Department of Animal Physiology
The Department of Animal Physiology was created in August 2006, the fifth in COLANIM. It is the only Department in the Nigerian University System devoted exclusively to the study of Animal Physiology under the Bachelor of Agriculture Degree Programme. At the end of a 5-year Undergraduate Programme, students graduate with the Bachelor of Agriculture. The […]
Department of Animal Nutrition
The Department of Animal Nutrition is devoted to the pursuit of scientific knowledge that is related to the feeds and feeding of all classes of farm animals (animals of agricultural importance). The major focus of livestock and research covers ruminant, non-ruminant and micro-livestock nutrition. The research interest runs the gamut from applied studies to basic […]
Department of Animal Breeding & Genetics
The Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics was established in 1988 as an entirely new concept in the Nigerian University System at the inception of University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. It constitutes one of the five Departments currently run by the College of Animal Science and Livestock Production (COLANIM) and offers sound and accredited programme leading […]
College of Environmental Resources Management
Preamble The College of Environmental Resources Management (COLERM) was established with four other Colleges at the inception of the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta in 1988. Currently, the Departments in the College which offer five years Bachelor degree programmes are: Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology Department of Forestry and […]
Department of Communication & General Studies
Preamble In accordance with the requirement of the National Universities Commission (NUC) stipulated for all degree programmes, FUNAAB offers courses in General Studies which are generally unrelated to the courses characterising each degree programme. In 1988, the Department of General Studies was established. In 1999, the University Senate vide Senate Meeting of February 18, 1999, […]
Department of Agricultural Administration
Preamble The Department of Agricultural Administration was established in 2009 as one of the four Departments in the College of Agricultural Management and Rural Development (COLAMRUD). The mandate of the Department is to teach and conduct research in all aspects of agricultural administration and to contribute to the development of our immediate environment. The changing […]
Department of Agricultural Extension & Rural Development
Background Information Agricultural Extension and Rural Development as a sub-discipline in the Agricultural curriculum provides training in the techniques of delivering technical agricultural skills to the users. It is a core area, which cuts across all other discipline. Its need in the overall training programme underlines the importance of the knowledge of the processes and […]
Department of Agricultural Economics & Farm Management
History The realization of the need for adequate management of the farm business informed the establishment of the Department of Agricultural Management of the then Federal University of Technology, Abeokuta (FUTAB). It is one of the programmes that survived the various transformations prior to the establishment of the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta in 1988. The […]
College of Agricultural Management & Rural Development
Preamble The College of Agricultural Management and Rural Development (COLAMRUD), which started as College of Agricultural Management, Rural Development and Consumer Studies (COLAMRUCS) in 1988, was renamed COLAMRUD in 2009 when some of its Consumer Studies programmes were carved out and expanded to form the College of Food Science and Human Ecology (COLFHEC). Currently, the […]
Centre of Excellence in Agricultural Development & Sustainable Environment
Establishment of Ceadese A special multidisciplinary grants committee, under the supervision of the current Vice Chancellor Prof. F. K. Salako (then the Deputy Vice Chancellor – Development) sat to bid for the establishment of the World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence in the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB). The competitive bid went through the […]
College of Animal Science & Livestock Production
Preamble The College of Animal Science and Livestock Production (COLANIM), Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta was created in 1988 out of the then School of Technology of the old College of Science and Technology, Abeokuta. Currently, the College comprises five academic Departments as follows: Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics Department of Animal Nutrition Department […]
College of Food Sciences & Human Ecology
Background Information College of Food Science and Human Ecology was created in 2009 from the splitting of the former College of Agricultural Management, Rural Development and Consumer Studies (COLAMRUCS) into two separate Colleges; the other sister College being College of Agricultural Management and Rural Development. The College adopted its acronym “COLFHEC” like its other counterparts […]