Established in 2002, the College of Life Sciences now consists of four departments. It offers masters and doctoral education in seven fields and two bachelors programs, as well as admitting students in the National Base of Talent Training for Basic Research and Teaching in Biology and the National Cultivation Base of Life Sciences and Technology. The College has conducted over 400 research programs in the last 10 years, benefiting from grants of more than 50 million yuan from national, ministerial, and provincial sources. It has won many prestigious awards, including a Second Grade National Award for Science and Technological Progress, and produced numerous high-quality publications.