1908

1908 – UP founded

1909 – UP College of Agriculture (UPCA) established

1910s

1910 – Agricultural Engineering Building built at site presently occupied by SEARCA

1912 – Creation of the Department of Agricultural Engineering (DAE)

1920 – BOR approves offering of BS Sugar Technology (BSST, a 5-year course)

1920s

1928 – BS Agricultural Engineering (BSAE) offered jointly by UP Diliman and UPCA

1930s

1930’s – Ethanold blended gasoline successfully studied and tested at UPCA

1960s

1965 – BSAE offered entirely at UPCA

1970s

1972 – Reorganization of UP into UP System. Autonomy granted to the UPCA to become the University of the Philippines Los Banos (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)

1980s

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 of BS Chemical Engineering (BSChE) Curriculum

1989 – BS ChE major in Sugar Technology offered in place of BS Sugar Technology which was abolished

1990s

1992 – Offering of BS Civil Engineering (BSCE) and creation of the Department of Civil Engineering (DCE)

1996 – Offering of BS ELectrical Engineering (BSEE) 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 Chemical Engineering (BS ChE) Curriculum

2000s

2012 – CEAT celebrates its 100th Foundation Day

2016 – AMDP evolved into the Center for Agri-Fisheries and Biosystems Mechanization (BIOMECH)

2018 – CEAT started offering its revised 4-year Engineering Curriculum