Agriculture and Forestry University
कृषि तथा वन विज्ञान विश्वविद्यालय | |
Logo of Agriculture And Forestry University | |
| Type | Public Coeducational |
|---|---|
| Established | June 2010 |
| Chancellor | Prime Minister of Nepal |
| Vice-Chancellor | Punya Prasad Regmi |
| Dean | Arjun Kumar Shrestha Hom Bahadur Basnet Gandhiv Kafle |
Academic staff | 107 |
Total staff | 362 |
| Students | 1,978 |
| Undergraduates | 1883 |
| Postgraduates | 367 |
| 45 | |
| Location | , 27°39′01″N 84°21′01″E / 27.650407°N 84.350143°E |
| Campus | 690 acres (280 ha) |
| Website | afu.edu.np |
The Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU) (Nepali: कृषि तथा वन विज्ञान विश्वविद्यालय) is a public agricultural university in Nepal. AFU has its central offices at Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal. It was established by the Parliament of Nepal through a bill passed in June 2010 merging two constituent campuses of Tribhuvan University namely Rampur Agriculture Campus of IAAS and Hetauda Campus of IOF in Hetauda, Makwanpur.
The university is the country's first technical university that offers agricultural workforce development and promotes research in agriculture, forestry, and allied disciplines through teaching, research, and extension programs across the country. The soul aim of the university is to produce mainpower for agriculture and forest industry.