History

2011

• March: Renamed as the Department of Forest Environmental Science

2009

• March: Abolition of the division system; reorganized as the Department of Forest Resources

1995

• October: Reorganized into the Forest Science Division: Department of Forest Resources and Department of Wood Science & Engineering

1991

• October: Department of Forestry renamed as the Department of Forest Resources

1988

• October: Department of Veterinary Medicine transferred to the newly established College of Veterinary Medicine

1987

• October: Department of Agricultural Machinery and Department of Wood Science & Engineering established

1983

• September: Department of Landscape Architecture established

1981

• October: Department of Agricultural Biology established

1979

• December: Department of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Food Engineering established

1975

• December: Department of Agricultural Engineering established

1973

• December: Departments of Food Processing Engineering, Agricultural Chemistry, and Animal Science established; Departments of Veterinary Medicine and Agricultural Chemistry abolished

1972

• December: Departments of Horticultural Science and Food Processing Engineering established; Department of Agricultural Chemistry abolished

1963

• December: Department of Agricultural Economics established March: Campus relocated from Iri to Jeonju; Department of Agricultural Chemistry established January: College of Agriculture reestablished with Departments of Agronomy, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine

1962

• March: University closed under the national restructuring policy

1953

• April: Department of Agricultural Chemistry established

1952

• April: Incorporated into Jeonbuk National University; Departments of Agronomy, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine established

1951

• March: Departments of Forestry and Veterinary Medicine expanded

1948

• September: College-level program in Agronomy opened April: Preparatory program in Agronomy opened

1947

• October: Established as Provincial Iri Agricultural College