The University of Agriculture (UAF) is a

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Faisalabad Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur ( Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pak ...

, Pakistan.

History

Origins

The University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Urdu: ), (formerly: ''Punjab Agricultural College and Research Institute''), is a

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in the city of Faisalabad,

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, Pakistan. It was established in 1906Faculty of Agriculture - History of the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
Retrieved 22 June 2022 as the first major institution of higher agricultural education in the undivided Punjab. In 2009, the Vice Chancellor of the university said: "Ours is the first agriculture university of the subcontinent so we are the trendsetters in this regard and have a specialised mandate. Faisalabad was chosen by our colonial rulers to set up an agriculture university as it was sandwiched between two canals". At independence in 1947, Pakistan was a predominantly agricultural country. In spite of subsequent

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and development,

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remains central to its

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. After independence, the

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appointed the National Commissions on Food and Education to reform the existing

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and to formulate measures for developing better agricultural potential. The commissions made a plea for the establishment of an agricultural university for research and education. This resulted in the upgrade of the former Punjab Agricultural College and Research Institute in 1961. This had been the first university established by the British Empire. Plans were approved in 1906, and the foundation stone laying ceremony was carried out by Sir

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, the then lieutenant and governor of the Punjab. The college opened in 1909. The principal between 1923 and 1931 was

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. By 1989, the university was reported to have 345 academic staff, 3,400 undergraduates and 600 postgraduates, and to be the country's "largest academic instition in agriculture". The new campus is green with a conglomeration of monolithic blocks built in a modern style, and the old campus is reminiscent of traditional

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. The main campus is situated in the centre of the city (12 km northeast of the

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), about 2 km away from the city centre and clock tower. The university has a

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, Art Gallery and

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. The university has hostels for men and women, including Jinnah Hostel (named after the founder of Pakistan

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Hall,

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Hostel and Hailey Hall. It accommodates over 15,000 students and approximately 12,000 day scholars.

Organisation and administration

Faculties and departments

UAF is organised into faculties of Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Food Nutrition and Home Economics, Social sciences, Animal Husbandry, Food Sciences, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Plant and Animal Breeding, Veterinary Science, Doctor of Pharmacy, Mathematics, Statistics and Sciences. A community college is on the main campus in Faisalabad. The College of Veterinary Sciences at

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was affiliated and is now a separate entity known as the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore (UVAS). These units offer programmes leading to undergraduate and graduate degrees in agriculture and allied fields. HEC ranks the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad as the best in the agriculture/veterinary field in Pakistan. The University of Agriculture

ranked number four among the top ten universities in Pakistan.

Faculty of Agriculture

* Six departments — Agronomy, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Agricultural Entomology, Plant Pathology, Crop Physiology and Forestry, Wildlife & Range Management. * Three institutes — Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, and Institute of Horticultural Sciences and National Institute of Food Science and Technology. * Seven allied disciplines — Agricultural Economics, Marketing & Agribusiness, Agricultural Extension, Animal Sciences, Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics. * The Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology (CABB). * The U.S. Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security (USPCAS). University old building

Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology

The faculty includes the departments of

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and

Environmental Engineering Environmental engineering is a professional engineering discipline that encompasses broad scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiology, and mathematics to create solutions that will protect and a ...

, Energy Systems Engineering, Irrigation and Drainage, Food Engineering, Farm Machinery, and Power and Fibre Technology. Courses of study lead to the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering, Food Engineering, Textile Technology; M.Sc. in Food Technology, Fibre Technology, Agricultural Engineering; and Doctor of Philosophy in Food Technology and Agricultural Engineering. The Department of Agricultural Engineering & Technology was established in 1961. The main objective of the faculty was to train people to cater to the growing needs of mechanised farming in the Punjab.

Department of Food Engineering

The department admitted its first students in 2011–12. The aim of the Food Engineering Department is to educate students to design and to produce safe, high quality, and economical food products and processes, and to conduct research and development on the food industry.

