Gansu Agricultural University (GAU) is situated on the picturesque Yellow River bank in Anning district of Lanzhou, covering 1,650,000㎡ of land. Its predecessor was the National Veterinary College founded in Lanzhou in October 1946, and then merged with the Gansu Agricultural College in preparations to establish Gansu Agricultural University in 1958.

GAU has 23 colleges, 6 national first-class undergraduate majors such as food science and engineering, 5 national characteristic majors such as animal medicine, 1 state key discipline (grassland science), 1 key discipline of state ministry of agriculture, 18 provincial key disciplines, 4 post-doctoral research stations, 8 first-level discipline doctoral degree programs, 19 first-level discipline master's degree programs. GAU has 1 state key laboratory, 1 national experimental teaching demonstration center, and 48 research institutes and labs that provide substantial support to academic activities.

GAU 1530 faculty members, including 1226 full-time teaching faculty, there are 647 professors and associate professors. The current enrollment includes 17,137 undergraduates and 3506 post-graduates (including 56 international students). GAU has cultivated more than 130,000 talents, including more than 60 international students.

GAU has paid great attention to international academic exchanges and has established friendly academic cooperation with many universities and institutes in more than ten countries such as the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Germany, France, and Japan. These have been in the areas of visiting scholars, academic activities, scientific research cooperation, along with many other aspects of education and academic study. The International Workshop of Sustainable Livestock Development and Natural Resource Management in West China after WTO accession were successfully hosted by GAU.