Study of Bsc.forestry and
Bsc.agriculture is now in high demand among the students who have just passed
+2 level in science faculty. Forestry deals with the study of forests and
wildlife. Students who have interest on wildlife and forest are very much
keen to study this subject. There are various scope of forestry in Nepal as
the Government of Nepal is aiming to conserve the forest at greater extent
which in turn provides job opportunities to the forestry students and also
there are job opportunities in various forest and wildlife conservation related
NGOs and INGOs. Forestry course in Nepal is a 4 years course and students who have
completed intermediate level in science or forestry are eligible to apply for
the form. The entrance examination is quite competitive as there are limited
numbers of seats in the colleges all over Nepal and there are high number of
aspirants who wants to read this subject. Currently there are three campuses in
Nepal where forestry is taught.
Bsc.Ag is also a 4 years course which can be pursued by the aspirants who have completed intermediate level in science and agriculture. BSc.Ag concerns about the various aspects of the agriculture. Agriculture is an emerging platform in various foreign countries. Aspirants in this field have high career scope abroad.
1) Pokhara forestry campus, Pokhara (Institute of Forestry,
TU)
2) Hetauda forestry campus, Hetauda (Agriculture and
Forestry University)
3) Kathmandu forestry campus, Kathmandu (TU affiliated)
There are 80 seats in Pokhara Forestry Campus of
which 30 are general(full scholarship) and there are 50 seats under Kathmandu Forestry Campus of which all are paying as it is a private college. Students
who have appear the entrance exam conducted by TU and scored at least pass
marks can apply to join for this college. Students who apply for the first 50
are chosen. In Hetauda forestry campus there are 40 seats under TU and 40 under AFU.
The question pattern for the entrance exam conducted by TU
is Chem.-10,Phy.-10,Biology-20,Forestry-20,English-20,Mathmatics-20 and the question pattern of the entrance exam conducted by Agriculture and Forestry University is Chem.- 12,Phy-12,Bio-24,Mathmatics-12,Eng.-12,Gk-8.The exam time is 2hrs and 1hrs respectively.
The Selection criteria is 80% entrance exam + 10% +2 aggregate marks+SLC marks 10%.
Seats and colleges of agriculture:
1)TU ( Instiute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences )
a)Pakhlihawa campus -110 seats
b)Lamjung campus-110 seats
c)Gokuleshwor campus- Baitadi
2) AFU(Agriculture and Forestry University)
a)Rampur campus-110 seats
3) PU(Purbhanchal University)
a)Nepal Polytechnic Institute,Bharatpur,Chitwan
b)HICAST, Bhaktapur
The question pattern for the entrance exam conducted by TU is Chem.-25,Phy.-25,Biology-50,English-25,Mathmatics-25Ag.Gk-10 and the question pattern of the entrance exam conducted by Agriculture and Forestry University is Chem.- 12,Phy-12,Bio-24,Mathmatics-12,Eng.-12,Gk-8.The exam time is 2hrs and 1hrs respectively.
The Selection criteria is 80% entrance exam + 10% +2 aggregate marks+SLC marks 10%.