1931 - Sun Yat-sen University prepared to build a new campus in Shipai, and totally received about 3.5 square kilometers of land in the north of Shipai, The College of Agricultural college starts to develop rapidly.
1952 - The nationwide readjustments of university and college resources took place in 1952. And the South China Agricultural College (华南农学院) was established, through a reorganization process that unified the agricultural schools and departments of universities from 2 provinces in Southern China, including the former National Sun Yat-sen University, Lingnan University, Guangxi University.
1984 - The university was renamed as South China Agricultural University in 1984.
2000 - The university was transferred under the administration of Guangdong Province in 2000 during the reform of the management system of higher learning institutions.
2015 - Selected as a Cultivated High-level University of Guangdong Province.[4]
South China Agricultural University has 26 colleges (departments), offering 95 undergraduate programs, 107 master's degree programs, and 60 Ph.D. degree programs. SCAU also offers nine professional master's degrees and a professional doctorate in Veterinary Medicine.[5][6]
Colleges and schools
College of Agriculture
College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture
College of Horticulture
College of Veterinary Medicine
College of Animal Science
College of Marine Sciences
College of Natural Resources and Environment
College of Life Science
College of Food Science
College of Engineering
College of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering
College of Materials and Energy
College of Mathematics and Informatics
College of Software Engineering
College of Electronic Engineering
College of Artificial Intelligence
College of Economics and Management
College of Public Management
College of Humanities and Law
College of Foreign Studies
College of Arts
College of Marxist Philosophy
College of Continuing Education
College of International Education
Department of Physical Education
Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Zhujiang College
College of Agriculture
College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture
College of Horticulture
College of Natural Resources and Environment
College of Engineering
College of Food Science
College of Economics and Management
College of Humanities and Law
College of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering
College of Foreign Studies
University ranking
2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Universities Ranking[7]
The individual subject ranking of South China Agricultural University was 50th-100th in Agriculture & Forestry according to the QS World University Rankings for 2016.[10]
The university ranked 962th according to the US News Best Global Universities 2017. In particular, its Agricultural Sciences was ranked 177th, and its Plant and Animal Science was ranked 228th.[11]
International cooperation
It has established inter-institutional ties with twenty-three universities from thirteen countries in Europe, America, Asia and Oceania. There are more and more academic exchanges between SCAU and universities in HongKong and Macao. In promoting the international multi-agricultural technological exchanges, the UNDP, FAO and WFC have attached great importance to the university and established the Regional Sericulture Training Center for Asia and Pacific and China International Center for Agricultural Training in SCAU. Up to now, the university has trained around 1000 overseas students and numerous research and government officials from over 50 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, America, and Oceania.[12]