Shandong Agricultural University (SDAU; simplified Chinese: 山东农业大学; pinyin: Shāndōng Nóngyè Dàxué), established in 1906, is a comprehensive university in Shandong, China. Several academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering are graduates from SDAU. SDAU covers an area of more than 5,300 mu (about 353 ha). SDAU has set up 19 institutes. The Chinese geneticist Li Zhensheng was a graduate in this university. SDAU was established in 1906 in Jinan and was called Shandong Higher Agricultural School (山东高等农业学堂). Later, the university changed its name to Shandong Agriculture College (山东农学院) in 1952. In 1958, SDAU was moved to Tai'an and in 1983 SDAU got its name.