PJTAU to offer 4-year Agri B.Sc. in association with Australian varsity from 2025-26
Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural University (PJTAU) will commence a four-year B. Sc. (Agri.) course in collaboration with Western Sydney University (WSU), Australia, from the 2025-26 academic year in addition to the regular courses offered in B. Sc. (Hons.) in Agriculture and Community Science and B. Tech in Food Science & Technology and Agricultural Engineering.
Vice Chancellor of the university Professor Aldas Janaiah stated on Sunday that the new B. Sc. (Agri.) course to be offered in association with WSU could be studied for three years in PJTAU and four years in WSU, Australia. In case of students interested in pursuing post-graduate course M. Sc. (Agri.) they would be required to study for one more year in WSU.
Thus, students would get the B. Sc. Degree certificate from PJTAU and M. Sc. PG certificate from WSU. Those interested in pursuing Ph. D. after M.Sc. could do so in WSU without any fee. He stated that an agreement would be signed soon between the two universities on the joint courses. The courses offered by WSU were also recognised by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
The Vice Chancellor stated that a notification for admission into the new course would be issued soon. Congratulating those who qualified and secured ranks in EAPCET-2025, Professor Janaiah told the students that the university had increased the regular and special quota seats and reduced the course fee in PJTAU. He also cautioned parents against agricultural courses being offered by some private institutions without ICAR recognition.
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