Graduate Studies
Many students choose a career in Agronomy because of a desire to help others improve the quality of their lives. During the past 10 years, 185 students have obtained graduate degrees from the Agronomy Department at the University of Florida. These students have contributed to the well being of people around the world, and they are today's leaders in agricultural science and technology, education, and policy making.
The Agronomy Department offers three graduate degrees - Master of Science - Thesis, Master of Science - Non-thesis, and Doctor of Philosophy. Graduate classes offered in Agronomy and related disciplines provide the foundation for the M.Ag. degree and support the research focus of the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Agronomy faculty are internationally recognized as authorities in their disciplines and maintain active graduate education and research programs. Research areas in which the department has achieved international prominence include:
- aquatic and terrestrial weed ecology/management
- tropical forage management/utilization
- crop growth modeling
- physiology of climate change response
- plant breeding, genetics and molecular biology.
