South China Agricultural University, referred to as "Huanong", is located in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. It is a national key university and a national "double-class" construction university. It is a provincial-level university jointly established by the Guangdong Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and a high-level university in Guangdong Province. Selected as a national key discipline project, a national graduate program to build a high-level university, the first batch of "three-round education" reform pilot universities of the Ministry of Education, a national demonstration university to deepen the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education, a scholarship receiving institution of the China government for foreign students in China, a national pilot university to reform the "outstanding agricultural and forestry talents education and training plan", a national college student cultural quality education base, a university scientific and technological achievements transformation and technology transfer base, and a national "1kloc-"

The school was founded in 1909, Guangdong agricultural experimental field and agricultural workshop. 1952 South China Agricultural College was formed by the merger of the former Agricultural College of Sun Yat-sen University, the Agricultural College of Lingnan University and the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine and the Department of Pests and Diseases of the former Agricultural College of Guangxi University, and was under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture. 1984, renamed South China Agricultural University. In 2000, the school was placed under the management of Guangdong Province by the Ministry of Agriculture.

By June 2023, the total land area of the school was 826 1 mu, including 4,457 mu in Tianhe Wushan Campus and 3,804 mu in Zengcheng Teaching and Research Base, with a total construction area of 6,543.8+0.4 million square meters; There are 25 colleges (departments) offering 10 1 undergraduate majors; Post-Doctoral Research Center 1 1 each, first-level disciplines authorized by doctoral degrees 14, first-level disciplines authorized by doctoral degrees 1 each, 30 first-level disciplines authorized by master's degrees, and master's degree authorized categories 19. 3,455 faculty members, including 2,388 full-time teachers; There are more than 50,000 students (including international students), including more than 38,000 undergraduates and about 1.2 million postgraduates.