 A&F is included in the Double First Class University Plan by China's Ministry of Education (totally 42 universities were included in this plan) .The history of Northwest A&F University can be dated back to 1934 when National Northwest Senior College of Agriculture and Forestry () was established by Ministry of Education, Republic of China based on an act drafted by Dai Jitao, General Yang Hucheng and Yu Youren in 1932.This was the first national senior college with speciality on agriculture field in the north-west of China and was also the only independent senior college of its kind.