History
- 22 May,1950
- College of Agriculture with Department of Agronomy and Department of Animal Husbandry was established according to the foundation of the University of the Ryukyus.
- 1 Sep.,1951
- College of Forestry was established.
- 1 Apr.,1953
- Department of Practical Engineering (Short course) was established.
- 1 Apr.,1954
- The name of college was changed to the College of Agriculture and Home Economics by uniting the College of Agriculture, College of Forestry and College of Home Economics, which had Departments of Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, Forestry, Home Economies, and Practical Engineering.
- 5 May,1954
- University Forest was opened by permitting the right for use about Yona National Forest.
- 1 Apr.,1955
- Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Comprehensive Agriculture were established, and the Department of Practical Engineering was abolished.
- 1 Oct.,1955
- Extension activity for the improvement of agriculture was started.
- 1 Apr.,1957
- Departments of Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering were established.
- 1 Oct.,1958
- The name of the college was changed from Agriculture and Home Economics to Agriculture, Home Economics and Engineering.
- 1 Oct.,1958
- Experimental Farm Station and Experimental Forestry Station were established.
- 1 Apr.,1963
- Department of Comprehensive Agriculture was abolished, and the Department of Agricultural Chemistry was established.
- 4 Nov.,1964
- Department of Agricultural Engineering was established.
- 1 Jul.,1966
- The management of the university was transferred to the Government of the Ryukyu Islands.
- 1 Apr.,1967
- Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering were replaced to the College of Science and Engineering.
- 1 Apr.,1967
- The name of the College of Agriculture and Home Economics and Engineering was changed to the College of Agriculture.
- 1 Apr.,1967
- The name of the Experimental Farm Station and Experimental Forestry Station were changed to the University Experimental Farm and University Experimental Forestry.
- 3 Dec.,1971
- Experimental Station for Tropical Agriculture was established.
- 1 Apr.,1972
- Department of Home Economics was replaced to the College of Education.
- 1 Apr.,1972
- Extension activity for the improvement of agriculture was abolished.
- 15 May,1972
- The university was transferred to the national university accompanied with the reversion of Okinawa to Japan.
- 2 May,1977
- Graduate School of Agriculture (Master Degree) including the Agronomy, Agricultural Chemistry and Animal Husbandry was established.
- 11 May,1977
- Experimental Farm was moved from the Shuri Campus to the Nishihara New Campus.
- 1 Apr.,1978
- Forestry Course was established in the Graduate School of Agriculture (Master Degree).
- 15 Mar.,1979
- The college was moved from the Shuri Campus to the Nishihara New Campus.
- 16 Feb.,1982
- The Section of Animal Husbandry of the Experimental Farm was moved from the Shuri Campus to the Nishihara New Campus.
- 1 Apr.,1983
- The Agricultural Engineering Course was established in the Graduate School of Agriculture.
- 1 Apr.,1985
- The Administrative office for Experimental Farm and Forestry were integrated in to the College Administrative Division.
- 1 Apr.,1985
- Environment and Resources Research Section was established in the Experimental Station of Tropical Agriculture.
- 1 Apr.,1991
- Five departments including Agronomy, Agricultural Chemistry, Agricultural Engineering, Animal Husbandry and Forestry were reorganized and the three departments including Bioproduction, Environmental Sciences and Technology and Bioscience and Biotechnology were established.
- 1 Apr.,1992
- The faculty was admitted to the member of the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University.
- 1 Jun.,1994
- Experimental Station of Tropical Agriculture and the Center of Tropical Marine Science were integrated and the Tropical Biosphere Research Center was established.
- 1 Apr.,1995
- The courses of the graduate school were changed to Bioproduction, Environmental Sciences and Technology, and Bioscience and Biotechnology.
- 16 Nov.,1998
- Administrative organization was concentrated and integrated, and five sections were reorganized into two sections.
- 1 Apr.,2002
- Experimental Farm and Experimental Forest were integrated, and the Subtropical Field Science Center was established.
- 1 Apr.,2004
- The university became a national university corporation.
- 1 Apr.,2009
- Three departments including Bioproduction, Environmental Sciences and Technology and Bioscience and Biotechnology were reorganized and the four departments including Subtropical Agro-Production Sciences, Subtropical Agro-Environmental Sciences, Regional Agricultural Engineering, and Bioscience and Biotechnology were established.
- 1 Apr.,2011
- Three courses of the graduate school were reorganized and the Subtropical Agriculture Course was established.
- 1 Apr.,2017
- The course of Health and Nutrition Science was established in the Department of Bioscience and Technology.
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