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.
key discipline
Key disciplines of National two disciplines: crop genetics and breeding, agricultural pest control, agricultural economic management, fruit tree science and preventive veterinary medicine.
National two disciplines Key (Cultivation) Discipline: Agricultural Mechanization Engineering.
Key disciplines of State Forestry Administration: botany and forestry.
Key disciplines of the former Ministry of Agriculture: plant pathology, agricultural mechanization engineering, preventive veterinary medicine, ecology, crop genetics and breeding.
The first-class disciplines in Guangdong Province have reached the top: agricultural engineering, food science and engineering, crop science, horticulture, plant protection, veterinary medicine, agricultural and forestry economic management.
Key disciplines with first-class discipline advantages in Guangdong Province: biology, ecology, animal husbandry, forestry, agricultural resources and environment.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-South China Agricultural University