Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University is one of 65 agriculture universities in India. It is near Pusa Bazaar, in Samastipur District, Bihar.

There are five faculties in the university in the disciplines of Agriculture, Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Agricultural Engineering, Basic Sciences, Humanities & Home Science, besides the college of agriculture, fisheries and institute of dairy technology.

The university offers six undergraduate degree programmes, thirty three post graduate programmes and eighteen Ph.D. programmes.

It is also the only university to provide an MBA in Agribusiness programme.

Programs-

Under-Graduate Degree Programmes

B.Sc. (Ag.)- Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

B.F.Sc. – Bachelor of Fisheries Science

B.Sc.(H.Sc.)- Bachelor of Science in Home Science

B.Tech. (Agril. Engg) – Bachelor of Technology in Agricultural Engineering

B. Tech. (Biotechnology)- Bachelor of Technology in Biotechnology

Post- Graduate Programmes -

The degree programmes running under the faculty of Post Graduate Studies are – M.Sc. (Ag.)/ M.Tech (Agril Engg)/ M.Sc./ M.Sc. (H.Sc.)/ M.Sc. (Agril. Biotech)/ MBA (Agribusiness) and Ph. D. In the disciplines mentioned below:

Master Degree Programmes

Agronomy
Agricultural Economics
Entomology
Plant Pathology
Plant Breeding & Genetics
Soil Science
Extension Education
Plant Physiology
Agricultural Statistics
Nematology
Agril. Biotechnology
Food & Nutrition
Home Science Extension Education and Communication Management
Family Resource Management
Processing & Food Engineering
Soil and Water Engineering
MBA (Agribusiness)

M.Tech (Agril Engg) degree in the following disciplines:

(1) Soil & Water Engineering

(2) Processing & Food Engineering

M.Sc. degree in Home Science is awarded in the following disciplines to those holding B.Sc. (H.Sc.) degree:

(1) Food & Nutrition

(2) Home Science Extension Education & Communication Management

(3) Family Resource Management

Ph.D. Degree Programmes

Agronomy
Plant Breeding & Genetics
Soil Science
Plant Pathology
Entomology
Agricultural Economics
Extension Education
Plant Physiology
Agricultural Biotechnology

Departments

Agronomy
Entomology
Agricultural Economics
Nematology
Soil Science
Extension Education
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Forestry
Plant Pathology
Agril Biotechnology and Molecular Biology
Microbiology

Contact-

Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University
Samastipur, Pusa, Bihar 848125