Department of Farm Machinery and Power

This department, in collaboration with other departments, offers a baccalaureate program in

Agricultural Engineering Agricultural engineering, also known as agricultural and biosystems engineering, is the field of study and application of engineering science and designs principles for agriculture purposes, combining the various disciplines of mechanical, civil, ...

Department of Fibre and Textile Technology

The department of Fibre Technology was established in the Faculty of Agriculture Engineering & Technology in 1964. It is the only department in the country which offers a master's degree programme in Fibre Technology. The main objective of this department is to impart scientific knowledge and technological training to the students in the field of Fibre science, Textile Technology (spinning, knitting, dyeing, finishing, testing & quality control), pulp, paper and cardboard technology to meet the demands of the industry.

Faculty of Veterinary Science

The faculty includes the department of

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, Institute of Pharmacy

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and

Pharmacology Pharmacology is a branch of medicine, biology and pharmaceutical sciences concerned with drug or medication action, where a drug may be defined as any artificial, natural, or endogenous (from within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemica ...

Pathology Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in ...

Parasitology Parasitology is the study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them. As a biological discipline, the scope of parasitology is not determined by the organism or environment in question but by their way of life. This means it fo ...

Microbiology Microbiology () is the scientific study of microorganisms, those being unicellular (single cell), multicellular (cell colony), or acellular (lacking cells). Microbiology encompasses numerous sub-disciplines including virology, bacteriology, prot ...

, Clinical Medicine and

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, and

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. Candidates who hold degrees in biological sciences are considered for graduate admission in non-clinical subjects. The students are enrolled after an entry test held by the university for the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), Pharm.D, M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees. Professor Dr. Zafar Iqbal Qureshi is the Dean.

Faculty of Social Sciences

The Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, with its constituent departments of Agricultural Economics, Farm Management, Agricultural Marketing, Cooperation and Credit and Rural Sociology, was established in 1963. The Faculty was restructured in 2012, and the name changed to Faculty of Social Sciences. The departments of Agricultural Economics, Development Economics, and Environmental & Resource Economics were merged into a new institute, Institute of Agricultural & Resource Economics (IARE). Professor Dr. Muhammad Ashfaq is the first director of IARE, having been in post since June 2012. The Faculty of Social Sciences is divided into the following institutes: * Institute of Agricultural and Resource Economics. * Institute of Business Management Sciences (offers courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level). * Institute of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development (offers courses at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral level). * Department of Rural Sociology (offers courses at postgraduate level and a PhD programme). The Institute of Agricultural and Resource Economics offers the following degrees: * BSc (Hons) Agricultural & Resource Economics (four years) * MSc (Hons) Agricultural Economics (two years) * MSc (Hons) Development Economics (two years) * MSc (Hons) Environmental & Resource Economics (two years) * MSc Economics (Distance Learning) (two years) * M.Phil. Economics (two years) * PhD Agricultural Economics * PhD Environmental & Resource Economics * PhD Economics Science Block UAF

Faculty of Humanities

This includes the Department of Arts, Languages and Cultures, Art History, Classics and Ancient History, Linguistics, Religions and Theology and the University Language Centre.

Faculty of Animal Husbandry

The faculty includes the Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, the Department of Livestock Management, the Department of Animal Nutrition and the Department of Poultry Science. It offers B.Sc. (Hons.) Animal Sciences and B.Sc. (Hons) Dairy Science at the main campus and B.Sc.(Hons) Poultry Science at one of the subcampuses,

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. It also offers supporting courses for students of D.V.M., B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture and Food Sciences. It provides research facilities concerning livestock, poultry and their products to departments in the university and it provides advisory services to livestock and poultry farmers. Postgraduate courses leading to M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees are offered by all four departments in the faculty. Prof. Dr. M. Sajjad Khan is the Dean.

