effect to rejuvenate agriculture and Hebei through science and technology. The quantity and grade of scientific and technological awards has been ranking first among the provincial universities for ten years in a row.
The University has established academic exchange and inter-university relations with 29 universities or colleges abroad and started joint programs with Inholland University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands, University of California Riverside, USA, New Mexico State University, USA .etc. International students are enrolled for short-term studies and long-term education from bachelor to doctorate. Moreover, the University has conducted several foreign-aid master degree programs and short-term training programs sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of PRC with more than 500 participants from developing countries. The long-term stable cooperative relations with universities and colleges abroad have been formed and lots of students have been sent abroad for further studies.
Following the motto formed in its infant years- “In agricultural education, truth could not be obtained without practice; the subtleness of matters could not be approached without experiments; and neither practice nor experiments should be neglected in favor of the other”, HEBAU has forged a tradition of running the school with a combination of teaching, research, and production. This tradition later became known nationwide as the “Taihang Mt. Road” philosophy and has formed the spirit of “hard work, willing dedication, truth-seeking and pragmatic engagement, love for the Motherland and service for the people”, which serves as treasures to promote overall advancement of the university in improving itself and its students.
