The predecessor of Zhejiang Agricultural University is Tianmulin College, which was founded in 1958. Zhejiang Agricultural University was founded on February 1960 after many mergers and renaming.

However, in 1998, Zhejiang Agricultural University merged into Zhejiang University and became a part of Zhejiang University, so there was no independent Zhejiang Agricultural University. Zhejiang University is a first-class construction university, but it is not a 2 1 1 institution.