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CALS History

2015.08Completion of Evergreen Student Dormitary
2014.06Completion of PyeongChang Campus(Experimental Animal Farm)
2014.05Establishment of Graduate School of International Agricultural Technology (GSIAT)
2013.09Completion of remodelling Agricultural Museum
2012.12Establishment of the Interplinary Program in Agricultural Genomics
2011.08Establishment of the Interdisciplinary Program in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
2011.04Establishment of Plant Molecular Breeding Center
2011.01Establishment of Center for Food Safety and Toxicology
Establishment of Vegetable Breeding Research Center
2009.11Construction of the 'SPC Science Research Building'
2009.06Foundation of the Major of Biomodulation
2008.12Establishment of the Center for Fungal Pathogenesis
2008.08Establishment of the Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute
2007.11Establishment of Offiice of Research Affairs
2007.11The Korean name of NICEM was renamed; Structural change of the organization (5 Divisions, 13 Laboratories, 6 Special Project Centers)
2007.03The Program in Community Development was renamed the Program in Regional Information
2005.02Agriculture and Life Sciences Library was relocated into the Public Welfare Facility
2004.12Construction of Public Welfare Facility(75-1)
2004.03Relocation of the NICEM (National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management)
2003.09Moved the Suwon Campus to the Main Campus at Seoul National University
2002.02Establishment of the Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences (Abolition of the Institute of Agricultural Science and Development, the Institute of Forestry and Forest Products, the Institute of Animal Science and Technology, and the Institute of North Korean and Foreign Agriculture; the Research Center received all of the abolished rights and liabilities of the Research Institutes)
2001.03The Department of Agricultural and Rural Adult Education was renamed the Department of Agricultural and Vocational Education
2000.10Establishment of the Business Incubator
2000.03Consolidation of the Schools of Agricultural Chemistry, Food Science and Technology, Animal Science and Technology, and Applied Biology into the Graduate School of Agricultural Biotechnology
1999.09Establishment of the Brain Korea 21 Consortium in Agricultural Biotechnology
1999.07Establishment of the Center for Plant Molecular Genetics and Breeding Research
1997.09Establishment of the Institute of North Korean Agriculture
1997.03Reorganization of the school system: four schools and five departments
Consolidation of the Department of Agricultural Home Economics into the College of Human Ecology
1996.02Promotion of the National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management (NICEM) to a statutory body
1993.04Foundation of the Agricultural Science Museum
1993.02Consolidation of the Undergraduate Program in Plant Pathology and Entomology
1992.11Establishment of the National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management (NICEM)
1992.03The College of Agriculture was renamed the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
The Departments of Forestry, Animal Husbandry, and Forest Processing Engineering was separated into the Departments of Forest Resources, Animal Science and Technology and Department of Forest Products
Establishment of Ph.D. programs in Agricultural Home Economics
1991.06Establishment of the Institute of Animal Science and Technology
1991.01Establishment of the Research Center for New Bio-materials in Agriculture
1990.03The program in Agricultural Extension Education was renamed the program in Rural Adult Education
Establishment of an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Landscape Architecture
Establishment of an interdisciplinary program in Agricultural Biotechnology
1989.10The Department of Sericulture was renamed the Department of Natural Fiber Science
1989.08Foundation of Agricultural Education & Research at the College of Agriculture in Seoul National University
1985.11Establishment of Ph.D. programs in Agricultural Biology(a program in plant pathology and a program in Entomology) and Agricultural Engineering(a program in Agricultural Machinery and Process Engineering)
1982.11Establishment of Ph.D. programs in Horticulture, Forest Products, and Food Science and Technology
1981.02Promotion of an affiliated Institute of Agricultural Sciences and Development to a statutory body
1980.12Establishment of a MS program in Ecological Landscape Architecture
Establishment of a Ph.D. program in Agricultural Education
1978.02Establishment of MS programs in Horticulture, Forest Processing Engineering, and Food Science and Technology
Separation of the MS programs in Agricultural Biology into a program in Plant Pathology and a program in Entomology
Separation of the MS programs in Agricultural Engineering into a program in Agricultural Engineering and a program in Agricultural Machinery and Process Engineering
1976.03Separation of the Department of Veterinary Science from the College of AgricultureFoundation of the College of Veterinary Medicine
1975.02The Institute of Agricultural Sciences was renamed the Institute of Agricultural Sciences and Development
1973.03Foundation of the Department of Landscape Architecture
1971.06Foundation of the University Arboretum
1971.03Separation of the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education into a program in Agricultural Education and a program in Agricultural Extension Education
1970.02Foundation of the Department of Forest Products and Technology
1967.12Foundation of the Department of Horticulture and the Department of Food Science and Technology
Separation of the Department of Agricultural Biology into a program in Plant Pathology and a program in Entomology
Separation of the Department of Agricultural Engineering into a program in Agricultural Engineering and a program in Agricultural Machinery and Process Engineering
1967.08Establishment of the Institute of Agricultural Science
1965.12Establishment of Ph.D. programs in Agronomy, Forestry, Agricultural Biology, Animal Science, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Chemistry, and Agricultural Economics
1962.12Foundation of the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education
1962.03The College of Agriculture merged with the College of Veterinary Medicine
The College of Veterinary Medicine was renamed the Department of Veterinary Medicine
1959.04Foundation of the Department of Agricultural Home Economics
1956.07Foundation of the Department of Sericulture
1947.09Separation of the Department of Veterinary Medicine from the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences
1946.08The College of Agriculture and Forestry merged with Seoul National University
The school was renamed the College of Agriculture, Seoul National University
Foundation of the Department of Agricultural Economics
Foundation of the Department of Agricultural Biology
Department of Irrigation, Drainage and Reclamation Engineering was renamed Agricultural Engineering
1946.03Foundation of the Department of Agricultural Chemistry
1943.04Foundation of the Department of Irrigation, Drainage and Reclamation Engineering
1937.04Foundation of the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science
1922.03The College was renamed 'Suwon Highschool of Agriculture'
1918.03The College of Agriculture and Forestry was renamed Suwon College of Agriculture and Forestry
1907.01Moved to Suwon Campus
1906.09Separation of the College of Agriculture and Forestry from the College of Agriculture, Commerce and Engineering
1904Foundation of the College of Agriculture, Commerce and Engineering(in Seoul)