South China Agricultural University has a graduate school with complete disciplines, including 98 undergraduate majors, 12 first-class disciplines authorized by doctoral degrees, 1 categories authorized by doctoral degrees, 28 first-class disciplines authorized by master degrees, and 15 categories authorized by master degrees. Agricultural pest control, crop genetics and breeding, agricultural economic management, fruit tree science and preventive veterinary medicine are five national key disciplines, agricultural mechanization engineering is one national key discipline (cultivation) 1, and 24 provincial and ministerial key disciplines (including five key disciplines of the Ministry of Agriculture, three first-class key disciplines of Guangdong Province 13, four second-class key disciplines of Guangdong Province and two key disciplines of the State Forestry Administration). Eight disciplines, including botany and zoology, chemistry, agricultural science, materials science, microbiology, biology and biochemistry, environmental science and ecology, and engineering, have entered the top of ESI world rankings 1%.