Two years after the Faculty of Philosophy started receiving students (1926), the School of Agriculture opened within the Faculty of Natural and Mathematical Sciences.  In 1937 the Faculty was split, and two of its Schools, Agriculture and Forestry, became a separate Faculty and were incorporated into the Agricultural University of Athens, which closed down in that year.

In 1981, the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry was split up and the two Schools became separate Faculties. In 1982, under the Law no. 1268/82, the Faculties of Agriculture, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine became Schools under the Faculty of Geotechnical Sciences of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

The School of Agriculture at present has 61 Teaching and Research Staff members and 42 members of Special Administrative and Technical Assistance Staff. Currently the School has 2000 registered undergraduate students, 234 Master of Science students, and 146 Doctoral degree candidates.

Until now, the School has awarded 13.719 degrees, 1.856  MSc degrees and 561 Doctoral degrees. Its graduates have gone on to work for the Ministry of Agriculture and other public services and organizations, making a great contribution to the rapid progress of Greek agriculture in the postwar period. At the same time, an ever-increasing number of graduates are offering their services in the private sector, while many others are making remarkable contribution in educational and research institutions abroad.