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{{Short description|Agricultural university in Prayagraj, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox university
| name            = Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences
| image           = SHIATS LOGO.png
| caption         = 
| motto           = "Serve The Land . Feed The Hungry"
| established     = {{start date and age|1910}}
| type            = Government aided [[research university]]
| chancellor      = [[Jetti A. Oliver]]<ref name=Authorities>{{cite web|title=Authorities|url=http://shuats.edu.in/univ_admin.asp|website=shuats.edu.in|publisher=SHUATS|access-date=29 January 2018}}</ref>
| vice_chancellor = Rajendra B. Lal<ref name=Authorities/>
| students        = 12331<ref name="NIRF Report 2017"/>
| faculty         = 454<ref name="NIRF Report 2017"/>
| undergrad       = 8068<ref name="NIRF Report 2017"/>
| postgrad        = 4263<ref name="NIRF Report 2017"/>
| campus          = {{convert|1020|acre|m2}}<br/>[[Sub-Urban]]
| website         = {{URL|shuats.edu.in}}
| coor            = {{Coord|25.4137|81.8491|region:IN_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| location        = [[Prayagraj]], Uttar Pradesh, India
| colors          = Red, green and yellow {{color box|red}}{{color box|green}}{{color box|yellow}}
| affiliations    = [[Indian Council for Agricultural Research|ICAR]], [[University Grant Commission (India)|UGC]],  [[Association of Commonwealth Universities|ACU]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.acu.ac.uk/membership/acu-members/?country_id=102&items_perpage=20&pageID=6 |title=ACU Members |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=acu.ac.uk |publisher=[[Association of Commonwealth Universities|ACU]] |access-date=19 September 2013}}</ref> [[Association of Indian Universities|AIU]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aiuweb.org/Members/MembersS.asp |title=Members of AIU |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=aiuweb.org |publisher=[[Association of Indian Universities|AIU]] |access-date=19 September 2013}}</ref> [[International Association of Universities|IAU]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iau-aiu.net/content/institutions |title=Member Institutions |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=iau-aiu.net |publisher=[[International Association of Universities|IAU]] |access-date=19 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501224946/http://www.iau-aiu.net/content/institutions |archive-date=1 May 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Indian Agricultural Universities Association|IAUA]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iauaindia.org/introduction.htm |title=List of Member Universities of IAUA |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=iauaindia.org |publisher=[[Indian Agricultural Universities Association|IAUA]] |access-date=19 September 2013}}</ref>
}}

'''Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences''' ('''SHUATS'''), formerly '''Allahabad Agricultural Institute''', is a government-aided university in [[Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh]], India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=UPCAR|url=https://www.upcaronline.org/page.php?title=Ag.%20Edu.%20and%20Res.%20Inst.#|access-date=2020-12-19|website=www.upcaronline.org}}</ref><ref name="NIRF Report 2017">{{Cite web|title=NIRF Report 2017|url=http://shuats.edu.in/nirf/nirf2017.pdf|access-date=25 June 2020|website=SHUATS}}</ref> It operates as an autonomous Christian minority institution under the 'Sam Higginbottom Educational and Charitable Society, Allahabad'.<ref>{{Cite web|title=University Profile|url=https://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/ebook/universirt-compendium/up/Sam-Higginbottom-Institute-of-Agriculture-Technology-and-Sciences-Allahabad.pdf|access-date=25 June 2020|website=MHRD}}</ref><ref name=ICAR2010Accb/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/deemeduniversitylist.aspx?id=33&Unitype=4 |title=Deemed University List |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=ugc.ac.in |publisher=[[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] |access-date=16 September 2013}}</ref>

It was established in 1910 by [[Sam Higginbottom]] as "Allahabad Agricultural Institute" to improve the economic status of the rural population.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hess|first=Gary R.|date=1968|title=American Agricultural Missionaries and Efforts at Economic Improvement in India|journal=Agricultural History|volume=42|issue=1|pages=23–34|jstor=3740182|issn=0002-1482}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Anu |date=2023-07-08 |title=Sam Higginbottom wanted to help India. So he devoted his life to helping its farmers |url=https://scroll.in/magazine/1052070/sam-higginbottom-wanted-to-help-india-so-he-devoted-his-life-to-helping-its-farmers |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1942, it became the first institute in India to offer a degree in [[Agricultural Engineering]].<ref name="shuats history"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icar.org.in/files/reports/other-reports/4DeanCom.pdf |title=Fourth Deans Committee on Agricultural Education in India |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=2007 |website=icar.org.in |publisher=[[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]] |access-date=17 September 2013}}</ref>

In December 2016, the Uttar Pradesh State cabinet announced their decision to elevate the institution from the status of Deemed University to full-fledged University by passing the SHUATS Act operational from 29 December 2016, thus renaming it to SHUATS.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SHUATS Act|url=http://shuats.edu.in/pdf/shuats_act_2016.pdf|access-date=25 June 2020|website=SHUATS}}</ref>

As a tribute to its founder, the institution submitted a proposal to the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]] in 2009 to rename Allahabad Agricultural Institute as Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences.<ref name=shuats1>{{cite web|url=http://shuats.edu.in/the_university.asp|title=Sam Higginbottom University- Ministry of HRD reference No. F.13-7/2008-U.3.A|website=www.shuats.edu.in|publisher=Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences|access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref> The institute was conferred [[List of deemed universities|deemed university]] status on 15 March 2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/deemed_uniinfo.aspx?id=158|title=University|publisher=Ugc.ac.in|access-date=8 November 2012}}</ref> and was certified as a [[National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions|Christian Minority Educational Institution]] in December 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Training-programme-for-minority-institutions/articleshow/6079951.cms|title=Training programme for minority institutions - Times Of India|publisher=Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com|date=22 June 2010|access-date=8 November 2012}}</ref><ref name=shuats1/><ref>{{Cite web|date=11 July 2013|title=SHIATS felicitates Moderator's Commissary Bishop |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/SHIATS-felicitates-Moderators-Commissary-Bishop/articleshow/21011677.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Earlier the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development|MHRD]] placed SHUATS among the elite category 'A' [[List of deemed universities|deemed universities]] on the basis of the expert committee recommendation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Deemed Universities Review|url=http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/document-reports/TFR04032014.pdf|access-date=25 June 2020|website=MHRD}}</ref>

