List of Universities with Soil Science Curriculum
Encyclopedia
This is a list of universities and learning institutions which maintain soil science
curriculum.
Established 1898 as a Department of Agricultural Physics with Franklin Hiram King
as its first professor. Twenty faculty members (2006); degrees include undergraduate (Bachelors of Sciences, Natural Resources, Agriculture, or Business), MSc, and PhD.
degrees include Bachelor of Science (Majors include: Soil Science, Soil and Land Management, and Waste Management; Minors:Soil Science; Also available: certificate in wetland science) and Master of Science (Natural Resources).
Soil science
Soil science is the study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils; and these properties in relation to the use and management of soils.Sometimes terms which...
curriculum.
Bangladesh
- Department of Soil, Water, and Environment, Dhaka University.http://www.univdhaka.edu/department/common/home.php?bodyid=SSC
- Department of Soil Science, Chittagong UniversityChittagong UniversityThe University of Chittagong is a public university situated at the suburban area of Hathazari, Chittagong district, Bangladesh. The university was established in 1966. The campus is at 22 km north to the Chittagong city. It has a shuttle train service from 7:00 AM to 9:30 PM for the...
.http://cu.ac.bd - Soil science Discipline Khulna University#Soil Science Discipline, Khulna UniversityKhulna UniversityKhulna University is one of the public universities in Bangladesh. It is situated at Gollamari, Khulna, Bangladesh, by the river Moyuree, beside the Khulna-Satkhira highway. The academic programs of Khulna University started on 31 August 1991 with only 80 students in four disciplines. Currently,...
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The Netherlands
- Soil Science Centre, Wageningen UR
- Earth Sciences, University of Amsterdam
- ITC Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation of the University of Twente, Enschede
Poland
- http://www.ar.wroc.pl/polish/struktura/rol/igosr/english/index_en.html, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences
Russia
- Department of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, Southern Federal UniversitySouthern Federal UniversitySouthern Federal University , abbreviated as SFedU and formely known as Rostov State University , is a public university in Rostov Oblast, Russia with campuses in Rostov-on-Don and Taganrog.-History:...
- Faculty of Soil Science at Moscow State University (Lomonosov)
- Faculty of Biology and Soil Science at Voronezh State University
United Kingdom
- Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of AberdeenUniversity of AberdeenThe University of Aberdeen, an ancient university founded in 1495, in Aberdeen, Scotland, is a British university. It is the third oldest university in Scotland, and the fifth oldest in the United Kingdom and wider English-speaking world...
- Department of Soil Science, University of ReadingUniversity of ReadingThe University of Reading is a university in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. The University was established in 1892 as University College, Reading and received its Royal Charter in 1926. It is based on several campuses in, and around, the town of Reading.The University has a long tradition...
Israel
- Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Hebrew University of JerusalemHebrew University of JerusalemThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...
Saudi Arabia
- Soil Science Department King Saud UniversityKing Saud UniversityKing Saud University is a public university located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was founded in 1957 by King Saud bin Abdul Aziz as Riyadh University, as the first university in the kingdom not dedicated to religious subjects. The university was created to meet the shortage of skilled workers in...
- Faculty of Earth Sciences - King Abdulaziz UniversityKing Abdulaziz UniversityKing Abdulaziz University was founded in 1967 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Designed by English architect John Elliott, it had 2,000 teachers and more than 37,000 students in 2000/2001....
- King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsKing Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsKing Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals is a public university in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia....
Iran
- University of Tehran, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Faculty of Agriculture of Tarbiat Modares University
- Faculty of Agriculture of Guilan University
- Faculty of Agriculture of Islamic azad university karaj branch
- Faculty of Agriculture of Islamic azad university Science and Research branchFaculty of Agriculture of Islamic azad university Science and Research branchFaculty of Agriculture of Islamic azad university Science and Research branch located in, Tehran, Iran.....
- Faculty of Agriculture of Islamic Azad university Roudehen BranchFaculty of Agriculture of Islamic Azad university Roudehen BranchFaculty of Agriculture of Islamic azad university Roudehen branch located in Roudehen, Tehran, Iran, was founded in 1982-1983.-Departments:*Department of Agronomy*Department of Plant Production*Department of Plant Breeding*Department of Horticultural Science...
- Faculty of Agriculture Islamic Azad University Varamin Branch
- Soil Science Department, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology
Alabama
- Environmental, Soil and Water Science Program, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Alabama A&M University
- Agronomy and Soils, College of Agriculture, Auburn UniversityAuburn UniversityAuburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...
