# South China Agricultural University

South China Agricultural University (SCAU; 华南农业大学) is a provincial public agricultural university in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It is affiliated with the Province of Guangdong. It is part of the Double First-Class Construction.

## History

* 1909 - Guangdong province's agricultural experiment station and Affiliated Institute of Agriculture was founded.
* 1917 - Guangdong Province Public Agricultural School, and began to set up agricultural major(4-year degree).
* 1924 - Incorporated into Guangdong University, as College of Agriculture.
* 1926 - Rename to College of Agriculture, National Sun Yat-sen University.
* 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.
* 1979 - It was selected as one of National Key Universities.
* 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.
* 2022 - Became one of the Double First-Class Universities in Double First-Class Construction.

## Academics

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.

### 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

### Rankings

* The individual subject ranking of South China Agricultural University was 50th-100th in Agriculture & Forestry according to the QS World University Rankings for 2016.
* 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.