The Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU; ) is a public agricultural university in Nepal. AFU has its central offices at Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal. It was established by the Parliament of Nepal through a bill passed in June 2010 merging two constituent campuses of Tribhuvan University namely Rampur Agriculture Campus of IAAS and Hetauda Campus of IOF in Hetauda, Makwanpur.
The university is the country's first technical university that offers agricultural workforce development and promotes research in agriculture, forestry, and allied disciplines through teaching, research, and extension programs across the country. The soul aim of the university is to produce mainpower for agriculture and forest industry.
History Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU) was established as a result of a bill enacted by the Nepalese Parliament in June 2010 authorizing the creation of three new universities at campuses owned by Tribhuvan University. The Rampur Agriculture Campus, associated with the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science and the Forestry Campus, Hetauda, associated with the Institute of Forestry were designated as campuses for the new university. As of February 2015, Tribhuvan University had refused to transfer ownership of the campuses to the new university, citing its autonomy from the Nepalese legislature.
Academics The university offers undergraduate, graduate and PhD programs in agricultural sciences from the Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Animal Sciences, Veterinary Sciences and Fisheries, Rampur. Undergraduate and Postgraduate program in forestry is run from the Faculty of Forestry, Hetauda.
The university has 107 faculty members and 255 support staffs. The university strength consists of around 1883 undergraduate students, 367 postgraduate students and around 45 PhD scholars in disciplines of agriculture and forestry. The Rampur academic complex extends in an area of and the Hetauda Campus has an area of .
Courses offered Sources:
+Faculty of ForestryFaculty of Agriculture Faculty of Animal Sciences, Veterinary Sciences and FisheriesCourse BSc. Forestry MSc. Forestry BSc. Agriculture MSc. Agriculture MSc in Agriculture (Biotechnology) Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry BSc. Fisheries Master of Veterinary Science MSc in Veterinary Science (Biotechnology) MSc in Animal Science (Biotechnology) MSc in Fisheries (Aquaculture)
Constituent Campuses College/ CampusBSc AgricultureBSc ForestryBachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal HusbandryBSc FisheriesCentral Campus, Rampur1625021Hetauda Campus80Total162805021 College/ CampusBSc Agriculture BSc Forestry College of Natural Resource Management Katari, Udayapur54Puranchaur, Kaski54Kapilakot, Sindhuli54Tikapur, Kailali54Pakhribas, Dhankuta54Bardibas, Mahottari54Khajura, Banke54Madhichaur, Rolpa49Dullu, Dailekh49Total42254
See also
Institute of Forestry Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science
References
External links
Draft Proposal of Agriculture and Forestry University ACT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY