Mongolian University of Life Sciences

The Mongolian University of Life Sciences (Mongolian: Хөдөө аж ахуйн их сургууль)[lower-alpha 1] is a national university of Mongolia, with the main branch situated in the capital of Ulaanbaatar. It lies in the southern part of the city in the Khoroo 11 district on the southern side of the Tuul River, just to the northwest of the Zaisan Memorial and the American School of Ulan Bator.

Mongolian University of Life Sciences
Хөдөө Аж Ахуйн Их Сургууль
ᠬᠥᠳᠡᠭᠡ
ᠠᠵᠤ
ᠠᠬᠤᠢ ‍ᠶᠢᠨ
ᠶᠡᠬᠡ
ᠰᠣᠷᠭᠠᠭᠣᠯᠢ
TypePublic university
Established1958 (1958)
RectorTömörbaataryn Kherüüga
Academic staff
405[1]
Undergraduates4,838[2]
Postgraduates3,454
642
Location
Ulaanbaatar
,
Mongolia

47.8866°N 106.9093°E / 47.8866; 106.9093
CampusUlaanbaatar (main)
Darkhan, Darkhan-Uul Province
ColorsDark green  
NicknameХААИС (KhAAIS)
AffiliationsCMUC
Websitemuls.edu.mn

It was formerly the veterinary faculty of the Mongolian State University and Higher School of Agriculture from 1958 but underwent structural reform in 1990 and 1993, with seven schools, four research institutes and three university branches in Orkhon Province, Dornod Province and Khovd Province since 2001.[3] 7060 undergraduates and 1045 graduates were reported in 2008.[3]

Notes
  1. Literally translates to University of Agriculture.

References
  1. "Хөдөө аж ахуйн их сургууль".
  2. "Боловсрол, шинжлэх ухааны яам | эхлэл".
  3. Sanders, Alan J. K. (30 May 2010). Historical dictionary of Mongolia. Scarecrow Press. p. 745. ISBN 978-0-8108-6191-6. Retrieved 25 November 2011.


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