The academic infrastructure of the university is organized into six Faculties<ref name="SHUATS Prospectus">{{cite web|url=http://shuats.edu.in/prospectus2019.pdf|title=On Campus Prospectus 2019|website=shuats.edu.in |access-date=6 March 2019}}</ref>—Agriculture; Engineering and Technology; Science; Theology; Management, Humanities and Social Sciences; and Health Sciences—which consist of 15 constituent schools, over 60 academic departments and four advanced research centres with emphasis on scientific, agricultural, technological education and research.<ref name="NIRF Report 2017"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/SHIATS-gets-new-building-for-research/articleshow/8102946.cms|title=SHIATS gets new building for research - Times Of India |publisher=Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=27 April 2011 |access-date=8 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-10 |title=Soon, BIRAC to open its E-YUVA centre at SHUATS |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/soon-birac-to-open-its-e-yuva-centre-at-shuats-101710009159965.html |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> The university is an alma mater to many notable [[scientists]], [[geneticist]], [[agricultural engineers]]<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1981-12-01|title=The american Society of Animal Science Morrison Award Donor: the F. B. Morrison Family 1981|url=https://academic.oup.com/jas/article/53/6/1692/4654185|journal=Journal of Animal Science|language=en|volume=53|issue=6|pages=1692–1702|doi=10.2527/jas1982.5361692x|issn=0021-8812|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="TNN Oct 24, 2010, 11.27pm IST">{{cite web|date=24 October 2010|title=Centenary celebrations at SHIATS - Times Of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Centenary-celebrations-at-SHIATS/articleshow/6805772.cms|access-date=8 November 2012|publisher=Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=20 September 2016|first=Rajeev|last= Mani |title=Ram Naik: UP governor addresses convocation of SHIATS|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/UP-governor-addresses-convocation-of-SHIATS/articleshow/54431138.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> and often regarded as the progenitor of [[Green Revolution in India]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Naidis|first=Mark|date=1968-02-01|title=Sam Higginbottom of Allahabad: Pioneer of Point Four to India. By Gary R. Hess. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. 1967. Pp. ix, 177. $5.50)|url=https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article/73/3/884/99076|journal=The American Historical Review|language=en|volume=73|issue=3|pages=884–885|doi=10.1086/ahr/73.3.884|issn=0002-8762|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kumar|first=Prakash|date=30 January 2020|title="Modernization" and Agrarian Development in India, 1912–52|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-asian-studies/article/modernization-and-agrarian-development-in-india-191252/A357A8F5B22261174115BE2B5308D9B0|journal=The Journal of Asian Studies|language=en|volume=79|issue=3|pages=633–658|doi=10.1017/S0021911819001219|s2cid=213442057|issn=0021-9118|access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Perkins|first=John H.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRcwrm_YW2UC&q=Allahabad%20agriculture%20green%20revolution&pg=PA152|title=Geopolitics and the Green Revolution: Wheat, Genes, and the Cold War|date=1997-12-14|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-535503-1|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=11 September 2013|title=Special lecture on green revolution at Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Special-lecture-on-green-revolution-at-Sam-Higginbottom-Institute-of-Agriculture-Technology-Sciences/articleshow/22474040.cms|access-date=2020-06-28|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

While having completed its own hospital, Hayes Memorial Mission Hospital, the university is developing its health and medical science infrastructure as per [[Medical Council of India]] (MCI) norms.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hayes Memorial Mission Hospital, Allahabad, India|url=http://www.hospitalscout.com/en/Hospitals/Facility/56194/hayes-memorial-mission-hospital.html|access-date=2020-06-25|website=www.hospitalscout.com}}</ref>

==Accreditation and affiliations==
SHUATS is a recognized member of [[Association of Indian Universities]],<ref name="aiuweb">{{cite web|url=http://www.aiuweb.org/Members/MembersS.asp|title=AIU-MEMBERS|publisher=aiuweb.org|access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref>  [[Association of Commonwealth Universities]],<ref name="acu">{{cite web|url=https://www.acu.ac.uk/membership/acu-members/?country_id=102&items_perpage=20&pageID=6|title=ACU members|publisher=acu.ac.uk|access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref> [[Indian Agricultural Universities Association]]<ref name="iauaindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.iauaindia.org/introduction.htm|title=Indian Agricultural Universities Association|publisher=iauaindia.org|access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref> and [[International Association of Universities]].<ref name="iau-aiu">{{cite web|url=http://www.iau-aiu.net/content/institutions|title=Institutions {{!}} International Association of Universities|publisher=iau-aiu.net|access-date=3 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501224946/http://www.iau-aiu.net/content/institutions|archive-date=1 May 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The university has been re-accredited with a [[CGPA]] of 3.14 on a four-point scale and has received an 'A' grade from the [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]] (NAAC), valid till October 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=University|url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/deemed_uniinfo.aspx?id=158|access-date=2020-06-25|website=www.ugc.ac.in}}</ref> SHUATS was accredited in 2009 by [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]] (ICAR) and in 2010 by [[Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education]] (ICFRE).<ref name=ICAR2010Accb>{{cite web |url=https://icar.org.in/content/proceedings-xi-meeting-accreditation-board|title=Proceedings of the XI meeting of the Accreditation Board
 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=2010 |website=icar.org.in |publisher=[[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]] |access-date=16 September 2013}}</ref><ref name="icfre">{{cite web|url=http://www.icfre.org/UserFiles/File/Education/Certificate-Accreditation-07Sept-10/SHIATS,%20Allahabad.jpg|title=UserFiles/File/Education/Certificate-Accreditation-07Sept-10/SHIATS,%20Allahabad|publisher=icfre.org|access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Old Hostel, SHIATS.jpg|thumb|right|Façade of the Old Hostel of the institute<ref name="shuats history">{{cite web|url=http://shuats.edu.in/history_mission.asp|title=SHUATS: History|publisher=shuats.edu.in|access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref>]]
[[File:AAI,_Allahabad.jpg |thumb|Old Engineering Building of the institute, an antiquated water tank can be seen in the background]]

