Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) is a public university in Morogoro, Tanzania specializing in agriculture.
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Sokoine University of Agriculture
was established on the 1st July, 1984 by Parliamentary Act No. 6 of the
same year. It is located at 3.0 km from the centre of Morogoro
Municipality, which is about 200 km west of Dar es Salaam. The
University is currently made up of four campuses and one constituent
college. The campuses are: the Main Campus and Solomon Mahlangu Campus
in Morogoro, the Olmotonyi Campus in Arusha, and the Mazumbai Campus in
Lushoto. The constituent college, known as Moshi University College of Cooperative and Business Studies (MUCCoBS) is located in Moshi municipality.
SUA has four mandates: training, research, consultancy and outreach.
SUA offers training that lead to awards of certificates, diplomas,
bachelors, masters, and doctorates. Non-degree programmes offered by SUA
include Diploma in Information and Library Science, Diploma in Records,
Archives and Information Management, Diploma in Animal Health and
Production, Diploma in Laboratory Technology.
SUA trains students at undergraduate level leading to degree awards
in BSc. Agriculture General, BSc. Agronomy, BSc. Human Nutrition, BSc.
Food Science and Technology, w:BSc. w:Horticulture,
BSc. Applied Agricultural Extension, BSc. Agriculture Economics and
Agribusiness, BSc. Aquaculture, BSc. Range Management, BSc. Animal
Science, BSc. Agricultural Engineering, BSc. Forestry, BSc. Wildlife
Management, w:Bachelor of Tourism Management, Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine, BSc. Biotechnology and Laboratory Sciences, BSc. w:Environmental Sciences and Management,
BSc. Education (Chemistry & Biology; Chemistry & Mathematics;
Geography & Biology; Geography & Mathematics and Informatics
& Mathematics options), BSc. Informatics, Bachelor of Rural
Development, BSc. Agricultural Education, Bachelor of Family &
Consumer Sciences, BSc. Irrigation and Water Resources and BSc.
Bio-process and Post-harvest Engineering.
Furthermore, SUA offers the following masters degree programmes; MSc.
Agricultural Economics, MBA (Agribusiness), Master in Applied
Agricultural Economics, MBA (Evening Programme), MSc. Agricultural
Education and Extension, MSc. Agricultural Engineering, MSc. Irrigation
Engineering and Management, MSc. Land Use Planning and Management, MSc.
Crop Science, MSc. Soil Science and Land Management, MSc. Tropical
Animal Production, MSc. Food Science, MSc. Human Nutrition, MSc.
Forestry, Master of Natural Resources for Sustainable Agriculture, MSc.
Wildlife Management, Master of Veterinary Medicine, MSc. Comparative
Animal Physiology, MSc. Biochemistry, MSc. Clinical Chemistry, MSc.
Pharmacology, MSc. in Applied Toxicology, MSc. Anatomy, Master of
Applied Cell Biology, MSc. Veterinary Pathology, MSc. Clinical
Pathology, MSc. Applied Microbiology, MSc. Molecular Biology and
Biotechnology, MSc. Parasitology, Master of Preventive Veterinary
Medicine, MSc. Public Health and Food Safety, MSc. Epidemiology, MSc.
Veterinary Surgery, MSc. Applied Veterinary Anesthesiology, MSc. Animal
Reproduction and Biotechnology MSc. One Health Molecular Biology and
Master of Rural Development. The University offers PhD programmes by
research in various areas of specialization and PhD by coursework and
Research in Soil and Water Management.
The Institute of Continuing Education (ICE) in collaboration with
faculties, centers and other institutes offers short-term in-service
programmes to field and operational staff as well as training and
extension services to farmers and community leaders. It also coordinates
outreach programmes.
SUA’s main research objective is to provide leadership in basic and
applied research in order to generate science evidence knowledge and
innovations that respond to contemporary and emerging needs. SUA thus
emphasizes that research becomes linked to development and societal
issues. Research, outreach and consultancy services are driven by
trained agricultural and natural resource manpower base that comprises
486 academic staff, out which more than 50% are PhD holders. Research
capacity at SUA is further enhanced through collaborative research
projects, which are supported by more than 50 memoranda of
understanding.
Sokoine University of Agriculture offers consultancy and outreach
services in areas such as agriculture, forestry, natural resource
management, veterinary, rural development, information and communication
technology.
SUA's facilities include lecture theaters used for lectures; research
laboratories for research and training. SUA hosts the National
Agricultural Library (SNAL) which is the University Library and it
provides information resources in print and electronic format.
Furthermore, it has the Computer Centre which provides a wide range of
information and communication technology (ICT) services and
state-of-the-art networking environment to support teaching, learning,
research and administrative activities of all students and staff of the
University. In addition, Sokoine University of Agriculture has 2,300ha
farm which is used for training, research and demonstration.
For more information visit http://suanet.ac.tz
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