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.

South China Agricultural University

华南农业大学
Former names	South China Agricultural College (华南农学院)
Motto	修德、博学、求实、创新
Motto in English	Upgrading Integrity, Broadening Knowledge, Pursuing Truth, Seeking Breakthroughs
Type	Public
Established	1909 (1909)
Budget	¥1.32 billion (2015)
President	Liu Yahong
Academic staff	2,471
Administrative staff	3,304
Students	42,982（fall 2017）
Undergraduates	36,560（fall 2017）
Postgraduates	6,301（fall 2017）
Location	Guangzhou , Guangdong , China 23°9′28.80″N 113°20′52.80″E
Campus	Urban: 2.95km2, Suburb: 2.57km2
School Song	“金色的理想”(Golden Ideal)
Colors	Green and White
Affiliations	Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University Alliance (GHMUA)
Website	english.scau.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	华南农业大学
Traditional Chinese	華南農業大學
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huánán Nóngyè Dàxué

The South China Agricultural Museum

The main Library

South entrance of South China Agricultural University

Main Gate

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

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  College of Agriculture
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  College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture
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  College of Horticulture
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  College of Natural Resources and Environment
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  College of Engineering
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  College of Food Science
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  College of Economics and Management
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  College of Humanities and Law
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  College of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering
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  College of Foreign Studies

University ranking
2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Universities Ranking	#
Global	702
2023 ARWU Academic Ranking of World Univisities	#
Global	401-500
2024 CWUR World Universities Ranking	#
Global	608

Subject rankings
2020 QS Subject Rankings	#
Agriculture & Forestry	30
2018 U.S. News & World Report Subject Rankings	#
Agricultural Sciences	160
Plant and Animal Science	253

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.

International cooperation

The school name was named by Mao Zedong who was the first chairman of China

It has established inter-institutional ties with twenty-three universities from thirteen countries in Europe, America, Asia and Oceania. There are more and more academic exchanges between SCAU and universities in HongKong and Macao. In promoting the international multi-agricultural technological exchanges, the UNDP, FAO and WFC have attached great importance to the university and established the Regional Sericulture Training Center for Asia and Pacific and China International Center for Agricultural Training in SCAU. Up to now, the university has trained around 1000 overseas students and numerous research and government officials from over 50 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, America, and Oceania.

America

• California State University, Fullerton, USA
• California State University, Fresno, USA
• University of California, Berkeley, USA
• University of California, Riverside, USA
• University of California, San Diego, USA
• University of California, Irvine, USA
• Pennsylvania State University, USA
• Kansas State University, USA
• Arkansas State University, USA
• University of Maryland, USA
• Alabama State University, USA
• Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
• Louisiana State University, USA
• Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
• University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA
• St. John’s University, USA
• Purdue University, USA
• Texas A&M University, USA
• McGill University, Canada
• University of British Columbia, Canada
• University of Alberta, Canada
• King's University College at Western University Ontario, Canada
• University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Asia

• Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Providence University, Taiwan
• National Chiayi University, Taiwan
• National Ilan University, Taiwan
• National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
• Dong-A University, South Korea
• Konkuk University, South Korea
• Ewha Womans University, South Korea
• Inha University, South Korea
• Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
• Mahasarakham University, Thailand
• Khon Kaen University, Thailand
• Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
• University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
• Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia
• Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
• Tel Aviv University, Israel
• Doshisha University, Japan
• Kyoto University, Japan
• Sindh Agriculture University, Pakistan

Europe

• University College Dublin, Ireland
• University of Nottingham, UK
• University of Ulster, UK
• University of Southampton, UK
• University of Northampton, UK
• University of Central Lancashire, UK
• Grimsby Institute, UK
• University of Lincoln, UK
• University of Dundee, UK
• Aberystwyth University, UK
• University of Salford, UK
• University of Edinburgh, UK
• Birmingham City University, UK
• Bath Spa University, UK
• University of Huddersfield, UK
• Queen's University Belfast, UK
• Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
• Cardiff University, UK
• Free University of Berlin, German
• Linnaeus University, Sweden

Oceania

• University of Western Australia, Australia
• University of Southern Queensland, Australia
• University of Canberra, Australia
• Australian National University, Australia
• Monash University, Australia
• University of Adelaide, Australia
• Macquarie University, Australia
• Murdoch University, Australia
• University of Auckland, New Zealand

External links

• South China Agricultural University