Joseph Sarwuan Tarkaa University, Makurdi: History, Courses and Online Application
The University of Agriculture, Makurdi (UAM) now Joseph Sarwuan Tarkaa Makurdi is a federal institution in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria offering over 50 courses and programmes.
The university was established in 1988, following the recommendations of a 1987 federal government White Paper on Higher Education curriculum and development in Nigeria. On 14 July 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari approved a bill renaming it the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University.
History
Joseph Sarwuan Tarkaa University (JOSTUM), formerly Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi (FUAM) established on 1st of January, 1988 had evolved from the defunct Federal University of Technology which was established in 1980 and later became the Makurdi campus of the University of Jos (UniJos) in October, 1980.
The underlying philosophy is that the average Nigerian farmer should have easy access to the fruits of scientific agriculture. This means that the university scientific community must work on practical problems of village farmers. Also, the students to become useful and effective extension agents they must be for adequately exposed to the discipline of practical farm planning, production and marketing and a period of supervised farming internship at the village level. The basic philosophy then is the democratization and liberation of the scientific transformation of Nigerian agriculture with small scale farmers in the vanguard.
Faculties
- College of Agronomy
- College of Agricultural Economics and Extension
- College of Engineering
- College of Animal Science
- College of Food Technology and Human Ecology
- College of Sciences
- College of Agricultural and Science Education
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- College of Forestry and Fisheries
- College of Management Science
Courses and Programmes
- ACCOUNTING
- AGRIC-ECONOMICS AND EXTENSION:
- AGRIC-ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY
- AGRIC. BUSINESS
- AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
- AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND EDUCATION
- AGRICULTURE
- ANIMAL SCIENCE
- BIOCHEMISTRY
- BOTANY
- CHEMISTRY
- CIVIL ENGINEERING
- COMPUTER SCIENCE
- CROP PRODUCTION
- CROP AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- ECONOMICS
- EDUCATION AND BIOLOGY
- EDUCATION AND CHEMISTRY:
- EDUCATION AND INTEGRATED SCIENCE:
- EDUCATION AND PHYSICS
- ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
- ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES
- FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE:
- FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- FORESTRY
- FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT:
- HOME ECONOMICS
- HOME SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT
- INDUSTRIAL PHYSICS
- MATHEMATICS
- MATHEMATICS /STATISTICS EDUCATION
- MATHEMATICS/COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
- MICROBIOLOGY
- PHYSICS
- PLANT BREEDING AND SEED SCIENCE
- SOIL SCIENCE
- STATISTICS
- STATISTICS EDUCATION
- STATISTICS/COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION
- VETERINARY MEDICINE
- ZOOLOGY
Vision Mission & Philosophy
Vision:
FUAM is to become a major institutional player in the process of National and global human resource capacity building in agriculture, science, engineering and technology (ASET) for rapid economic growth.
Mission:
FUAM is to develop the human mind to be creative, innovative, research oriented, competent in areas of specialization, knowledgeable in entrepreneurship and dedicated to service hence the UAM logo “Innovation and Service”.
Philosophy
The underlying philosophy is that the average Nigerian farmer should have easy access to the fruits of scientific agriculture. This means that the University scientific community must work on the key practical problems of village farmers. Also, the students, to become useful and effective extension agents must be adequately exposed to the discipline of practical farm planning, production and marketing and a period of supervised farming internship at the village level. The basic philosophy then is the democratization and liberalization of the scientific transformation of Nigerian agriculture, with small-scale farmers in the vanguard.
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