The institute was established by Dr. [[Sam Higginbottom]], an English-born [[American Presbyterian Mission|Presbyterian missionary]] in 1910 as a Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension of [[Ewing Christian College]], [[Allahabad]].<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions|author=Anderson, G.H.|date=1999|publisher=W.B. Eerdmans Pub.|isbn=9780802846808|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oQ8BFk9K0ToC&pg=PA292|page=292|access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bathgate|first=John|date=1984|title=Presbyterians and Rural Development in India|journal=Journal of Presbyterian History|volume=62|issue=3|pages=237–245|jstor=23328484|issn=0022-3883}}</ref> The institute was declared as a separate entity from the college in 1918.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d2k4AQAAMAAJ&q=The+Allahabad+Farmer|title=Farm Machinery and Hardware|date=1920|publisher=Midland Publishing Company|language=en}}</ref> The Department of Animal Husbandry was the first department of the institute established in 1924. It was an important landmark in the history of dairy training in India as the admission to the first batch of Indian Diploma in Dairying (IDD) was conducted here.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sundaresan School|url=http://shuats.edu.in/pdf/facAnimal.pdf|access-date=25 June 2020|website=SHUATS}}</ref> After a meeting in Benaras, Dr. Higginbottom and [[Mahatma Gandhi]] became friends and started exchanging letters on issues, such as agriculture, poverty alleviation and rural economy. Gandhiji visited the institute in 1929 and sought his advice on several occasions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=HIGGINBOTTOM|url=https://www.mkgandhi.org/letters/chrchmisn/higginbottom.htm|access-date=2020-06-25|website=www.mkgandhi.org}}</ref> In the 1930s, the institute was supported by [[Harvard-Yenching Institute]] to expand its teaching and research programme in agricultural sciences.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of The Harvard-Yenching Institute {{!}} Harvard-Yenching Institute|url=https://harvard-yenching.org/history|access-date=2020-06-25|website=harvard-yenching.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Fan|first=Shuhua|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wa1hBAAAQBAJ|title=The Harvard-Yenching Institute and Cultural Engineering: Remaking the Humanities in China, 1924–1951|date=2014-08-21|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=978-0-7391-6851-6|language=en}}</ref> About the same time the institute was recognized by the government for a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture science and became affiliated with the [[University of Allahabad]]. Another landmark came in 1942, when it became the pioneer institute to offer an [[Agricultural Engineering]] degree in India. In November 1947, the institute was brought under an independent "Board of Directors of the Allahabad Agricultural Institute" which was sponsored as an ecumenical body by a number of churches and missions. During this phase the institute was taken up by [[Arthur T. Mosher]], and he is largely credited with major expansion of infrastructure and the introduction of famous "Jamuna Par Punar Yojna", the [[Agricultural extension|extension project]] of recruiting workers at the village level.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Institute|first=Allahabad Agricultural|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bLE1AAAAMAAJ|title=Experiment in Extension: The Gaon Sathi|date=1956|publisher=Oxford University Press|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=UGC Report|url=http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/document-reports/TFR04032014.pdf|website=UGC}}</ref>

Between 1950 and 1957 [[Albert Mayer (planner)|Albert Mayer]], an American architect, was assigned for developing the major buildings of the institute.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mitra |first=Asok |year=1991 |title=The New India, 1948-1955: Memoirs of an Indian Civil Servant |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hc0MUqbodgIC&q=Albert+Mayer+Allahabad&pg=PA93 |location=Mumbai |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=8171546919 |access-date=15 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=C. Emmett|first=Robert|year=1977|title=GUIDE TO THE ALBERT MAYER PAPERS ON INDIA|url=https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/southasia/mayer.html|journal=UChicago|publisher=The University of Chicago Library|pages=8|access-date=14 February 2014}}</ref> In 1951, [[Ford Foundation]] granted $940,000 to the institute for carrying out the research and development projects.<ref>{{cite book |year=1986 |title=Small Farm Equipment for Developing Countries: Proceedings of the International Conference on Small Farm Equipment for Developing Countries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8etw_T_UXW4C&q=ford+foundation+allahabad+agricultural&pg=PA410 |publisher=International Rice Reessearch Institute |isbn=971104157X |access-date=15 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |year=1951 |title=Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRBbAAAAYAAJ&q=ford+foundation+allahabad+agricultural&pg=RA9-PA19 |publisher=Library of Princeton University |access-date=15 February 2014 }}</ref> In 1952, the [[University of Illinois]] signed a contract with [[United States Agency for International Development]] for assisting the institute in improving its educational programs.<ref>{{cite book |last=Shurtleff |first=William |date=16 June 2011 |title=Henry Ford and his Researchers - History of their Work with Soybeans, Soyfoods and Chemurgy (1928-2011) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NLme9FVVXm0C&q=ford+foundation+allahabad+agricultural&pg=PA247 |location=Lafayette, California |publisher=Soyinfo Center |isbn=9781928914365 |access-date=15 February 2014 }}</ref> Between 1950 and 1980, [[John B. Chitamber]] led the institute successfully and made [[Agricultural extension]] a very well known programme of the institute.<ref name="uiuc">{{cite web|url=http://web.library.uiuc.edu/asp/agx/acdc/view.asp?ID=C18968|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226212538/http://web.library.uiuc.edu/asp/agx/acdc/view.asp?ID=C18968 |archive-date=2014-02-26 |url-status=dead|title=Agricultural Communications Documentation Center: Document C18968|author=Jeremy Todd (jhtodd@uiuc.edu)|access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=18 September 2009|title=Training programme for farmers held at AAI |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Training-programme-for-farmers-held-at-AAI/articleshow/5028146.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=12 June 2016|title=Kisan Goshthi|url=https://icar.org.in/node/7618|access-date=25 June 2020|website=ICAR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=November 2014|title=Agriculture Extension|url=https://icar.org.in/node/5328|website=ICAR}}</ref> To obtain more academic freedom and to strengthen its research and extension programmes, a proposal was submitted to the Department of Higher Education, [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]] in August 1994, that the institute be granted the status of a [[deemed university]]. The institute was conferred the same on 15 March 2000 and Dr. Rajendra B. Lal was appointed as the first [[vice-chancellor (education)|vice-chancellor]] of the university.<ref name=shuats1/><ref>{{Cite web|date=7 May 2013|title=SHIATS V-C elected head of varsities association |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/SHIATS-V-C-elected-head-of-varsities-association/articleshow/19927403.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

