湖南农业大学坐落于湖南省长沙市，是一所具有鲜明农业特色和优势的多科性大学，是国家“2011计划”协同创新中心牵头建设单位、国家“中西部高校基础能力建设工程”入选高校。学校前身为1903年创办的修业学堂，历经百年发展，现已形成以农为优势，农、工、文、理、经、管、法、医、教、艺等多学科协调发展的学科专业体系。

Hunan Agricultural University is located in Changsha, Hunan Province. It is a multidisciplinary university with distinct agricultural characteristics and advantages. It is the leading construction unit of the "2011 Plan" collaborative innovation center and a university selected for the "Basic Capacity Building Project for Universities in Central and Western China". The university originated from Xiuye School founded in 1903. After a century of development, it has formed a disciplinary and professional system with agriculture as its advantage, and coordinated development of agriculture, engineering, liberal arts, science, economics, management, law, medicine, education, art and other disciplines.

学校现有全日制在校本科生、研究生3万余人，教职工2000余人，其中具有高级职称的教师占比超过40%。学校拥有国家级一流本科专业建设点30个，省级一流本科专业建设点20个，国家级特色专业6个，形成了从本科到博士的完整人才培养体系。近年来，学校在教学改革、科学研究、社会服务等方面取得了显著成就，先后获得国家级教学成果奖、国家科技进步奖等多项荣誉。

The university currently has more than 30,000 full-time undergraduates and postgraduates, and more than 2,000 faculty members, of which over 40% have senior professional titles. The university has 30 national-level first-class undergraduate major construction sites, 20 provincial-level first-class undergraduate major construction sites, and 6 national-level characteristic majors, forming a complete talent training system from undergraduate to doctoral level. In recent years, the university has achieved remarkable achievements in teaching reform, scientific research, social services, etc., and has successively won many honors such as the National Teaching Achievement Award and the National Science and Technology Progress Award.