Key figures and date

1892

Donation of the Farm "São João da Montanha" to the State of São Paulo by Luiz Vicente de Souza Queiroz

1898

Luiz de Queiroz dies on June 11^th

 

1900

Piracicaba Technical Agriculture School is created by Decree n.º 863 on December 29^th

 

1901

On January 22^nd Ricardo Ernesto Ferreira de Carvalho is installed as the school's first Dean. On May 1^st Odilon Ribeiro Nogueira is the first student to enroll in the new school. On June 3^rd classes start, and in July José Amandio Sobral is installed as the school's new Dean.

 

1907

Inauguration of the Main Building, initially with only one floor

 

1925

Due to its high standard of teaching and agricultural research, the school is transformed into a Higher Education Institution (HEI), becoming thus one of the first colleges in the country

 

1931

The College received its present name, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" (ESALQ)

 

1934

ESALQ and six others HEIs in the State of São Paulo join forces to create the University of São Paulo (USP). The college is no longer affiliated with Department of Agriculture and Supply of the State of São Paulo

 

1945

The Main Building is expanded, and a new floor is added

 

1958
First Week Luiz de Queiroz, a meeting of alumni and a time to pay homage to graduated students from jubilee years in celebration of the Agronomist Day (October 12^th)

 

1964

ESALQ is the first USP College to have a graduate program and the second College in the country to offer a Master's of Science. The program covered the areas of Statistics and Experimental Testing, Soils, Plant Nutrition, Plant Pathology, Plant Genetics and Improvement, Mechanics, Agricultural Motors and Machines

 

1966

Creation of the Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA), with goal of developing, absorbing and disseminating nuclear techniques and methods applied to agricultural researches.

1967
The Home Economics undergraduate program starts; it is later deactivated in 1991

 

1970
ESALQ started to offer a doctorate program in Agricultural Science, the first in Latin America, in the areas of Entomology, Plant Pathology, Genetics, Plant Improvement and Soils and Plant Nutrition. Ferdinando Galli becomes the new Dean. USP undergoes reorganization, and 23 chairs give rise to 15 departments

 

1972
Beginning of the undergraduate program in Forestry

 

1976
Beginning three graduate programs (master):  Forestry Resources, Meteorology and Agricultural Microbiology

 

1985

Creation of a coordinating body for the Luiz de Queiroz Campus, which today is know as Prefecture of the Luiz de Queiroz USP Campus. Creation of the Luiz de Queiroz Museum

 

1992
The Campus is now officially called Luiz de Queiroz Campus

 

1998
ESALQ creates a degree program in Agroindustrial Economics, which in 2003 will be called Economics Sciences. A stamp is issued commemorating the 100^th anniversary of the death of Luiz de Queiroz

 

2001
100th anniversary of ESALQ. Creation of a degree program in Food Science. Creation of the ESALQ Association of Emeritus Faculty (Adae). Creation of the Office of Communications (Acom)

 

2002
Creation of degree programs in Environmental Management and in Biological Sciences

 

2004

Inauguration of the Biofuel National Complex by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on January 16^th. Creation of the Comission of International Affairs (CAInt). Publication of the first ESALQ bulletin and of the periodical Visão Agrícola (Agricultural Outlook)

 

2005
Official completion of the first Brazil-France double degree program in Agronomy, a project coordinated by ESALQ and French Institutions. Creation of an extension service center for farmers - Casa do Produtor Rural

 

2006

The Main Building, the Park and facilities of the Luiz de Queiroz Campus are designated as historic landmarks by the State of São Paulo

 

2007

ESALQ is declared as the first of the Seven Wonders of Piracicaba

 

2008
Graduation of the first double degree agricultural engineer as a result of the agreement between ESALQ and French HEIs

 

2009

The 10,000^th agronomy student graduates. Formalization of the double degree program between ESALQ and Wageningen University Research Center, from the Netherlands

 

2013
Beginning of the undergraduate program in Management

 

2014


ESALQ celebrates the 50th anniversary of the implementation of graduate courses