The UFRRJ has its origins in Decree 8319 of October 20, 1910, signed by Nile, President of the Republic, and Rodolfo Nogueira da Rocha Miranda, Minister of Agriculture. He laid the foundations of agricultural education in Brazil, creating the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, whose first director was the agronomist Gustavo Dutra. The headquarters was set up in 1911 in the palace of the Duke of Saxe, where today is the CEFET / MEC, the Maracana, Rio de Janeiro. Officially inaugurated in 1913, worked for two years with his field of experimentation and agricultural practice in Deodoro. In 1927, the school moved to the Red Beach in Rio de Janeiro. In February 1934, Decree 23857 transformed the courses at the National School of Agronomy, National School of Veterinary Medicine and the National School of Chemistry. The National School of Agronomy subordinated to the defunct Directorate of Agricultural Education, the National Bureau of Plant Production; the National Veterinary School of the National Department of Animal Production, Ministry of Agriculture. The National School of Chemistry, transferred to the former Ministry of Education and Health, was to be in the School of Chemical Engineering of the current Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. - Former University of Brazil In March 1934, the National Schools Agronomy and National Veterinary had the common regulations approved and have become standard facilities for agronomic education in the country. This year, they formed 12 agronomists and 16 veterinarians.