The University offers seven graduate programmes, nine postgraduate
programmes in 43 disciplines and doctoral programmes in Agriculture,
Horticulture, Home Science (FS&N), Co-operation & Banking and
Veterinary & Animal Sciences covering 23 disciplines. The various
degree programmes offered by the University are given in
Table 2.
From
1986 onwards semester system with external evaluation is being followed
for Agriculture, Fisheries and Agricultural. Engineering faculties while
Veterinary and Animal Sciences faculty is following the system
recommended by the Veterinary Council of India for graduate programmes.
Unlike the UG programmes, the evaluation
in PG courses is by the course teachers. The students and staff
position in different colleges are indicated graphically.
Among
the five faculties the University offers graduate and
post-graduate programmes at Masters as well as Doctoral levels, in
almost all the disciplines and specialties on various subjects related
to agriculture. The basic science faculty is not currently offering any
courses and the teachers of this faculty are deployed in the other four
faculties.
The
seven under graduate programmes offered include
-
Agriculture
, Forestry , Co-operation and Banking
-
Veterinary
and Animal Sciences , Dairy Science and Technology
-
Fisheries
and Agricultural Engineering and Technology.
In
43 disciplines, the University offers nine post-graduate programmes
leading to Masters’ degree in
-
Agriculture
, Horticulture , Forestry, Agricultural Statistics , Co-operation
and Banking , Home Science (Food and Nutrition), Veterinary and
Animal Sciences , Fisheries and Agricultural Engineering and
Technology.
Doctoral
programmes are offered covering 23 disciplines in
-
Agriculture
, Horticulture , Home Science (Food and Nutrition) ,
-
Co-operation
and Banking, and Veterinary and Animal Sciences
Table :
2
Under graduate and Post graduate programmes of by different
faculties
of the KAU
|
Name
of the College
|
Degree programmes offered
|
|
Under
graduate courses
|
Post
graduate courses
|
|
A.
Faculty of Agriculture
|
|
College of Agriculture,
Vellayani
|
B.Sc. (Ag)
|
M.Sc.(Ag)., M.Sc.(Hort),
M.Sc.(F S & N) and Ph.D.
|
|
College of Agriculture,
Padannakkad
|
B.Sc. (Ag)
|
-
|
|
College of Horticulture,
Vellanikkara
|
B.Sc. (Ag)
|
M.Sc.(Ag), M.Sc.(Hort),
M.Sc. (FS & N), M.Sc. (Ag.Stat) and Ph.D.
|
|
College of Forestry,
Vellanikkara
|
B.Sc.
(Forestry)
|
M.Sc. (Forestry)
|
|
College of Cooperation,
Banking and Management, Vellanikkara
|
B.Sc. (C&B)
|
M.Sc.
(C&B) and Ph.D.
|
|
Faculty
of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
|
|
College of Veterinary
& Animal Sciences, Mannuthy
|
B.V.Sc. & A.H.
|
M.V.Sc. and Ph.D.
|
|
College of Veterinary
& Animal Sciences, Pookode**
|
B.V.Sc. & A.H.
|
-
|
|
College of Dairy Science
and Technology, Idukki*
|
B.Tech. (D.Sc. &
Tech.)
|
-
|
|
Faculty
of Fisheries
|
|
College of Fisheries,
Panangad
|
B.F.Sc.
|
M.F.Sc.
|
|
Faculty
of Agricultural Engineering
|
|
Kelappaji College of
Agricultural Engineering & Technology, Tavanur
|
B.Tech. (Agrl. Engg.)
|
M.Tech. (Agrl.Engg.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
Presently functions at the premises of Directorate of Extension,
Mannuthy;
** Presently
functions at COVAS, Mannuthy.
The
annual intake capacity is indicated in Table 3.
The intake capacity for BSc. (Ag) increased by more than five
times over
1955 and in Veterinary Science by 1.5 times.
Table
: 3
Intake
capacities for the different degree programmes
|
Faculty
|
Degree
programme
|
Annual
intake capacity
|
|
At
the time of inception (1955)
|
During 1999-2000
|
|
Agriculture
|
B.Sc.
