Education

One of the missions of the University is to impart higher education in agriculture and allied sciences for creating and developing human resources in these fields necessary for overall agricultural development of the country, in general, and state, in particular. 

Teaching activity is carried out through eight colleges in seven campuses. All the colleges have been accredited by ICAR with “A” Grade. Both undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) programmes are offered in different disciplines under Semester system.

UG programmes are offered in six fields, namely, Agriculture (at Dharwad, Raichur, Bijapur and Bheemarayanagudi), Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation and Agri-Business Management (at Dharwad), Rural Home Science (at Dharwad), Agricultural Engineering (at Raichur), Horticulture (at Arabhavi) and Forestry (at Sirsi).

PG programmes are offered at Dharwad, Raichur, Bidar, Arabhavi and Sirsi campuses in 31 disciplines for master’s degree and in 17 disciplines for doctoral degree.

Presently, 1748 students are on roll for various UG programmes and 706 for various PG programmes, totalling to 2454.

Many outside funded adhoc research projects operating in the University have been benefiting the students with several fellowships and associateships. SC/ST students have been provided with UAS scholarships at PG level.

Undergraduate Degree Programmes:

Post-Graduate Degree Programmes:

The Post Graduate Degree programmes in the University consist of Master’s Degree in 31 disciplines and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree in 17 disciplines, as given below:

Doctoral Degree Programmes (PhD):

Master Degree Programmes

M.Sc(Agri)

M.B.A .(Agribusiness)

M.Sc.(Horticulture)

M.Tech. (Agricultural Engineering)

M.Sc.(Forestry)

M.H.Sc.

Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology [IABT]:

IABT, with state-of-the-art technologies has been established with the financial assistance of Rs.5 crores from the Govt. of Karnataka. With the ultra-modern laboratories, the institute aims to provide high quality education, training and R&D in plant and microbial biotechnology. Transgenic plants in pigeonpea, cotton, chillies, tomato, groundnut, transgenic microbes, functional genomics, new and novel genes, applications of marker technologies are in advanced stages of development. The Institute offers both M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes in Plant Biotechnology.

Collaborative Education and Research Programmes:

MOU with more than 60 national and international organisations have been executed for mutual development through exchange of information/knowledge, manpower and/or facilities. Some such organisations, to quote, are ICRISAT, Hyderabad; Several ICAR Institutes; BARC, Mumbai; IISc, Bangalore; CFTRI, Mysore; KU, Dharwad; UAS, Bangalore; CSR&TI, Mysore;  MAHYCO Research Foundation, Jalna; KRIBHCO; KJS Instt. of Applied Agril. Research, Sameerwadi; Wageningen University, Netherlands; McGill University, Canada; Cornell University, USA.

Campus Interviews and Placement of Graduates:

Campus interviews by banks, cooperatives and other private organizations are being regularly held at Dharwad for effective placement of agricultural graduates/postgraduates at attractive salaries.

Agri-Clinic and Agri-Business Centres Scheme:

UASD is recognized by Government of India as a center for training of agriculture and allied sciences graduates for self-employment. Under this scheme, annually about 50-100 graduates are being trained in various entrepreneurship programmes for self-employment with financial assistance from NABARD/Commercial Banks.

Employment Prospects of UASD Graduates/Post-Graduates:

The graduates/postgraduates of this University are being widely absorbed in the Agricultural Research Service of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Banks and Cooperative Institutions, State Agricultural Universities, private organisations/NGOs in addition to Indian Administrative Service, Indian Forest Service, Defence Service, World Bank Projects as Consultants, among others. Above all, the graduates are capable of being self-employed as they are equipped with entrepreneurship qualities.

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