24/10/2019
Welcome Address from the Dean of the Faculty
Thank you for choosing the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at National Open University of Nigeria. I personally welcome you to page of the Faculty. The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences is dedicated to training students for successful careers in the Agricultural Sciences. The disciplines offered prepare students for private/public sectors careers as well as graduate and professional schools. The total aim is to equip the student with practical knowledge and skills based on theoretical and proven techniques. We have some of the best trained staff who are experts in their field of teaching and research. Our students have great opportunity to get hands on training in various aspects of Agricultural Sciences, animal science and fish, crop and soil sciences, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. We have well established research infrastructure that give students the chance to work closely with researchers to gain invaluable research training. Our curricula provide a wide range of choices of courses that students need to prepare them as successful agricultural scientist/professional who can take up challenges of the 21st century. Great strides are taken to ensure that the programs offered are future oriented, yet applicable to the present. Once again, I welcome you to our program and wish you success!
Professor Grace Jokthan,
Dean
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences