South China Agricultural University (SCAU) is in Guangzhou, China, on a campus of about 550 hectares. It traces its history to the Guangdong Agricultural Experimental Station and Training Center, founded in 1909. South China Agricultural College was formed in 1952 from agricultural units of National Sun Yat-Sen University, Lingnan University and Guangxi University, took its present name in 1984 and has been administered by Guangdong Province since 2000. It is listed in China’s Double First-Class Initiative.
SCAU describes itself as a comprehensive university with agricultural science and life science as its strengths, organised in 25 colleges, including a College of Agriculture, a College of Animal Science and a College of Horticulture. Its national platforms include the State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, the National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, the National Key Laboratory of Green Pesticides and a national centre for international research on precision agricultural aviation spraying. The university says it has agreements with more than 160 institutions in 48 countries and regions.