March 1946 | Okayama Agricultural College established |
May 1949 | Okayama University established; Faculty of Agriculture (Department of Agriculture and Department of Horticulture) organized as a faculty of Okayama University |
October 1949 | Okayama Agricultural College consolidated with Okayama University |
April 1950 | Research farms (Okayama Research Farm and Hachihama Research Farm) and Research Forest established |
March 1951 | Okayama Agricultural College abolished |
April 1951 | Ohara Institute for Agricultural Research affiliated with Okayama University |
April 1953 | Department of Animal Husbandry established |
July 1953 | Ohara Institute for Agricultural Research reorganized into a research institute of Okayama University |
May 1955 | Hachihama Research Farm opened in Hachihama-cho, Tamano City |
April 1959 | Postgraduate Course in Agriculture established |
April 1961 | Department of Agrochemical Bioscience established |
February 1964 | Honjima Research Farm opened in Honjima-cho, Marugame City, Kagawa Prefecture |
April 1966 | Department of Agricultural Engineering established |
April 1971 | Postgraduate Course in Agriculture abolished |
November 1978 | Tsudaka Livestock Farm opened |
April 1985 | Research Forest abolished |
April 1986 | Five Departments of Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Agrochemical Bioscience and Agricultural Engineering reorganized into a single department, the Department of Agricultural Sciences |
October 1994 | Department of Agricultural Infrastructure Development and Conservation abolished; Department of Agriculture and Forest Production Ecology and Department of Regional Resources Management newly established |
April 1999 | Departments reorganized with the restructuring of the Faculty of Agriculture |
April 2002 | Research farms reorganized into the Field Science Center |
April 2004 | Okayama University incorporated as the National University Corporation of Okayama University |
April 2006 | Departments reorganized into four specialized Courses with the restructuring of Faculty of Agriculture |
March 2012 | Honjima Research Farm closed |