| Dean Dr. Sitti Raehanah binti Muhamad Shaleh Visit Our Website: http://www.ums.edu.my/sandakan |
Message from Dean
The growing world population has urged the modern agriculture to support the highly demand for food. Modern agriculture practices is known of capable to produce more food in shorter time, less land usage and more reliable. At the School of Sustainable Agriculture (SAA), education and research in 3 major scopes of studies (crop production, horticulture and landscape and livestock production) are designed to integrate science and technology and strong practical module to train our students into modern agriculture that never compromising the environmental health. As appropriately named, sustainability is the priority of our school and we are proud to be the leading institution in promoting sustainable agriculture.
I would like to welcome you to our beautiful campus in Sandakan. The new campus with total land area of about 245 acres has been an advantage to our students for innovative farming practices. At the main building, laboratories are equipped with sophisticated facilities to meet the need for teaching and research in agricultural biotechnology. For students comfort, modern hostels are built within the campus to facilitate our students to commute from farms and lecture halls. Our academic staffs are the experts in various agricultural fields, thus I wish all the students to grab the opportunities to learn as many knowledge as possible from them. Good luck and enjoy the campus life.
About Us
The School of Sustainable Agriculture was established on 4 May 2006 with the aim of training manpower in the fields of crop production, livestock production and horticulture and landscape who will assist in improving the agriculture sector of the country based on three main principles – Sustainability, Awareness and High Technology. This school will also play a role in developing and providing latest knowledge on agriculture through teaching and research. Through learning, research, innovation and extension of sustainable agriculture this school aspires to become a centre of learning in the field of agriculture.
Vision
The School of Sustainable Agriculture endeavours to become a prominent centre of agricultural knowledge in this region based on Sustainable, Sensitive and High Technology principles.
Mission
The School of Sustainable Agriculture endeavours to produce graduates who have acquired a well-balanced, excellent knowledge of international standards in agriculture through teaching and learning, research, publications and social work.
Goals
The main goals of the school's programs are to produce graduates who can contribute to the skilled and knowledgeable manpower in the field of agriculture and are able to compete at both national and international levels. The graduates should possess the following characteristics:
- High achiever, integrity, entrepreneurship and sensitive to the issues of environmental conservation.
- Have vast knowledge in management of various aspects of conventional and contemporary agriculture.
- Adaptable to changes in technology development in the agricultural sector.
- Apt and efficient to act as sound farm entrepreneurs and agricultural
Contact Info:
School of Sustainable Agriculture, Jalan Sg. Batang, Mile 10, UMS Sandakan Campus, 90000 Sandakan, Sabah Malaysia
+6089-223712/ 224720/ 220704 
+6089-220710
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