Sokoine University of Agriculture

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Sokoine University of Agriculture

Chuo Kikuu cha Kilimo cha Sokoine (Swahili)

Motto Ardhi ni Hazina (Swahili)

Motto in

English Land is Treasure

Established 1984

Type Public

Chairman Philemon Luhanjo

Chancellor Al Noor Kassum

Vice-Chancellor Prof. Gerald Monella

Location

Morogoro, Tanzania

Coordinates: 6515S 373926E

Affiliations AAU, ACU

Website suanet.ac.tz

Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) is a public university in Morogoro, Tanzania

specializing in agriculture.[1][2]

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Training

3 Research

4 Extension

5 Administration

6 References

7 External links

Introduction

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