==Campus==
The campus is in [[Naini]], a satellite neighbourhood of [[Prayagraj]] on the banks of river [[Yamuna]]. The university is spread over an area of 1020 acres lush-green campus, which includes 420 acres of research farms.<ref>{{Cite web|title=IQAC Report|url=http://shuats.edu.in/iqac/iqac_report2015-16.pdf|access-date=25 June 2020|website=SHUATS}}</ref> The campus is divided into clusters of constituent schools and separate blocks for administration. The academic area chiefly comprises the main building, departmental annexes and auditoria. The university has 12 hostels on campus, six women's, four men's and two international hostels.<ref name="SHUATS Prospectus"/>

The campus has an open-air theatre for cultural events. Several [[association football|football]], [[field hockey|hockey]] and [[cricket]] grounds; and [[lawn tennis|tennis]], [[basketball]], [[squash tennis|squash]] and [[volleyball]] courts are built on campus. The university has a [[primary school]], [[middle school]] and two [[Secondary school|inter colleges]] housed in independent buildings, to meet the education requirements of the children of employees and of neighbouring area. The campus houses a shopping complex, several cafeterias, restaurants, ATMs, post office, a centre of [[Krishi Vigyan Kendra]] and a branch of the [[State Bank of India]].<ref name="shuats2">{{cite web|url=http://shuats.edu.in/stu_wel_fac.asp|title=:: Student Welfare & Facilities ::|publisher=shuats.edu.in|access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref>

{{Gallery
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|title = SHUATS campus
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|File:AAI Administrative Block.jpg|Administrative Block - I
|File:SHIATS Registrar's Office.jpg|Registrar's Office
|File:Jacob School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering.jpg|Jacob Institute of Bioengineering
|File:SHIATS Agriculture School.jpg|Naini Agricultural Institute
|File:SFMC Building.jpg|School of Humanities and Social Science
|File:SHIATS Central Library.jpg|Central Library
|File:SHIATS Women's Hostel.jpg|Women's Hostel
|File:Forestry AAI.jpg|Agroforestry Farmland
|File:Garden shiats.jpg|The Arboretum at SHUATS
|File:Lawn at AAI.jpg|University Central Park
}}

==Academics==
SHUATS is a multi-faculty residential academic institution. The university offers 51 undergraduate programmes, 123 postgraduate programmes, 20 diploma/certificate programmes and doctoral programmes with over 10,000 students enrolled on campus.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences officials review convocation preparations |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-03/allahabad/44709126_1_shiats-sam-higginbottom-institute-prof-rajendra-b-lal |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131228162850/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-03/allahabad/44709126_1_shiats-sam-higginbottom-institute-prof-rajendra-b-lal |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 December 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=3 December 2013 |access-date=7 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="SHUATS Prospectus"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-27 |title=Prayagraj: Over 14,000 degrees, diplomas awarded at 13th convocation of SHUATS |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/prayagraj-over-14-000-degrees-diplomas-awarded-at-13th-convocation-of-shuats-101666895149232.html |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

