
CEAT History in a Timeline
1909 – University of the Philippines College of Agriculture (UPCA) was established
1910
1912 – Creation of the Department of Agricultural Engineering (DAE)
1920 – BOR approved the offering of BS Sugar Technology (BSST, a 5-year course)
1920
1928 – BS Agricultural Engineering (BSAE) was first offered jointly by UP Diliman and UPCA
1930
1930 – Ethanol blended gasoline successfully studied and tested at UPCA
1960
1965 – BSAE was offered entirely at UPCA
1970
1972 – Reorganization of UP into UP System. Autonomy granted to the UPCA to become the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB)
1976 – Elevation of the DAE to the Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Technology (INSAET)
1977 – Creation of the Agricultural Machinery Testing and Evaluation Center (AMTEC)
1979 – Institution of the Agricultural Mechanization Development Program (AMDP)
1980
1983 – INSAET evolved into the College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)
Sugar Technology Program transferred to CEAT
Creation of the Department of Engineering Science (DES) and Department of Chemical Engineering (DChE)
1985 – BOR approves offering BS Chemical Engineering (BS ChE) Curriculum
1989 – BS ChE major in Sugar Technology offered in place of BS Sugar Technology which was abolished
1990
1992 – Offering of BS Civil Engineering (BS CE) and creation of the Department of Civil Engineering (DCE)
1996 – Offering of BS Electrical Engineering (BS EE) and creation of the Department of Electrical Engineering (DEE)
1997 – Reconstituting the Institute of Agricultural Engineering (IAE) from divisions which were then departments of CEAT
1999 – BOR approves offering of BS Industrial Engineering (BS IE) Curriculum
2000
2016 – AMDP evolved into the center for Agri-Fisheries and Biosystems Mechanization (BIOMECH)
2018 – CEAT started offering its revised 4-year Engineering Curriculum