Shri Shivaji Agriculture College, Amravati, (SSAC Amravati), is a prestigious institution dealing with the education of agriculture. This institution is affiliated with and claims to have a campus that covers 97. 38 acres located in Amravati, Maharashtra. It harbors a total of 740 students and 33 members of faculty, which makes the SSAC Amravati education environment offer a lot of personal interaction time.
Three courses are being run in two specialised programmes in agriculture for undergraduate and postgraduate level at the college. SSAC Amravati has several facilities that help make the student-life campus a great one. The college provides separate hostels for boys and girls, who come from different places around the country, with comfortable lodging.
A well-facilitated gym that ensures the health-related fitness of the students; a separate library that contains multiple numbers of textbooks and references, digital resources; sport is given scope to the sports maniacs with a vast ground for games like kho-kho, kabaddi, volleyball, and infrastructure for indoor games like badminton and table tennis.
The college is also facilitated with modern IT infrastructure, an auditorium for programmes and seminars, and well-equipped laboratories for practical learning. SSAC Amravati has three full-time courses, namely, a B. Sc. Agriculture four-yearly course of 180 seats, while the other two M. Sc. courses of 2 years include Agriculture Economics and Agriculture Extension of 9 seats each.
The diversity of programmes available at the college enables specialisation for all spheres of agriculture, from basic knowledge up to the highest levels of research and extension activities. The total student intake of all the courses is 198, which justifies the college's commitment to maintaining a favourable student-to-faculty ratio for personalised attention and quality education.
Course Name Total Number of Seats B. Sc. Agriculture 180 M. Sc Agriculture Economics 9 M. Sc Agriculture Extension 9 The admission process in SSAC, Amravati, is aimed at selecting dedicated and talented students who have a passion for agriculture.