About the program

Admisiones abiertas
  • Máster

    Título

  • Inglés

    Lengua de las instrucciones

  • 2 años

    Años de estudio

  • Tiempo completo

    Modo de estudio

  • Sri Lanka

    Location

TLivestock sector plays a key role in agriculture, providing employment and income generation opportunities, helping to alleviate protein malnutrition and strengthening the economy of Sri Lanka. The dairy sub sector including cattle, buffaloes and goats, poultry sub sector including broilers, layers and miscellaneous poultry, and swine industry are some key components of the livestock sector while animal product processing industry including beef and mutton is also growing rapidly with an ever increasing demand. Since main objective of the livestock industry, comprising of a range of stakeholders from small scale farmers to large scale companies, is to maximise profit utilizing the available resources, it is a challenge to achieve the above objective while ensuring sustainability. Practical solutions to most problems in the livestock sector requires a thorough knowledge and understanding on every aspect of the industry, including production, processing and marketing. The M.Sc. in Animal Science programme is carefully designed after a thorough investigation of the needs of livestock sector of the country and global demand with the aim of producing a graduate capable of providing in depth analysis of the problems and challenges of the livestock sector, and proposing sound and innovative solutions to the issues leading to improved overall productivity and advancement in career development. For More information http://www.pgia.pdn.ac.lk/files/notice/2020/handbook_2020.pdf

Required documents for admission

When applying for admission to Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture (PGIA) in Sri Lanka you should prepare all required documents. Request a list of necessary documents directly from a university, as it may vary for different countries. Using our live chat, you can also ask for sample documents.

  • Copy of the Birth Certificate
  • Official Academic Transcript
  • Letters of reccomendation (MA, PhD)
  • 2 Referee Reports
  • Payment proof of Application fee
  • Copy of the B.Sc. and/or M.Sc. degree certificate
  • 2 passport sized photographs
  • Online Application form

Contacts

Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture (PGIA)
Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, Old Galaha Road, 20400
20400
Sri Lanka

Tasas de matrícula

  • ~ 5000 US$ / año

    Tasa para estudiantes internacionales

  • ~ 769 US$ / año

    Tasa para estudiantes nacionales

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