Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta: History, Courses and Online Application

The Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta was established in 1988 as one of three universities of agriculture in Nigeria comprising of over 100 undergraduate, graduates and post graduates programmes.

History of FUAA

The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, or FUNAAB, was established on 1 January 1988 by the Federal Government when four universities of technology, earlier merged in 1984, were demerged. This led to the creation of the first two universities of agriculture in Abeokuta and Makurdi.

The university is one of the three universities of agriculture in Nigeria, the other being in Makurdi (Benue State) and Umudike (Abia State). The university started at its mini-campus in Isale-Igbein in the heart of Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State. In December 1997 it moved to its permanent site on a 10,000-hectare campus which is located next to the Ogun-Oshun River Basin Development Authority.

Colleges and Departments

Management Sciences

• Department of Accounting
• Department of Banking and Finance
• Department of Business Enterprise Management
• Department of Economics
• Entrepreneurial Studies

Environmental Resources Management

• Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management
• Department of Political Science
• Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology
• Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management
• Department of Water Resources Management and Agrometeorology

Animal Science & Livestock Production

• Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics
• Department of Animal Physiology
• Department of Animal Production and Health
• Department of Pasture and Range Management

Agricultural Management and Rural Development

• Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management
• Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
• Department of Agricultural Administration
• Department of Communication and General Studies

Plant Science and Crop Production

• Department of Crop Protection
• Department of Horticulture
• Department of Plant Breeding and Seed Technology
• Department of Plant Physiology and Crop Production
• Department of Soil Science and Land Management

Biological Sciences

• Department of Biochemistry
• Department of Microbiology
• Department of Applied Zoology
• Department of Applied Botany

Food Sciences and Human Ecology 

• Department of Food Science and Technology
• Department of Home Science and Management
• Department of Nutrition and Dietetics
• Department of Food service and Tourism

Veterinary Medicine

• Department of Veterinary Anatomy
• Department of Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology
• Department of Veterinary Pathology
• Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Parasitology
• Department of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery
• Department of Veterinary Public Health & Reproduction

Engineering

• Department of Agricultural Engineering
• Department of Civil Engineering
• Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• Department of Mechanical Engineering

Physical Sciences

• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Computer Science
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Physics
• Department of Statistics

Courses and Programmes

• AGRICULTURAL ADMINISTRATION
• AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & FARM MANAGEMENT
• AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
• AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
• ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY
• ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS
• ANIMAL NUTRITION:
• ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HEALTH SERVICES
• AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
• BIOCHEMISTRY
• BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE(S)
• BOTANY
• CHEMISTRY
• CIVIL ENGINEERING
• COMPUTER SCIENCE
• CROP PROTECTION
• ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
• ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND TOXICOLOGY:
• FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
• FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT:
• HOME ECONOMICS
• HOME SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT
• HORTICULTURE:
• HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT
• MATHEMATICS
• MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
• MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING
• MICROBIOLOGY
• NUTRITION AND DIETETICS:
• PASTURE AND RANGE MANAGEMENT
• PHYSICS
• PLANT BREEDING & SEED TECHNOLOGY
• PLANT PHYSIOLOGY & CROP PRODUCTION
• SOIL SCIENCE AND LAND MANAGEMENT
• STATISTICS
• VETERINARY MEDICINE
• WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND AGROMETEOROLOGY
• ZOOLOGY

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