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|+
! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | '''Faculty/school'''
|-
| '''Faculty of Engineering & Technology'''
|-
| Jacob Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering
|-
| Warner College of Dairy Technology
|-
| Vaugh Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Technology
|-
| '''Faculty of Agriculture'''
|-
| Naini Agricultural Institute
|-
| College of Forestry
|-
| Ethilind College of Home Science
|-
| [[Makino School of Continuing and Non-Formal Education]]
|-
| '''Faculty of Science'''
|-
| '''Faculty of Theology'''
|-
| Gospel and Plough Institute of Theology
|-
| Yeshu Darbar Bible School
|-
| '''Faculty of Management, Humanities and Social Sciences'''
|-
| Joseph Institute of Business Studies and Commerce<ref>{{Cite web|date=13 March 2013|title=Budget impact discussed at SHIATS|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Budget-impact-discussed-at-SHIATS/articleshow/18939116.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|  Allahabad School of Education
|-
|  Chitamber School of Humanities and Social Sciences
|-
|  School of Film and Mass Communication
|-
| '''Faculty of Health Sciences'''
|-
| Shalom Institute of Health and Allied Sciences
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| Christian College of Nursing<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 May 2013|title=Oath-taking ceremony for nursing students held |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Oath-taking-ceremony-for-nursing-students-held/articleshow/20321499.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
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===Research and collaboration===
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! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | '''Research centres'''
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| Centre for Transgenic Studies<ref>{{cite book |last=Acton |first=Q. Ashton |date=21 June 2013 |title=Advances in Proteobacteria Research and Application: 2013 Edition |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_L6S3uDE35oC&q=SHIATS&pg=PA92 |location=[[Atlanta]] |publisher=ScholarlyEditions |pages=92 |isbn= 9781481683845|access-date=22 March 2014 }}</ref>
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|Centre of Advance Theological Studies<ref name="shuats_edu">{{cite web|url=http://shuats.edu.in/coll_CATS.asp|title=SHUATS- Centre for Advanced Theological Studies|publisher=shuats.edu.in|access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref>
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| Centre for Geospatial Technologies<ref>{{Cite web|title=SHUATS :: U.P.State Act No. 35 of 2016|url=http://shuats.edu.in/dept_geospatial_tech.asp|access-date=2020-06-25|website=shuats.edu.in}}</ref>
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|Kattesh Katti Institute of Green Nanotechnology and Agri Nanotechnology<ref name="missouri">{{cite web|url=http://physics.missouri.edu/kattesh-katti-institute/ |title=SHIATS to Establish "Kattesh Katti Institute of Green and Agri Nanotechnology" « Department of Physics and Astronomy |publisher=physics.missouri.edu |access-date=3 July 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131028145318/http://physics.missouri.edu/kattesh-katti-institute/|archive-date=28 October 2013 }}</ref>
|}
The university provides an ample infrastructure for interdisciplinary collaborative research and interaction between students and faculty. The major research areas include [[agronomy]], [[mechanised agriculture]], [[food processing]], [[silviculture]], [[genetic engineering]], [[pharmacology]], [[plant pathology]], [[Applied Microbiology|applied microbiology]] and [[computational biology]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-03-07 |title=SHUATS teachers get patent for model to produce green power |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/shuats-teachers-get-patent-for-model-to-produce-green-power/articleshow/108280752.cms |access-date=2024-03-15 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SHUATS :: Research|url=http://shuats.edu.in/research.asp|access-date=2020-06-25|website=shuats.edu.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-23|title=UP agri department nod to new, better variety of maize for farmers|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/up-agri-deparment-nod-to-new-better-variety-of-maize-for-farmers/story-1UrdOcNyxU6HaAZDjj7nxO.html|access-date=2020-06-25|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-08-25|title=Veggies, fruits becoming storehouse of toxic chemicals, warn scientists|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/veggies-fruits-becoming-storehouse-of-toxic-chemicals-warn-scientists/story-mQWjpXx22xrN104k0E2YHM.html|access-date=2020-06-25|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=SHUATS faculty gets project worth Rs 2.14 crores - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/shuats-faculty-gets-project-worth-rs-2-14-crores/articleshow/65097889.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|date=23 July 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=20 June 2020|first=Rajiv|last= Mani|title=Msc student of SHUATS grows a south Indian flower in Sangam city|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/msc-student-of-shuats-grows-a-south-indian-flower-in-sangam-city/articleshow/76483054.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=8 February 2014|author=TNN |title=Udaya Pratap Singh: SHIATS professor invited to meet in Paris |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/SHIATS-professor-invited-to-meet-in-Paris/articleshow/30043952.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=SHUATS research scholar grows Goldenrod in local climate - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/shuats-research-scholar-grows-goldenrod-in-local-climate/articleshow/78457130.cms|access-date=2020-12-08|website=The Times of India|date=3 October 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|agency=TNN|date=Apr 7, 2021|title=City agri-scientist develops sugar-free wheat varieties {{!}} Allahabad News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/city-agri-scientist-develops-sugar-free-wheat-varieties/articleshow/81940273.cms|access-date=2021-04-09|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> The research activities are funded through extramural research grants from government agencies such as [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research|ICAR]], [[Department of Biotechnology|DBT]], [[National Remote Sensing Centre|NRSC]], [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|DST]], [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|MHRD]], [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|MRD]], [[Government of Uttar Pradesh|UPCAR]], [[European Union|EU]] and [[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 September 2009|title=Workshop on water quality research concludes at AAI-DU {{!}} Allahabad News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Workshop-on-water-quality-research-concludes-at-AAI-DU/articleshow/4987529.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=10 April 2013|title=UPCAR head lauds agro work of SHIATS |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/UPCAR-head-lauds-agro-work-of-SHIATS/articleshow/19468822.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref name="shuats3">{{cite web|url=http://shuats.edu.in/dict_research.asp|title=SHUATS :: Directorate of Research|publisher=shuats.edu.in|access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=18 February 2014|title=Nutri-farm inaugurated at SHIATS |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Nutri-farm-inaugurated-at-SHIATS/articleshow/30584529.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

[http://www.allahabadfarmer.org/ ''The Allahabad Farmer''] is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal of the university which has been publishing research articles in basic and applied aspects of agriculture technology and sciences.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Allahabad Farmer Journal|url=https://www.shuats.org/ajast/Upload_file.aspx|access-date=2020-06-25|website=www.shuats.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SHUATS :: Publications|url=http://shuats.edu.in/upd.asp|access-date=2020-06-25|website=shuats.edu.in}}</ref> First published in 1925, it is perhaps one of the oldest journal dedicated to agricultural research.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Allahabad agricultural institute|date=1925|title=The Allahabad farmer.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/924891387|journal=The Allahabad Farmer.|language=en|issn=0365-3854|oclc=924891387}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gmwhAQAAIAAJ&q=The+Allahabad+farmer|title=The Allahabad Farmer|date=1971|language=en}}</ref> The university has been a collaborating partner of [[Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation]] (GFAR), headquartered in [[Rome]], Italy for research in [[food security]], [[climate change]] and [[agricultural education]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=SAM HIGGINBOTTOM UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCES {{!}} GFAR|url=https://www.gfar.net/organizations/sam-higginbottom-university-agriculture-technology-and-sciences|access-date=2020-06-27|website=www.gfar.net}}</ref>