Faculty of Sciences

The faculty includes the departments of Botany, Zoology and Fisheries, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Statistics, Business Management Sciences, Computer Science, Social Sciences and Humanities, and Islamic Studies. It offers undergraduate courses in physical, biological and social sciences and postgraduate degree programmes in Botany, Zoology and Fisheries, Chemistry,

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, Physics, Statistics, Computer Science, Business Management and Commerce. Graduates of pure sciences from other institutions are eligible for admission to courses leading to M.Sc., M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees. Graduates having a relevant bachelor's degree may also seek admission to MBA and M.Com. degree programmes. Munir Ahmad Sheikh is the Dean of the faculty.

Institute of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development

Most of the Division of Education & Extension is now part of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

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(ex-director, Graduate Studies, and ex-director, Division of Education and Extension) is now the director of the Institute of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Social Sciences. The institute covers disciplines including Agricultural Extension, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Information (Mass Communication), Rural Sociology, Population Science, Gender Studies, and Rural Development. Courses are at undergraduate and graduate level and include B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture (Agri. Extension Major); M.Sc., M.Sc.(Hons), and PhD. A quarterly agricultural journal is published for farmers. On 14 August 2012, the institute started broadcasting on FM Radio 100.4 to disseminate agricultural innovations among farm communities and provide information, education, and entertainment to the public.

Research

The University of Agriculture Faisalabad is a major centre for research; as of 2017 it was the largest of the agricultural research universities in Pakistan. It receives billions for research and development. It has introduced modern techniques in agriculture. The university has two advanced scientific labs for research purposes. It partners with the

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in research and exchange programmes. Research has been carried out since at least 1925, when research into cotton plants was being carried out. In 1947, the college was the only organisation of any kind in Pakistan carrying out agricultural research.

University of Agriculture Press

This is the university's academic publishing house. It publishes academic

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s, textbooks and journals, most of which are by university students and staff.

Sub-campuses

Sub-campus Burewala Vehari

A sub-campus of University of Agriculture Faisalabad was established in

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, to spread agriculture research across the country, especially in the south of Punjab.

Sub-campus Toba Tek Singh

A sub-campus of the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad was established in Toba Tek Singh on 5 June 2005 to study the poultry industry. A four-year B.Sc. Poultry Science is offered at this campus. The principal of the institute is Prof. Dr. Nisar Ahmed from the Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology (CABB).

Academic programmes

The following degree courses are offered:

Intermediate (pre-Agriculture)

This program was started in 2009. F.Sc. (Pre-Agriculture) 2-year programme at UAF Community College in PARS Campus, Jhang Road, near

. After this 2 year degree, students can be admitted to any degree programme offered by the University of Agriculture Faisalabad. Students are selected from all across Punjab.

First degree courses

*B.Sc.(Hons)

Agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

*Doctor of

Veterinary Medicine Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...

(DVM) *B.Sc. (Hons)

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*B.Sc.(Hons)

*BS (Hons.)

Animal Sciences Animal science is described as "studying the biology of animals that are under the control of humankind". It can also be described as the production and management of farm animals. Historically, the degree was called animal husbandry and the ...

*BS (Hons.) Dairy Sciences *B.Sc.(Hons)

*B.Sc.(Hons)

*B.Sc.(Hons) Energy System Engineering *B.Sc.(Hons) Food Engineering *B.Sc.(Hons)

Textile Technology Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods ...

*B.Sc.(Hons) (

Home Economics Home economics, also called domestic science or family and consumer sciences, is a subject concerning human development, personal and family finances, consumer issues, housing and interior design, nutrition and food preparation, as well as texti ...

*BS

Information Technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (I ...

*BS

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

*BS

Software Engineering Software engineering is a systematic engineering approach to software development. A software engineer is a person who applies the principles of software engineering to design, develop, maintain, test, and evaluate computer software. The term '' ...

*BS

Bioinformatics Bioinformatics () is an interdisciplinary field that develops methods and software tools for understanding biological data, in particular when the data sets are large and complex. As an interdisciplinary field of science, bioinformatics combi ...

*BS (

Chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...

) *BS (

Botany Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek w ...

