Chinhoyi University of Technology School of Agricultural Sciences And Technology

Chinhoyi University of Technology School of Agricultural Sciences And Technology

About Us

The School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology encompasses six (6) Departments: Animal Production and Technology; Agricultural Engineering; Biotechnology; Food Science and Technology; Environmental Science and Technology; and Crop Science and Post Harvest Technology. The School offers seven (7) unique undergraduate degree programmes.

The immensely popular MSc in Post Harvest Science and Technology is offered on Block Release.

The School has highly qualified, dedicated and experienced staff to produce innovative/creative and highly skilled graduates to meet Zimbabwe development challenges of complex and ever changing needs and demands of the agricultural industry.

We have fully functional Biotechnology, Food Science and Technology and MSc Postharvest Science and Technology laboratories. The Strategic Business Unit of the School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology is the Farm Research, Teaching and Extension Unit with the Livestock section having cattle, sheep, goats, Chicken (indigenous, broilers & layers), guinea fowls, rabbits and pigs. The Crop section grows maize, soyabeans, sorghum, sunflower, bird eye chillies, pastures trees, grasses and legumes among many.

Graduates can be employed as professionals and managers in Government, NGOs, Universities, Colleges, Agro & Food-Industry, Private Sector, banking and International Organisations etc. Our graduates can also be self employed and become entrepreneurs and set up their own business ventures. The undergraduate degree programmes in the School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology are a good grounding for postgraduate studies in Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Management.