The university is currently hosting over 350<ref>{{Cite web|title=NIRF Report|url=http://shuats.edu.in/nirf/nirf2017.pdf|access-date=29 June 2020|website=SHUATS}}</ref> international students from [[Australia]], [[Brazil]], [[Japan]], [[South Korea]], [[Guyana]], [[Thailand]], [[Middle East]], neighbouring [[South Asia]]n and several [[African nations]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 September 2016|first=Rajeev|last=Mani|title=Convocation at SHIATS to be held on Sep 20|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Convocation-at-SHIATS-to-be-held-on-Sep-20/articleshow/54412978.cms|access-date=2020-11-26|newspaper=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=फरार अफगानी छात्रों ने भारतीय छात्रों को फिर पीटा|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-city-indian-students-beaten-by-afgani-students-13677084.html|access-date=2020-06-25|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=भूटान सरकार के अनुरोध पर शुआट्स से वापस भेजे गए सात विदेशी छात्र|url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/seven-foreigners-repatriated-from-shuats-at-bhutan-governments-request-naini-news-ald2729091104|access-date=2020-06-25|website=Amar Ujala|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=22 November 2012|title=Proud moments at SHIATS convocation |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Proud-moments-at-SHIATS-convocation/articleshow/17319976.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=23 February 2014|title=SHIATS experts to train Afghanistan farmers {{!}} Allahabad News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/SHIATS-experts-to-train-Afghanistan-farmers/articleshow/30901426.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> SHUATS has signed [[MoU]]s with more than 20 international organizations for academics and research including, [[Maastricht University]], [[University of Copenhagen]], [[University of Queensland]], [[Biola University]], [[Alabama A&M University]], [[Hannam University]], and [[University of Twente]] among others.<ref name="shuats4">{{cite web|url=http://shuats.edu.in/dict_international.asp|title=SHUATS-International Secretariat|publisher=shuats.edu.in|access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref> The university has been in collaboration with a Thailand-based [[Asian Institute of Technology]] for academic-exchange programme since 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AIT-SHUATS|url=http://serd.ait.ac.th/non-regular-programs-2/|access-date=2020-06-25|website=serd.ait.ac.th}}</ref><ref name="ait">{{cite web|url=http://www.ait.ac.th/2011/02/shiats-pens-agreement-with-ait|title=AIT-SHIATS|publisher=ait.asia|access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref> In 2015, SHUATS collaborated with [[University of Missouri]] and has established a nanotechnology research centre to explore the potential of [[green nanotechnology]] on agricultural economy.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chatt|first=A.|date=2016-07-01|title=Laudation for Professor Kattesh V. Katti Hevesy Medal Awardee 2015|journal=Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry|language=en|volume=309|issue=1|pages=15–16|doi=10.1007/s10967-016-4866-6|issn=1588-2780|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="indiatimes">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Missouri-university-group-studies-hybrid-crop-varieties/articleshow/28671854.cms|title=Missouri university group studies hybrid crop varieties - The Times of India|newspaper=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="indiatimes2">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/SHIATS-University-of-Missouri-to-study-food-security-in-India/articleshow/28632162.cms|title=SHIATS, University of Missouri to study food security in India - The Times of India|newspaper=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref> In 2022, the university teams up with the [[International Rice Research Institute]] for drought resistance breeding programme.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-22 |title=IRRI-Manila teams up with SHUATS for drought breeding programme |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/irrimanila-teams-up-with-shuats-for-drought-breeding-programme-101666381225798.html |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

==Career and placement==
The university has established a Career Planning & Counselling Centre (CPCC). The CPCC invites companies for campus recruitment and placement assistance. Besides, the centre facilitates entrepreneurial and soft skills training, summer internships, career counselling and other personality development programs to the students.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 2017|title=Entrepreneurship Enclave-2017|url=https://www.iitk.ac.in/dord/newsletter/june2017/june_issue_2017.pdf|access-date=25 June 2020|website=IIT Kanpur}}</ref> Some of the major recruiters of the university are [[Infosys]], [[Larsen & Toubro]], [[HCL Technologies|HCL]], [[Wipro]], [[Amdocs]], [[ThoughtWorks]], [[Union Bank of India]], [[Hindustan Construction Company]],  [[ITC Limited]], [[Amul]], [[Mother Dairy]], [[Nestlé]], [[Parle Products|Parle]], [[Sonalika Group|Sonalika International]], [[Bayer|Bayer Crop Science]], [[John Deere]], [[TAFE]], [[Escorts Group|Escorts Tractors]], [[Mahindra & Mahindra Limited]], [[Force Motors]], [[Jain Irrigation]], [[IFFCO]], [[Chambal Fertilisers]], [[BASF]], [[KRIBHCO]], [[SABMiller]], [[Cordlife]], [[GlaxoSmithKline]], [[Thyrocare]] and [[Lupin Limited]].<ref name="shuats5">{{cite web|url=http://shuats.edu.in/cpcc.asp|title=:: Career Planning and Counselling Centre (CPCC)::|publisher=shuats.edu.in|access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="indiatimes3">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/UBI-recruits-30-SHIATS-students/articleshow/10017568.cms|title=UBI recruits 30 SHIATS students - The Times of India|newspaper=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="indiatimes4">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/13-SHIATS-students-get-campus-placement/articleshow/19815857.cms?referral=PM|title=13 SHIATS students get campus placement - The Times of India|newspaper=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="indiatimes5">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Campus-selection-going-strong-at-SHIATS/articleshow/17483097.cms|title=Campus selection going strong at SHIATS - The Times of India|newspaper=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref>