) *BS (

Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

) *BS (

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) *Bacholor of

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(BBA) *Doctor of

Pharmacy Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it links heal ...

(D.Pharma) *B.Sc.(Hons) Human Nutrition and Dietetics *B.Sc.(Hons)

and

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*BS

Agricultural Biotechnology Agricultural biotechnology, also known as agritech, is an area of agricultural science involving the use of scientific tools and techniques, including genetic engineering, molecular markers, molecular diagnostics, vaccines, and tissue culture, to ...

Postgraduate degree programmes

* M.Sc./M.Sc. (Hons.) four semesters, offered in 35 subjects, after completing a first degree course. * M.Phil. in pure science, four semesters, offered in five subjects after completing M.Sc. in the relevant subject. * Ph.D., offered in 28 subjects, four semesters, after completing M.Sc. in the relevant subject. The university offers evening courses: M.B.A. (Regular and Executive), M.Com. and M.Sc. Chemistry, Bio-Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Physics, Fibre Technology,

(Food and Nutrition),

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and Computer Science.

Diploma and certificate courses

The university provides training facilities in agriculture and allied disciplines for in-service, pre-service and self-employed personnel, farmers, and others interested in agriculture. Separate courses are provided for ladies on the subjects and skills peculiar to womenfolk. The division has 124 courses leading to diplomas and certificates. Most of these courses have a practical bias. The following diploma courses are offered: * C.T. Agriculture (boys) * Diploma in Rural Home Economics (girls) * Diploma in Arabic * Mali Class *

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Diploma Course * Diploma in Grain Storage Management * Postgraduate Diploma Course in Food Science (for Army personnel) * Agricultural Business Management * Computer Science * Pre-release training course (for Army personnel).

Ranking

The university is ranked fourth in Pakistan and first in the field of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences by the

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(HEC) Ranking in 2015.Sowing seeds and saplings...University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Dawn (newspaper), Published 12 April 2009, Retrieved 22 June 2022

Notable former students

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, field hockey player * Syed Hussain Jahania Gardezi, politician, Provincial Minister of Punjab for Agriculture * Sajjad Haider Gujjar, politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab *

Iqrar Ahmad Khan Iqrar Ahmad Khan (born 8 December 1953) is a Pakistani agricultural scientist and a professor of Horticulture at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad in Pakistan. Early life and education Iqrar Ahmad Khan was born on 8 December 1953 in S ...

, agricultural scientist and professor of horticulture * Amir Ali Majid, judge, legal scholar and author * Sajjad Haider Nadeem, politician, member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab *

Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool Chaudhry Ghulam Rasul Kamboh(1 May 1931 – 24 December 1991) was an educationist of Pakistan as well as a field hockey Olympic player. He was originally from Faisalabad District but later settled in Lahore. Rasool was an integral part of t ...

, educationist and field hockey Olympic player * Mohammad Hameed Shahid, short story writer, novelist and literary critic *

Abid Qaiyum Suleri Abid Qaiyum Suleri (born 9 September 1969) is a Pakistani social policy analyst and development practitioner with a PhD in Food Security from University of Greenwich, UK. He has been the Executive Director of the Sustainable Development Policy ...

, social policy analyst and development practitioner

References

External links

University Rankings on Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (Archived)

UAF GPA and CGPA Calculator
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History

Origins

Organisation and administration

Faculties and departments

Faculty of Agriculture

Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology

Department of Food Engineering

Department of Farm Machinery and Power

Department of Fibre and Textile Technology

Faculty of Veterinary Science

Faculty of Social Sciences

Faculty of Humanities

Faculty of Animal Husbandry

Faculty of Sciences

Institute of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development

Research

University of Agriculture Press

Sub-campuses

Sub-campus Burewala Vehari

Sub-campus Toba Tek Singh

Academic programmes

Intermediate (pre-Agriculture)

First degree courses

Postgraduate degree programmes

Diploma and certificate courses

Ranking

Notable former students

References

Further reading

External links