Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai

The campus farm unit supports field research, practical crop-production teaching and postgraduate research. The institution’s published farm information describes 82.22 hectares under the farm unit.

Current programme eligibility and application instructions are published through TNAU’s official admission information. Requirements vary by programme and academic session.

Established in 1965; the college and the Coimbatore agricultural college formed the nucleus of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in 1971.

Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai became part of the institutional foundation of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University when the university was formed in 1971. TNAU records that the Madurai agricultural college was established in 1965. Its academic work spans agriculture and research disciplines, with postgraduate programmes listed in areas including agronomy, agricultural economics, entomology, extension, microbiology, biotechnology, plant breeding, plant pathology, seed science and soil science. The campus’s Agricultural Engineering department also documents teaching and advisory work in farm mechanisation, soil and water conservation, renewable energy and post-harvest engineering.