==Student activities==
Extra-curricular activities such as sporting events, festivals, and cultural functions are organized throughout the year.<ref>{{Cite web|date=6 August 2012|title=SHIATS: Spotlight on gender equality at SHIATS {{!}} Allahabad News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Spotlight-on-gender-equality-at-SHIATS/articleshow/15378791.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=4 May 2013|title=Farewell function at SHIATS {{!}} Allahabad News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Farewell-function-at-SHIATS/articleshow/19874020.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Workshop on dramatics in SHIATS |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-21/allahabad/28254908_1_workshop-dramatics-sam-higginbottom-institute |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126072625/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-21/allahabad/28254908_1_workshop-dramatics-sam-higginbottom-institute |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 January 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=21 September 2010 |access-date=13 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Students-showcase-talent-at-Ciencia-fusion/articleshow/7557019.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103191500/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-23/allahabad/28626598_1_students-showcase-talent-fusion-quiz-competition |url-status=live |archive-date=3 January 2013 |title=Students showcase talent at 'Ciencia fusion' |date=23 February 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=8 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Krishi mahakumbh from Nov 8 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Krishi-mahakumbh-from-Nov-8/articleshow/10611477.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126035840/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-04/allahabad/30358853_1_agriculture-universities-farmers-seeds |url-status=live |archive-date=26 January 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=4 November 2011 |access-date=13 September 2013}}</ref> 
The students are divided into four houses, ''Red Eagles'', ''Blue Bulls'', ''Yellow Tigers'' and ''Pink Panthers'' for inter-house games and sports tournaments. The athletics committee is formed to govern the activities under the Department of Physical Education.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SHUATS:: U.P.State Act No. 35 of 2016|url=http://shuats.edu.in/sports.asp|access-date=2020-06-25|website=shuats.edu.in}}</ref> A student-run [[Campus radio|community radio]] station, Radio Adan (90.4&nbsp; MHz) brings together experts, students, farmers, and the local population, through various popular programs, focussing on agriculture, education, employment, women empowerment, child marriage, health, and culture.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Radio Adan|url=https://mib.gov.in/sites/default/files/Community%20Radio%20Compendium%202019.pdf|access-date=25 June 2020|website=MIB, GOI}}</ref> The academic societies<ref>{{Cite web|date=25 November 2011|title=National Pharmacy Week at SHIATS |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/National-Pharmacy-Week-at-SHIATS/articleshow/10862061.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> and cultural clubs<ref>{{cite news|date=6 December 2012|title=Evening turns musical at SHIATS|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Evening-turns-musical-at-SHIATS/articleshow/17511166.cms|url-status=live|access-date=13 September 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126054242/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-06/allahabad/35646573_1_category-senior-award-first-prize|archive-date=26 January 2013}}</ref> on the campus organize national and international competitions, symposiums,<ref>{{Cite web|date=17 March 2009|title=AAIDU to host meet on microbial technology|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/AAIDU-to-host-meet-on-microbial-technology/articleshow/4278058.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=30 November 2013|title=Horticulture seminar begins at SHIATS|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Horticulture-seminar-begins-at-SHIATS/articleshow/26614767.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> conferences<ref>{{cite news|date=21 June 2013|title=Conference discusses antimicrobial resistance|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Conference-discusses-antimicrobial-resistance/articleshow/20694607.cms|access-date=13 September 2013}}</ref> and workshops.<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 April 2014|title=Seminar on cyber security at Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences {{!}} Allahabad News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Seminar-on-cyber-security-at-Sam-Higginbottom-Institute-of-Agriculture-Technology-Sciences/articleshow/33646705.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1 March 2013|title=Spotlight on food safety at SHIATS |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Spotlight-on-food-safety-at-SHIATS/articleshow/18740163.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=7 November 2013|title=Intellectual property seminar at SHIATS today |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Intellectual-property-seminar-at-SHIATS-today/articleshow/25344975.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref name="shuats6">{{cite web|url=http://shuats.edu.in/news_events.asp|title=:: News and Event ::|publisher=shuats.edu.in|access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref> Students are encouraged to join the [[National Cadet Corps (India)|National Cadet Corps]] or enrol in [[National Service Scheme]] for overall personality development.<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 April 2014|title=Blood donation camp at Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Blood-donation-camp-at-Sam-Higginbottom-Institute-of-Agriculture-Technology-Sciences/articleshow/33574280.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/SHIATS-students-take-out-candlelight-procession/articleshow/11155310.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103133013/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-18/allahabad/30530969_1_shiats-sam-higginbottom-institute-rajendra-b-lal |url-status=live |archive-date=3 January 2013 |title=SHIATS students take out candlelight procession |date=18 December 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=8 November 2012}}</ref>

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|File:Cultural Festival, SHIATS.jpg|Annual Cultural Festival
|File:GPT SHIATS.jpg|SHUATS Chapel Choir
|File:SHIATS NCC.jpg|NCC unit of SHUATS
|File:7th Convocation SHIATS.jpg|Convocation ceremony<ref>{{Cite web|date=28 November 2011|title=SHIATS 7th convocation on November 30|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/SHIATS-7th-convocation-on-November-30/articleshow/10907836.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
|File:Expression SHIATS.jpg|Expression Film Festival
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== Alumni association ==
The students, alumni, and faculty members of the university are traditionally referred as "[[wikt:aggie#Etymology 2|Aggies]]." The university has an active alumni association, governed by an executive committee with the objective of expanding and strengthening the connections between alumni and alma mater.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SHUATS :: Alumni Association|url=http://shuats.edu.in/alumni_association.asp|access-date=2020-06-25|website=shuats.edu.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|agency=TNN|date=Apr 12, 2011|title='Food, milk production could ensure nation's prosperity' {{!}} Allahabad News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/food-milk-production-could-ensure-nations-prosperity/articleshow/7952438.cms|access-date=2021-11-05|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> An international alumni association, [https://alagin.org ''Alagin International''], started in the year 2002, has been organizing annual meetings in various cities and also connects Aggies through social media.<ref>{{Cite web|last=International|first=Alagin|title=Welcome to Alagin International|url=https://alagin.org/about-alagin|access-date=2020-06-25|website=Alagin International|language=en-IN}}</ref>

