HISTORY
| 1956 | Zhejiang Agricultural College set up a major in Agricultural Mechanization |
| 1960 | Zhejiang Agricultural College established Department of Agricultural Mechanization on the basis of its Agricultural Mechanization and Agricultural Design & Manufacture. |
| 1968 | Zhejiang Agricultural University set up a major in Comprehensive Utilization in Agricultural Production. |
| 1984 | Zhejiang Agricultural University established Department of Food Engineering. |
| 1985 | Department of Agricultural Mechanization, Zhejiang Agricultural University, was renamed Department of Agricultural Engineering;Department of Food Engineering was renamed Department of Food Technology. |
| 1993 | Cooperating with Machinery Department of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Agricultural University established College of Engineering Technology on the basis of Department of Agricultural Engineering. |
| 1998 | College of Engineering Technology, Zhejiang Agricultural University, was renamed College of Agricultural Engineering. |
| 1998 | Four universities merged together into the new Zhejiang University. College of Agricultural Engineering at Zhejiang Agricultural University was renamed College of Agricultural Engineering at Zhejiang University; Department of Food Technology at Zhejiang Agricultural University was renamed Department of Food Science & Nutrition at Zhejiang University. |
| 1999 | College of Agricultural Engineering and Department of Food Science & Nutrition merged together into College of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science at Zhejiang University. |
| 2002 | College of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science was renamed College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science. |