Admission To Foreign Nationals

Admission To Foreign Nationals

The University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad was established during 1986 and was formally inaugurated by His Excellency the then President of India Shri Giani Zail Singh. The main campus is located on the Poona-Bangalore National Highway No.4 at an altitude of 678 meters with mild summers and winters, and receives about 880 mm rainfall. The University encompasses an area of about 542 hectares on its main campus and about 1,700 hectares at the outlying stations. The University has carved niche for itself on the National and International scene in a span of a decade.

Among the Agricultural Universities in the country, the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad is well known by virtue of its high academic standards, research achievements and effective transfer of technology. In addition, the students of this University have made impact at the national level through academic and cultural activities.

The University has eight constituent Colleges, namely College of Agriculture and College of Rural Home Science at Dharwad, College of Agriculture and College of Agricultural Engineering at Raichur, College of Agriculture at Bijapur, Kittur Rani Channamma College of Horticulture at Arabhavi and College of Forestry at Sirsi.

The mandate of the University is to perform integrated functions of teaching, research and extension in agriculture and allied disciplines. Presently, the University is offering Undergraduate programmes in seven faculties and Master and Ph.D. Programmes in 35 and 17 subjects, respectively. The course curricula are being constantly updated and restructured to keep pace with the latest developments in agriculture and allied fields.

The education at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels is offered through semester system with 10 point scale for evaluation.

ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES

UNDER GRADUATE :

B.Sc. (Agri.)	4 year programme
B.Tech. (Agril.Engg.)	4 year programme
B.H.Sc. (Only for girls)	4 year programme
B.Sc. (Forestry)	4 year programme
B.Sc. (Horticulture)	4 year programme
B.Sc. (Marketing & Coopn.)	4 year programme

MASTERS DEGREE :

At Dharwad : Agricultural Entomology, Agronomy, Genetics & Plant Breeding, Horticulture, Plant Pathology, Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Extension Education, Agricultural Microbiology, Agricultural Statistics, Crop Physiology, Plant Biotechnology, Seed Science & Technology, Sericulture, Family Resource Management, Foods & Nutrition, Home Science Extension Education, Human Development and Textiles & Clothing.

At Raichur : Agricultural Entomology, Agronomy, Genetics & Plant Breeding, Horticulture, Plant Pathology, Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, Farm Power & Machinery, Irrigation & Drainage Engineering and Soil & Water Conservation Engineering.

At Sirsi : Forest Biology & Tree Improvement and Silviculture & Agro Forestry.

At Arabhavi : Floriculture, Olericulture, Pomology and Spices & Plantation crops.

Ph.D. :

At Dharwad : Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Entomology, Agricultural Extension Education, Agricultural Microbiology, Agronomy, Crop Physiology, Foods & Nutrition, Genetics & Plant Breeding, Horticulture, Human Development, Plant Pathology, Seed Science & Technology, Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry.

LIBRARY

University libraries are well equipped at each of the campuses.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Undergraduate Programmes :

A pass in 10+2 or 2 year PUC examination or an equivalent examination with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology for all the Undergraduate programmes.

Masters Programmes :

Candidates should possess a Bachelors degree in the respective course with not less than 2.50/4.00 or an equivalent CGPA/OGPA from a recognised Agricultural University. For Agribusiness Management course, the candidates having Bachelors degree with CGPA/OGPA of 2.50/4.00 or an equivalent CGPA/OGPA from a recognized Agricultural University. For Agricultural Statistics, the candidates with a Bachelors degree in any faculty of Agricultural Sciences are eligible with CGPA/OGPA of 2.50/4.00 or an equivalent CGPA/OGPA from a recognized Agricultural University.

Ph.D. Programmes :

Candidates should possess Masters degree with not less than 55 per cent marks or CGPA 2.75/4.00 or 7.50/10.00 or equivalent CGPA/OGPA from a recognized Agricultural University in the same subject in which the candidate seeks admission.

ADMISSION CRITERIA

Foreign students desirous of studying in this university shall forward their applications through their respective Embassies at New Delhi or through respective Indian Missions abroad, to the Government of India/Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and their candidature shall only be considered if they are sponsored by the Government of India or ICAR. Foreign students are exempted from appearing for the written entrance test and shall only be considered on the scrutiny of their bio-data by the Head of the department concerned. Besides these, candidates sponsored by International Organizations/FAO shall also be considered for admission provided such requests are received through Government of India /ICAR.

TUITION FEE

The candidates are required to pay the prescribed fee at the time of admission which shall neither be refunded nor adjusted. In addition to the prescribed fees of $ 85/- per semester each candidate is required to pay $ 4000/- per annum towards Institutional economic fees.

NOTE: University reserves right to enhance and change the rate of fees and other charges from time to time.

HOSTEL CHARGES

All the campuses have well equipped hostels. The candidates will be required to deposit about $ 100 at the time of admission which is refundable. The boarding charges per month would be approximately $ 25 per month. On an average, the admitted candidate may require about $ 50 per month towards other expenses.

MEDICAL EXAMINATION

The sponsored candidates are required to submit medical fitness certificate from the Medical Officer, UAS, Dharwad at the time of admission.

For further details, contact:

Deputy Director General (Education), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Krishi Anusandhan Bhawan, PUSA, New Delhi-110 012, India.

Registrar
University of Agricultural Sciences
Dharwad - 580 005, Karnataka State, India
Phone   : 0091- 836 - 448 321 / 448 512
Fax        : 0091- 836 - 448 349 / 748 377
Email     : registraruasd@rediffmail.com

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