== Rankings ==
{{Infobox India university ranking|QS_A_2024=292|NIRF_P_2024=85|type=University}}
SHUATS is ranked 292 in Asian University Rankings in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/sam-higginbottom-institute-agriculture-technology-sciences#p2-rankings |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref> It is ranked 85th in India by the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework|NIRF]] in the pharmacy category in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NIRF 2024 Pharmacy ranking |url=https://www.nirfindia.org/Rankings/2024/PharmacyRanking.html}}</ref>

==Notable people==
{{Category see also |Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences alumni}}
SHUATS has a widespread alumni network of agriculturists, life scientists and agricultural engineers taking over many prestigious positions across the world.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-17|title=Ex-student of SHUATS made guv of Rawanda's western province|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/exstudent-of-shuats-made-guv-of-rawanda-s-western-province-101616000229718.html|access-date=2021-03-18|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Asmita Singh, Food Science Doctoral Student, Receives Feeding Tomorrow IFT Scholarship|url=https://news.uark.edu/articles/54162|access-date=2020-07-05|website=University of Arkansas News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=18 September 2013|title=Special function held to welcome new students at SHIATS |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Special-function-held-to-welcome-new-students-at-SHIATS/articleshow/22690080.cms|access-date=2020-06-25|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Some of the prominent people associated with the university include agricultural scientists, [[Rajiv Khosla]],<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Rajiv Khosla|url=http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29249|access-date=26 September 2020|website=Virginia Tech|date=26 October 1998 |hdl=10919/29249 |last1=Khosla |first1=Rajiv }}</ref>  [[Pramod Wasudeo Ramteke|Pramod Ramteke]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=IEEE Authors |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37085864698 |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=[[IEEE]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=INCHE {{!}} International Network for Christian Higher Education — Directory |url=https://inche.one/directory |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=INCHE {{!}} International Network for Christian Higher Education |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Arthur T. Mosher]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Arthur Mosher, 82, International Expert On Agricultural Aid |author=Lee A. Daniels |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/30/us/arthur-mosher-82-international-expert-on-agricultural-aid.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=30 September 1992 |access-date=13 September 2013}}</ref> and [[Mason Vaugh]],<ref name="shs.umsystem.edu">{{cite web |url=http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/invent/3130.pdf |title=Vaugh, Mason (1894-1978), Papers, 1928-1970 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=shs.umsystem.edu |publisher=[[State Historical Society of Missouri]] |access-date=12 September 2013}}</ref> independence activists, [[Titusji|Titus Theverthundiyil]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Titusji|url=http://www.dandimemorial.in/pdf/reports/Readers-Digest-Aug-2014.pdf|access-date=2020-06-25|website=www.dandimemorial.in}}</ref> and [[Seth Achal Singh]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Profile on Lok Sabha Official Website|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/575.htm}}</ref> educationists and scholars, [[Valson Thampu]]<ref name="ststephens">{{cite web |title=Faculty |url=http://www.ststephens.edu//academics/faculty.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705183103/http://www.ststephens.edu/academics/faculty.htm |archive-date=5 July 2015 |access-date=3 July 2015 |publisher=ststephens.edu |df=dmy-all}}</ref> and [[John B. Chitamber]],<ref name="abebooks.com">{{cite web |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Introductory Rural Sociology |url=http://www.abebooks.com/Introductory-Rural-Sociology-J.B-Chitambar-New/4674824201/bd |access-date=12 September 2013 |website=abebooks.com |publisher=New Age International (P) Limited}}</ref> sportsperson, [[Yash Dayal]],<ref>{{Cite web |author=Fazal Khan|date=Feb 8, 2022 |title=Up's Yash Makes It To Indian Squad Against Windies {{!}} Lucknow News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/ups-yash-makes-it-to-indian-squad-against-windies/articleshow/89416883.cms |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> politicians, [[Anil Agrawal]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr. Anil Agrawal {{!}} National Portal of India|url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/dr-anil-agrawal|access-date=2020-06-26|website=www.india.gov.in}}</ref> [[Jitendra Prasada]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jitendra Prasada|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/obituary/story/20010129-congress-leader-jitendra-prasada-passes-away-775855-2001-01-29|access-date=25 June 2020|website=India Today}}</ref> [[Fateh Bahadur Singh]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fateh Bahadur(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- CAIMPIYARGANJ(GORAKHPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=4489 |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=myneta.info}}</ref> [[Amarnath Pradhan]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pradhan, Shri Amarnath|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4417&lastls=15|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref> and [[Sasmit Patra]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shri Sasmit Patra {{!}} National Portal of India|url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/shri-sasmit-patra|access-date=2020-06-26|website=www.india.gov.in}}</ref> theologists and administrators, [[K. Reuben Mark]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of Ph.D. Scholars|url=http://14.139.57.198/webwapp/PhdPassout.asp|access-date=2020-06-27|website=SHIATS}}</ref> [[Vishal Mangalwadi]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rai|first=Ashmita|date=2015-08-08|title=Literary Club SHIATS' Inaugural Reception|url=https://ashmitarai.com/2015/08/08/literary-club-shiats-inaugural-reception-a-report/|access-date=2020-06-25|website=ASHMITA RAI|language=en}}</ref> and [[John Lawrence Goheen]],<ref name="history.pcusa.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/findingaids/fa.cfm?record_id=222 |title=Goheen Family Papers, 1864-1951 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=history.pcusa.org |publisher=[[Presbyterian Historical Society]] |access-date=12 September 2013}}</ref> sociologists, [[Charlotte Viall Wiser]]<ref name=Yaledatabase>{{cite web |url=http://drs.library.yale.edu:8083/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=divinity:128&query=posters&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes&hlon=yes&filter=&hitPageStart=76 |title=Guide to the William Henricks and Charlotte Melina (Viall) Wiser Papers (Record Group No. 128) |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=drs.library.yale.edu |publisher=[[Yale University Library]] |access-date=12 September 2013}}</ref> and [[William H. Wiser]]<ref name=Yaledatabase/> among others.

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