College of Agriculture, Dharwad

The College of Agriculture, Dharwad was established in 1947 located at Dharwad is one of the constituent College of University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. It is a well-renowned agricultural university situated in Karnataka, India and it was formed more than seven decades earlier.

The college recognized by the Indian Council for Agricultural Research, ICAR is one of the finest, which provides vast numbers of courses in various fields of agriculture. The college currently admits 2,005 students apart from having a faculty member of 88, thus creating a conducive atmosphere for students who wishes to become agriculturists.

The campus as a whole has good infrastructure in terms of academic and administrative facilities accompanied by proper infrastructure facilities for students. College has total 33 Laboratories among those 14 laboratories are specially for post graduate students and all Laboratories are equipped with modern apparatus for experimentation ans study.

The new addition to the facilities is the Department of Biotechnology equipped with highly developed Molecular and Biotechnology Research Work. College library is the place that contains a lot of information starting from agricultural books to agricultural literature and online resources. Such student facilities as hostels are provided separately for male and female college students.

Boys hostels currently boasts of four blocks for undergraduate students and two blocks for postgraduate students respectively, the girls hostel could hold approximately 200 students. All facilities featuring in the hostels include comfortable cots, work tables as well as shelves in the various rooms.

The modern dining halls which have been put up with the hostels include TV rooms, reading rooms and hi tech solar water heaters for hot water supply. The College of Agriculture located at Dharwad is well equipped with Numerous courses at Under-graduate, Post Graduate and Doctorate level. Currently, the institute is offering 34 courses under six degree programs; undergraduate, postgraduate, and Doctorate programs.

The proposed system would also enthral the admissions process in the College of Agriculture, Dharwad, which selects candidates for promising future in the field of agriculture. It is the co-educational institute that has more numbers of boys and girls students to maintain the proper sex ratio.

Scholarship opportunities for needy students are offered by College of Agriculture Dharwad. Statistics given show that a large chunk of students here avail of aids: For Undergraduate (UG) programs- Out of 1,285 students, alone, 835 students received reimbursements or scholarships. For Postgraduate (PG) programs- Out of 288 students, 45 benefited from financial support.

This gives an approximate 65% for UG and around 15% for PG students availing some kind of financial aid. College of Agriculture Dharwad is assumed to give merit scholarships and need-oriented help, together with a few special discriminating grants for students from backward sections or those having an edge in some specific area of agricultural study.

Students may keep in touch with the college financial aid office concerning detailed information pertaining to various College of Agriculture Dharwad scholarships available, eligibility criteria, and applications procedures. Hence, the aid for above 85% UG students indicates an effort from the college towards providing rural education to the farming community at large.