The Department of Forestry currently has four disciplines: forest tree genetics and breeding, forest cultivation, forest protection and forest ecology. Among them, forest tree genetics and breeding and forest ecology are included in the third phase of the “211 Project” of South China Agricultural University. There is 1 doctoral program in ecology, 1 master's program in first-level forestry, 3 master's programs in forest cultivation, forest ecology and forest protection, and 1 professional master's program in agricultural extension (forestry field). There is one undergraduate major in forestry (including urban forestry and forestry ecological engineering).
The Department of Forestry currently has 27 faculty members, including 12 professors, 9 associate professors (including senior laboratory technicians), and 6 lecturers (including laboratory technicians). There are 5 doctoral supervisors and 15 master supervisors. One person is a first- and second-level candidate for the national “Thousands and Tens Talents Project”, and four are school-level training targets for the “Thousands and Tens” Project of Guangdong Province. 11 teachers serve in national-level societies. Teachers in the Department of Forestry have taught more than 30 undergraduate courses and more than 20 postgraduate courses, including forest genetics and breeding, forest cultivation, forest ecology, forest pathology, and forest entomology. Discipline platform construction: It currently has the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Germplasm Innovation and Utilization, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of General Universities - Key Laboratory of Biomass Energy, Tropical and Subtropical Forestry Biotechnology Laboratory, South China Forest Cultivation Laboratory, etc. "The central and local governments have established 2 laboratories for superior and characteristic disciplines". There are 410 acres of on-campus teaching and research base and nursery. *** Obtained construction funding of 8.7 million yuan.
In the past five years, teachers in the Department of Forestry have presided over 130 scientific research projects with a total project funding of 30.36 million yuan, including 14 national-level projects and 11 provincial and ministerial-level projects. They have published 185 papers, including SCI, EI , 14 papers in the three major indexes of ISTP, and 40 papers in first-level domestic journals. Published 24 monographs and edited (co-edited) 6 national planning textbooks. 12 achievements of various types were obtained. Obtained 2 authorized patents. The Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning includes two majors: landscape architecture and urban planning. The gardening major has been established since 1985. It has a long history and outstanding features. It is one of the famous majors of South China Agricultural University in terms of enrollment and employment. The gardening major is now a key construction major in Guangdong Province and enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad. The urban planning major was established in 2005 to keep up with the national urban construction trend and combine the characteristics of the gardening major to cultivate urban and rural planning talents for the country. By 2010, the urban planning major had successfully trained two undergraduate students, and the first-time employment rate of graduates exceeded 90%.
The department adheres to the purpose of running a school that is oriented to the market and serves the society. The teaching and research work is closely connected with the actual social application, and it focuses on cultivating students’ professional theoretical level and hands-on problem-solving ability. Over the years, students in the school have participated in various domestic and foreign competitions. Excellent results were achieved in various competitions and other activities. Graduates of this department have a good response in society, and many have become leaders and business backbones of their workplaces. There are also many students who have started their own businesses and achieved remarkable results. Over the years, this department has not only cultivated a large number of high-quality landscape architecture and urban planning professionals for the society, but also accumulated rich experience in running schools and cultivated a high-quality teaching staff. There are currently 37 teachers, including 3 professors, 9 associate professors, and 16 lecturers, 80% of whom are young and middle-aged teachers. Many teachers have won honorary titles such as "Outstanding Teachers of Southern Guangdong" and "Rookie of the Teaching Circle of Southern Guangdong".
The department currently has professional classrooms with a total construction area of ??about 2,000 square meters and complete teaching equipment. In addition to two bachelor's degree authorization points in gardening and urban planning, it also has a master's degree in landscape architecture and There are two master's degree programs in landscape plants and ornamental horticulture. Starting from 2011, the department will pilot the academic education reform of jointly training undergraduates with the University of Maryland in the United States, further improving the level of education and allowing students to go global. The Department of Forest Resources and Tourism Management was established in 2001 based on the Forest Resources Protection and Recreation (undergraduate) major and is directly under the management of the Forestry College. It consists of two major teaching and research sections, the Forest Manager Teaching and Research Section, the Tourism Management Section, and the Forest Manager Comprehensive Laboratory. The distinctive department integrates forest manager, forestry economics, ecological protection, ecotourism, resource information management and tourism management, covering the three major disciplines of forest manager, forestry economics and tourism management. It currently offers two undergraduate majors: forest resource protection and recreation (ecological protection and resource information management) and tourism management, as well as a master's degree program in forest management. The Forest Manager Research Office and the Guangdong Provincial Nature Reserve Research Center are affiliated with this department.
This department is committed to cultivating modern forestry and tourism management talents with southern characteristics who understand both business and management, ecology and tourism, technology and art. Since enrollment began in 2001, more than 300 graduate and undergraduate students have been sent to society. Currently, there are 22 graduate students and 691 undergraduate students in the department.
This department has now formed a relatively complete teaching, scientific research and social consulting service system. It not only undertakes the teaching tasks of the four majors of the Forestry College, but also offers forest management, forest survey, dendrometry, forest resource economics, forestry economic management, 3S technology, forestry information management system, tourism, tour guide, and tourism. Geography, tourism aesthetics, travel agency management, hotel management, ecotourism, etc. are divided into a series of courses for graduate students, undergraduate students, junior college students, etc.; they also focus on the combination of teaching, scientific research and production, and are particularly good at forest management, forestry economics, and tourism management. , 3S technology, forest park survey and planning, nature reserve management, urban forestry and other research fields. It has won many scientific and technological progress awards from the National Forestry Ministry and the Guangdong Provincial Forestry Department, and has become a teaching and scientific research position with southern characteristics.
