The University of Agriculture Faisalabad, the mother of all agricultural research and educational institutes in the subcontinent has emerged as one of the most favorite universities for new admissions.

According to Director Admissions Prof Dr Shahbaz Talib Sahi in this academic year 2020 as many as 22555 students applied for the admissions compared to applications of 13790 students last year for the undergraduate programs. Whereas 17000 students appeared in the entrance tests for postgraduate degree programs compared to around 10000 students last year. While talking to Dr Shahbaz Talib Sahi UAF Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Ashraf said that the university was moving ahead to find its space in the world top-ranked 500 universities. He said that the admissions process was being conducted in transparent manners on a purely merit basis. The increasing trends of the application speaks the volume of students trust and quality education. He said that UAF had ensured the merit by abolishing all windows for low-grade applicants to enter in degree programs. He said that in the situation of pandemic, the university becomes the pioneer university in adopting an online academic system. It continued the journey of educational activities online for the students. He added that university was adopting the E-Governance system for the smooth functioning of administrative and financial matters. He said that the scientists of the UAF had been told to come up with viable and adoptable solutions to the problems of the farming community society and industry. He said that agriculture was the backbone of our economy. But our per-acre agricultural productivity was very low and we could not tap the benefit from our yield potential. He said that the country was blessed with the best eco system, fertile land and four seasons. As many as 90 percent of the farming community was comprising small farmers. Keeping their needs and agricultural practices shortcoming in view we have to develop the techniques that were easily adoptable to boost up agricultural productivity.