The College of Horticulture and Forestry, Jhalawar was established during July 2004. It had been earlier the 6th constituent college of MPUAT, Udaipur. Now after bifurcation of MPUAT, Udaipur, Agriculture University, Kota came into existence through promulgation of Act No. 22/2013 of Govt of Rajasthan, Jaipur during 2013 and since then, it formed the component of it.
The college offering specialized under- graduate degrees in Horticulture and Forestry is the first of its kind in the state. The teaching, research and extension education programmers of the college are fully interwoven. The college operates through two separate faculties namely, Horticulture and Forestry with 10 departments viz., Department of Fruit Science, Department of Vegetable Science, Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, Department of Post-Harvest and Technology, Department of Plant Protection, Department of Agroforestry and Silviculture, Department of Forest Product and Utilization, Department of Forest Biology and Tree Improvement, Department of Basic Science and Department of Natural Resource Management. It is located near the historical city Jhalarapatan on the Nimoda Road towards Thermal Power plant. The campus is spread over an area of 165 ha comprising of administrative building, various departments, hostels and instructional farms.
The establishment of College of Horticulture and Forestry was an important milestone in the history of Jhalawar. It has exalted into a premier institution for Horticulture and Forestry and stands a monument academia in the field of horticulture that has been inscribed esteem from all corners of the country. The college has so far produced 183 graduates in the field of horticulture and 79 in forestry besides 24 post-graduates in Horticulture.