The Department of Soil Science (PSIT) Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Sebelas Maret was established on June 20, 1984 with the Decree of the Director General of Higher Education No. 39/Dikti/Kep/1984 with the name S1 Soil Science Study Program which is included in the Department of Agricultural Cultivation. PSIT at Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Sebelas Maret have changing as experienced by The department of Soil Science at Agricultural Universities throughout Indonesia. PSIT (the previous name of the Department of Soil Science). In 2008, the Department of Soil Science was merged with the Department of Agronomy to become the Agrotechnology Study Program. Previously, PSIT used the 2007 curriculum, but after being merged into the Agrotechnology Study Program, the curriculum used was the 2012 Agrotechnology curriculum, where Soil Science became one of the three interests in the Agrotechnology Study Program (Agronomy, Pests & Plant Diseases, and Soil Science). In 2013, Department of Soil Science (PSIT) Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Sebelas Maret officially separated itself from PS Agrotechnology. The PSIT operating license was re-established on April 16, 2013 based on the Decree of the Minister of National Education No. 115/E/O/2013.