(Ag)
|
40
|
217
|
|
|
B.Sc.
(Hort)*
|
|
-
|
|
|
B.Sc.
(Forestry)
|
|
19
|
|
|
B.Sc.
(C & B)
|
|
46
|
|
|
M.Sc.
(Ag)
|
|
75
|
|
|
M.Sc.
(Hort)
|
|
24
|
|
|
M.Sc.
(Ag. Stat.)
|
|
4
|
|
|
M.Sc.
(F.S. & N)
|
|
8
|
|
|
M.Sc.
(Forestry)
|
|
9
|
|
|
M.Sc.
(C & B)
|
|
6
|
|
|
Ph.D.
|
|
38
|
|
|
Diploma
in Agriculture
|
|
-
|
|
|
Diploma
in NRP
|
|
20
|
|
Veterinary
& Animal Sciences
|
B.V.Sc.
& A.H.
|
80
|
120
|
|
|
B.Tech.
(D.Sc. & Tech.)
|
|
35
|
|
|
M.V.Sc.
|
|
57
|
|
|
Ph.D.
|
|
13
|
|
|
Diploma in Meat
Technology
|
|
-
|
|
|
Diploma
in Dairying
|
|
30
|
|
Agrl.
Engineering
|
B.Tech.
(Agrl.Engg.)
|
|
34
|
|
|
M.Tech.
(Agrl.Engg.)
|
|
10
|
|
Fisheries
|
B.F.Sc.
|
|
56
|
|
|
M.F.Sc.
|
|
10
|
*
Course was discontinued from 1980-81
Table
: 4
The number of students admitted for the different courses
at the time of inception and during the current year (1999-2000)
|
Degree
|
Number
of students admitted during
|
|
1955
|
1972
|
2000
|
|
B.Sc.
(Ag.)
|
40
|
50
|
185
|
|
B.Sc.
(Hort.)
|
-
|
20
|
-
|
|
B.V.Sc.
& A.H.
|
80
|
40
|
112
|
|
B.F.Sc.
|
-
|
-
|
53
|
|
B.Sc.
(C&B)
|
-
|
-
|
42
|
|
B.Tech.
(Agrl.Engg.)
|
-
|
-
|
25
|
|
B.Sc.
(Forestry)
|
-
|
-
|
17
|
|
B.Tech.
(D.Sc. & Tech.)
|
-
|
-
|
30
|
|
M.Sc.
(Ag.)
|
-
|
-
|
55
|
|
M.Sc.
(Hort.)
|
-
|
-
|
25
|
|
M.Sc.
(Ag.Stat.)
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
|
M.Sc.
(Forestry)
|
-
|
-
|
8
|
|
M.Sc.
(C&B)
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
|
M.Sc.
(FS & N)
|
-
|
-
|
8
|
|
M.Tech.
(Agrl.Engg.)
|
-
|
-
|
5
|
|
M.V.Sc.
|
-
|
-
|
43
|
|
M.F.Sc.
|
-
|
-
|
6
|
|
Degree
|
Number
of students admitted during
|
|
1955
|
1972
|
2000
|
|
Ph.D.
– Ag.
|
-
|
-
|
15
|
|
Ph.D.
– Vety. & Ani.Sci.
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
|
Ph.D.
– Home Science
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
|
Ph.D.
– C & B
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Diploma
in NRP
|
-
|
-
|
20
|
|
Diploma
in Dairying
|
-
|
-
|
30
|
|
Total
|
120
|
110
|
692
|
The
University has built up the capacity and facilities to train annually
700 students of which 425 are graduates, 215 Masters and 65 Doctorates.
On an average, the University has around 2000 students on its rolls, of
which girl students constitute nearly 60 per cent. The University has
been providing professional education AND in the year 2000, the Indian
Council of Agricultural Research adjudged the KAU as the second best
performing University among the 35 State Agricultural Universities and
Deemed Universities in this country.