- College of Agricultural, Environmental, and Natural Sciences, Tuskegee UniversityTuskegee UniversityTuskegee University is a private, historically black university located in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. It is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund...
California
- Plant Sciences Department, California State University, FresnoCalifornia State University, FresnoCalifornia State University, Fresno, often referred to as Fresno State University and synonymously known in athletics as Fresno State , is one of the leading campuses of the California State University system, located at the northeast edge of Fresno, California, USA.The campus sits at the foot of...
- College of Agriculture, California State University, ChicoCalifornia State University, ChicoCalifornia State University, Chico is the second-oldest campus in the twenty-three-campus California State University system. It is located in Chico, California, about ninety miles north of Sacramento...
- Plant Science, College of Agriculture, California State Polytechnic University, PomonaCalifornia State Polytechnic University, PomonaCalifornia State Polytechnic University, Pomona, or Cal Poly Pomona, is a public university located in Pomona, California, United States...
- Earth and Soil Sciences Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
- Rangeland Resources & Wildland Soils Department, Humboldt State UniversityHumboldt State UniversityHumboldt State University is the northernmost campus of the California State University system, located in Arcata within Humboldt County, California, USA. The main campus, nestled at the edge of a coast redwood forest, is situated on Preston hill overlooking Arcata and with commanding views of...
- Agriculture and Technology Department, Reedley CollegeReedley CollegeReedley College often referred to as Reedley, RC, or known to locals as The College is a public community college located in Reedley, California, USA southeast of the Fresno Metropolitan Area and only a 3 hour drive south to Los Angeles or 3 hour drive north to San Francisco...
, - Ecosystem Sciences Division - Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Department, University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
- Soils and Biogeochemistry Departments, University of California, DavisUniversity of California, DavisThe University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...
- Soil and Water Science - Undergraduate Studies
- Soils and Biogeochemistry Graduate Group
- Department of Environmental Sciences - Soil and Water Sciences, University of California, RiversideUniversity of California, RiversideThe University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...
Florida
- Soil and Water Science Department, University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
- College of Engineering Sciences, Technology and Agriculture, Florida A & M University
Georgia
- Crop and Soil Sciences], University of GeorgiaUniversity of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
- Plant and Environmental Soil Sciences, Fort Valley State UniversityFort Valley State UniversityFort Valley State University is a historically black university located in Fort Valley, Georgia. It is also a unit of the University System of Georgia and a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund...
Illinois
- Department of Geography, Northern Illinois UniversityNorthern Illinois UniversityNorthern Illinois University is a state university and research institution located in DeKalb, Illinois, with satellite centers in Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Rockford, and Oregon. It was originally founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School on May 22, 1895 by Illinois Governor John P...
- Department of Plant, Soil and Agricultural Systems Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
- Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Department, Soil and Water Concentration, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignThe University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
Massachusetts
- Department of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Michigan
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State UniversityMichigan State UniversityMichigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
Minnesota
- Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesUniversity of MinnesotaThe University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
Mississippi
- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State UniversityThe Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science commonly known as Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and partially in an unincorporated area...
Missouri
- Soil Science, University of MissouriUniversity of MissouriThe University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
Montana
- B.S. Degree in Environmental Sciences, Soil and Water Option, Montana State UniversityMontana State University - BozemanMontana State University – Bozeman is a public university located in Bozeman, Montana. It is the state's land-grant university and primary campus in the Montana State University System, which is part of the Montana University System...
New York
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell UniversityCornell UniversityCornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
North Carolina
- Department of Soil Science, North Carolina State UniversityNorth Carolina State UniversityNorth Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Commonly known as NC State, the university is part of the University of North Carolina system and is a land, sea, and space grant institution...
North Dakota
- Department of Soil Science, North Dakota State UniversityNorth Dakota State UniversityNorth Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, more commonly known as North Dakota State University , is a public university in Fargo, North Dakota. NDSU has about 14,000 students and it is the largest university in North Dakota based on full time students and land size...
Oklahoma
- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University
Oregon
- Crop and Soil Science Department, Oregon State UniversityOregon State UniversityOregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are more than 200 academic degree programs offered through the...
Pennsylvania
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Pennsylvania State UniversityPennsylvania State UniversityThe Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...
- Soil Information for Environmental Modeling and Ecosystem Management, Pennsylvania State UniversityPennsylvania State UniversityThe Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...
- Agronomy and Environmental Science, Delaware Valley CollegeDelaware Valley CollegeDelaware Valley College is an independent, comprehensive, four-year residential institution in Doylestown, Pa. It enrolls 1,700 full-time undergraduates studying 25 majors. The campus sits on 574 lush acres of rolling green hills...
- Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences (Geology and Soil Science), Wilkes UniversityWilkes UniversityWilkes University is a private, non-denominational American university located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It has over 2,200 undergraduates and over 2,200 graduate students...
Rhode Island
- Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode IslandUniversity of Rhode IslandThe University of Rhode Island is the principal public research university in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Its main campus is located in Kingston. Additional campuses include the Feinstein Campus in Providence, the Narragansett Bay Campus in Narragansett, and the W. Alton Jones Campus in West...
South Carolina
- College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Life Sciences, Clemson UniversityClemson UniversityClemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant, sea-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States....
South Dakota
- Plant Science Department, South Dakota State UniversitySouth Dakota State UniversitySouth Dakota State University is the largest university in the U.S. state of South Dakota, located in Brookings. A public land-grant university and sun grant college, founded under the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act, SDSU offers programs of study required by, or harmonious to, this Act...
Tennessee
- College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, University of TennesseeUniversity of TennesseeThe University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
Texas
- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M UniversityTexas A&M UniversityTexas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...
- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Texas Tech UniversityTexas Tech UniversityTexas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the...
- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Management, Tarleton State UniversityTarleton State UniversityTarleton State University is a public, coeducational, state university located in Stephenville, Texas. It is the largest non-land-grant university primarily devoted to agriculture in the United States....
Utah
- Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology, Utah State UniversityUtah State UniversityUtah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....
Vermont
- Plant and Soil Science Department, The University of Vermont
Virginia
- Department of Crop & Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
- Plant, Soil & Environmental Science, Virginia State UniversityVirginia State UniversityVirginia State University is a historically black and land-grant university located north of the Appomattox River in Chesterfield, in the Richmond area. Founded on , Virginia State was the United States's first fully state-supported four-year institution of higher learning for black Americans...
Washington
- College of Forest Resources, University of WashingtonUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
- Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, Washington State UniversityWashington State UniversityWashington State University is a public research university based in Pullman, Washington, in the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1890, WSU is the state's original and largest land-grant university...
West Virginia
- Plant & Soil Sciences, West Virginia UniversityWest Virginia UniversityWest Virginia University is a public research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Other campuses include: West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg; West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery; Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser;...
Wisconsin
- Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin–MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonThe University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
Established 1898 as a Department of Agricultural Physics with Franklin Hiram King
Franklin Hiram King
Franklin Hiram King was an American agricultural scientist who was born on a farm near Whitewater, Wisconsin, attended country schools, and received his professional training first at Whitewater State Normal School and then at Cornell University.King served as a professor of agricultural physics...
as its first professor. Twenty faculty members (2006); degrees include undergraduate (Bachelors of Sciences, Natural Resources, Agriculture, or Business), MSc, and PhD.
- School of Agriculture - Soil and Crop Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Platteville
- Plant and Earth Science, University of Wisconsin–River Falls
- Department of Soil and Waste Resources, University of Wisconsin–Stevens PointUniversity of Wisconsin–Stevens PointThe University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point is a public university located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin...
degrees include Bachelor of Science (Majors include: Soil Science, Soil and Land Management, and Waste Management; Minors:Soil Science; Also available: certificate in wetland science) and Master of Science (Natural Resources).
Wyoming
- Department of Renewable Resources - Soil Science, University of WyomingUniversity of WyomingThe University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. It is known as UW to people close to the university...
Saskatchewan
- Department of Soil Science, University of SaskatchewanUniversity of SaskatchewanThe University of Saskatchewan is a Canadian public research university, founded in 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. An "Act to establish and incorporate a University for the Province of Saskatchewan" was passed by the...
Australia
- School of Land, Crop and Food Sciences, The University of QueenslandUniversity of QueenslandThe University of Queensland, also known as UQ, is a public university located in state of Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in the nation...
- Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National UniversityAustralian National UniversityThe Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...
- Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources, The University of SydneyUniversity of SydneyThe University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
Brazil
- Department of Soils, Universidade Federal de ViçosaUniversidade Federal de ViçosaUniversidade Federal de Viçosa - UFV - is a public federal university located in the city of Viçosa, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil...
- Department of Soils, Universidade Federal de Santa MariaUniversidade Federal de Santa MariaThe Federal University of Santa Maria is a Brazilian public university located in Santa Maria, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, funded by the federal government of Brazil...
- Soil Science Graduate Program, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
- Department of Soils, Universidade Federal de PelotasUniversidade Federal de PelotasThe Universidade Federal de Pelotas is a higher-learning facility with campuses in Pelotas and Capão do Leão in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.- Distinguished faculty members :...
- http://www.dcs.ufla.br/, Universidade Federal de Lavras