The University of Agriculture, Peshawar
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
Since its establishment in 1981, the University has been playing a vital role in imparting Agricultural education and conducting basic and applied agricultural research throughout the Province and disseminating the research findings among the farmers and general public through various initiatives. The graduates are serving in public and private sector organizations on key positions within Pakistan and abroad.
The University has six (06) Faculties, Twenty Three (23) Teaching Departments, four (04) Institutes, One (01) Centre and Sub Campus which offers Bachelor, Master, M.Phil. and PhD Degrees in all disciplines of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Sciences, Rural Development, Rural Sociology, Bio-technology, Management Sciences, Information Technology and Computer Sciences. All these academic programs are run under the supervision of highly qualified faculty members, majority of them hold Ph.D. degrees from leading Universities of international repute.
Names of the Faculties, Departments, Institutes, Sub-Campus and Centre are given below:
- Faculty of Crop Production Sciences
- Department of Agronomy
- Department of Horticulture
- Department of Soil & Environmental Sciences
- Department of Agricultural Mechanization& Reneuable Energy Technology
- Department of Water Resources Management
- Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics
- Institute of Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering
- Faculty of Crop Protection Sciences
- Department of Plant Pathology
- Department of Plant Protection
- Department of Entomology
- Department of Weed Science& Botany
- Faculty of Nutrition Sciences
- Department of Food Science & Technology
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry& Biochemistry
- Department of Human Nutrition
- Faculty of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Sciences
- Department of Poultry Science
- Department of Animal Nutrition
- Department of Livestock Management &Animal Breeding
- College of Veterinary Sciences
- Faculty of Rural Social Sciences
- Department of Maths, Statistics, & Computer Science
- Department of Islamic & Pakistan Studies
- Department of Agricultural Extension Education & Communication
- Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics
- Department of Rural Sociology
- Department of English
- Institute of Development Studies
- Faculty of Management & Computer Sciences
- Institute of Business&Management Science
- Institute of Information Technology & Computer Sciences
- Agricultural University Peshawar, Amir Muhammad Khan (AMK) Campus, Mardan
- Climate Change Centre (CCC)
The University has two research Journals i.e. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, and Al-Azhar in which valuable research outcomes are shared with wider scientific community across the globe.
Research publications are considered hallmark of any R&D institution. The faculty has published research on different aspects of the agriculture, livestock, water and social sciences related issues in a variety of nationally and internationally recognized research journals.
