The programme is three years full-time programme. Graduates will be equipped with technical expertise and research skills in the area of horticulture, agronomy, plant protection, crop improvement, agricultural engineering, postharvest and agricultural marketing. The graduates will have acquired an education at a level that will equip them for employment, self-employment and lay the foundations for a lifetime of continuous learning and personal development.

a) The Applicant must have passed Fiji Year 13 Certificate Examination or equivalent with a minimum of 200 marks and a pass (50%) in English, Mathematics and Biology or Agriculture and any one from the following subjects; Chemistry/ Geography/ Food & Nutrition Technology/ Physics/ Computer Science/ Economics/ Accounting/ Introduction to Technology.

b) The Applicants who have passed Foundation Course with English, Mathematics, and Biology or Agriculture Biology (Trade Diploma in Agriculture Unit) or Forest Biology (Trade Diploma in Forestry Unit) / Chemistry are also eligible for admission.

c) Applicants with qualification of Trade Diploma in Agriculture/ Trade Diploma in Forestry/ Trade Diploma in Agroforestry/ Diploma in Tropical Forestry/ Trade Diploma in Wood processing and Value Adding/ Trade Diploma in Animal Husbandry/ Trade Diploma in Applied Fisheries/ Trade Diploma in Aquaculture/ Trade Diploma in Agricultural Engineering are also eligible for admission.

d) Applicants with Diploma in Tropical Agriculture are also eligible to apply for admission.

e) Applicants may also be admitted to the programme who may not meet the requirement on the years of continuous education progression, but who are able to demonstrate their ability to succeed in the respective programmes on the basis of their maturity, work experience or prior learning. The Dean may require such an applicant to sit for any specific or general examination as a prerequisite for any such enrolment or may restrict enrolment only to certain prescribed units that must be passed to progress further as per the UASR 6.8 page 28.