Horticulturist

Know if you can be a good Horticulturist?

Are your Aptitudes and Personality suitable for becoming a good Horticulturist?

To know this, take the MyTalentTM Assessment.

Take MyTalentTM Assessment

Courses & Eligibility

 

  • Diploma in horticulture (2 years)
  • B.Sc. Horticulture/ Agriculture (4 years)
  • M. Sc Horticulture (2 years)
  • Bachelors degree in Horticulture can be pursued as separate discipline or as a subject of BSc Agriculture Science, 10+2 students in Science stream (class 12th) with physics, chemistry and maths/biology/agriculture as the subject are eligible for the course.
  • After doing B. Sc one can continue his/her further study in the field by doing M. Sc or PhD. The minimum qualification for admission to various Master's programmes in agriculture is 60 per cent marks or equivalent in graduation in same or related streams. For instance, in order to get admission to MA in Pomology; Floriculture and Landscaping; or Vegetable Crops a B. Sc degree in Agriculture or Horticulture is required.

 

Top

Course Fee

Agriculture universities charge on an average Rs.20,000 per year in the B.Sc course.

Top

Where To Study

 

  • Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University
    Course: Diploma in Horticulture, B.Sc. (Hort), M.Sc. (Horticulture)
  • Kerala Agricultural University
    Course: MSc (Horticulture)
  • University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
    Course: MSc (Horticulture)
  • Choudhary Charan Singh University Haryana, Hisar.
  • Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth
  • University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwar
    Course: B.Sc. (Hort), M.Sc. (Horticulture)
  • Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi
  • Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat
  • Dr Y S P University of Horticuture and Forestry, Himachal Pradesh
  • Assam Agriculture University, Jorhat.
  • BHU, Varanasi, UP.
  • Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar
  • Annamalai University
    Course: BSc (Horticulture)
  • Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand
  • Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chattisgarh
  • Allahabad Agricultural Institute, Allahabad
    Course: M.Sc. (Ag.) Horticulture (Vegetable Science), M.Sc. (Ag.) Horticulture (Floriculture & Land Scaping), M.Sc. (Ag.) Horticulture (Fruit Production & Post Harvest Technology)
  • Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
    Course: B.Sc. (Horticulture), B.Tech. (Horticulture)
  • Calcutta University, Kolkata
    Course: MSc (Horticulture)

 

The Career prospects >>