At present, the department has formed an academic team with a relatively reasonable structure in terms of professional titles, ages, academic qualifications, and academic connections. There are currently 21 teachers, including 5 professors, 5 associate professors, 10 lecturers and 1 laboratory technician. There are 9 teachers with doctorate degrees and 11 teachers with master's degrees (5 are currently studying for doctorates).
Currently, the department has more than 2,000 square meters of teaching, scientific research and experimental buildings, including a comprehensive forest resource management laboratory, a "3S" technology and forest tourism planning laboratory, and the only type of comparative laboratory in the school. It has a complete forest wildlife specimen room; a library and reference room with nearly 10,000 volumes (copies) of books (materials), and various types of forest survey instruments and equipment.
In the future development, this department will keep up with the development frontiers at home and abroad, focus on the current situation of forestry construction in my country, major issues in forest resource management and tourism regional coordination mechanism, and give full play to its own characteristics and advantages to provide services to South China. The theory and practice of forest resource management and tourism management will play a greater role. Since its establishment, the Department of Wood Science and Engineering has developed into a multi-disciplinary field covering wood science, wood processing technology, wood drying science, adhesives and coatings, artificial panel technology, furniture design and decoration engineering, wood processing equipment science, etc. It is a comprehensive teaching and scientific research unit that cultivates high-level professional talents for the wood industry and furniture industry. In order to meet the needs of the rapidly developing wood industry and furniture industry in Guangdong, the Department of Wood Science and Engineering takes wood materials as its advantage, features wood science and furniture engineering, and offers multi-directional programs in wood material technology, furniture design and engineering, decorative materials and engineering, etc. Comprehensive development, equal emphasis on undergraduate and postgraduate education, teaching and scientific research, and giving full play to Guangdong's geographical advantages. At present, the Department of Wood Science and Engineering has developed into the only "Wood Science and Engineering Major" teaching and research unit in Guangdong with domestic advanced experimental equipment, strong teaching staff, and the ability to train undergraduates, masters, and doctoral students, cultivating talents in wood material processing and protection, Knowledge in the fields of artificial panel manufacturing and application, furniture design and manufacturing, interior decoration engineering, wood industry design, etc., and high-quality professionals who can engage in production, development, application, operation, research and design in this field, have provided services to South China. The furniture industry, wood industry and decoration industry have provided a large number of outstanding talents, and the employment rate has always been at the forefront of universities in the province.
Currently, the Department of Wood Science and Engineering has 2 “Wood Science and Engineering” undergraduate majors, 1 “Wood Science and Technology” secondary discipline master’s degree program, and 1 “High-tech Wood Composite Materials Engineering Center” ” and 1 “Guangdong Provincial Timber and Wood Products Quality Supervision and Inspection Center”. The second-level doctoral program of "Agricultural Mechanization Engineering" in our school recruits doctoral students in the direction of "Wood Science". It is closely related to the "Art Design" major of the School of Art, the "Material Chemistry" major of the School of Science, and the "Industrial Design" major of the School of Engineering. The majors overlap with each other, especially in furniture design, interior design, structural design, and furniture materials. The interpenetration of many aspects such as science and wood modification has promoted the rapid development of wood science and engineering.
The Department of Wood Science and Engineering currently has 17 faculty members, including 1 professor, 6 associate professors, 7 lecturers, 1 doctoral supervisor, 7 master supervisors, 8 teachers with doctorate degrees, and teachers with master's degrees. 7 people form a scientific and reasonable teaching team. The teachers graduated from well-known domestic universities such as Beijing Forestry University, Northeast Forestry University, Nanjing Forestry University, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, South China University of Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology and Nanchang University. Many of them are Have experience in studying abroad and further education, and have rich and reasonable knowledge background.
The existing laboratory area is 3915m2, with a total value of existing instruments and equipment of 6.95 million yuan. It can develop 112 experimental projects, including 30 comprehensive and designed experimental projects, which has constructed a relatively complete teaching system. and research support conditions. The existing experimental laboratories include: artificial panel laboratory, gluing materials laboratory, furniture manufacturing laboratory, furniture design laboratory, paint laboratory, performance analysis laboratory, forestry laboratory, wood specimen room, etc., which have become the central and local key **Build a wood science and engineering laboratory with distinctive characteristics and obvious advantages in colleges and universities. In addition to having an on-campus teaching practice base, this major also cooperates with Guangdong Yingran Wood Industry Co., Ltd., Guangdong Weihua Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Zhujiang Piano Group Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Muyi Wood Industry Co., Ltd., and Guangdong Foshan Richang Furniture Co., Ltd. The company has 9 off-campus teaching internship bases. Through close cooperation with the bases, students can complete tasks such as admission internship, course internship, teaching comprehensive internship and graduation internship every year, and the students' practical ability has been greatly improved.
For a long time, all the teachers in the Department of Wood Science and Engineering have achieved a large number of scientific research results, published more than ten books, won one second prize (sixth) of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, and the first prize of the National Invention Patent Award. One prize (second place), one second prize of Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award (first place), one third prize of Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award (second place), and a professional textbook on wood science and engineering that is currently being written. More than ten volumes. He has published nearly 100 papers in national first-level and other academic journals such as "Forestry Science", presided over the formulation and revision of more than 20 national standards, industry standards, and local standards, and obtained six national invention patents and five utility model patents. item.
The Department of Wood Science and Engineering has close ties with many wood processing and furniture companies in Guangdong. It closely focuses on the regional characteristics of Guangdong’s wood industry, furniture industry, and decoration engineering, and makes full use of the geographical advantages of the tropics and subtropics to rapidly develop It has improved the research and teaching level of wood science and technology, gradually formed a discipline echelon and teaching platform with distinctive regional characteristics, and established the core and leading position of wood science and engineering in the wood industry and furniture industry in Guangdong Province.