llege of resources and environments in Southwest China University was established on the base of College of Resources and Environments combined with specialty of land management in School of Economics and Management, specialty of Water Resources Engineering in School of fish Production in Southwest Agricultural University and specialty of land management in School of geographical sciences in Southwest Normal University. College of Resources and Environments in Southwest Agricultural University came from the Department of Soil -Agrochemistry, which was founded in 1952, in College of Southwest Agricultural College. Soil science in the Department was firstly authorized to award doctorate culture unit in 1981 and renamed as college of Resources and Environments by the Agricultural Ministry of China in 1994.
There was only a 4-year specialty, Soil –Agrochemistry, in the Department of Soil -Agrochemistry at beginning. But 53 year later, there are now seven specialties for undergraduates to pursue for bachelor degrees, 9 for master degrees and 5 for doctoral degrees in the college. Agricultural resources unitization that covers soil science and plant nutrition is doctoral specialty for graduate students to pursue. Soil science and plant nutrition are key specialties of Chongqing. We have also established a comprehensive research
