Professor (Agronomy)
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Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) in Lafia, Nasarawa State is recruiting a Professor in Agronomy within the Faculty of Agriculture. The role is full-time and requires an existing Professor with strong publication and postgraduate supervision records. Applications close on 28th October, 2026.
- Full-time Professor (Agronomy) position in the Faculty of Agriculture at FULafia.
- Applicants must already hold a Professor rank with 20 publications, 16 in print.
- Requires evidence of supervising 3 Masters and 1 PhD to completion.
- Application deadline is 28th October, 2026.
- Referee reports should be sent to registrar@fulafia.edu.ng.
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Professor (Agronomy) at Federal University of Lafia (FULafia)
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Job Title: Professor (Agronomy)
Job Type: Full-time
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Federal University of Lafia was established in February 2011 with the mandate to increase access and quality of university
in Nigeria. The University is in Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State. It currently has a College of Medicine, a Centre for Continuing
and Professional Development, two Schools (School of Basic and Remedial Studies and School of Postgraduate Studies), eight (8) Faculties with fifty (50) undergraduate and forty-six (46) postgraduate programmes.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:
Location: Lafia, Nasarawa
Faculty: Agriculture
Requirements
- The candidate who must already be a Professor, must have had twenty (20) publications, of which sixteen (16) in print out of which four (4) must be in at least three (3) different and regularly published foreign index journals.
- Evidence of supervision to completion of three (3) Masters and one (1) PhD Degrees.
- Conditions of Service
- The conditions of service are as obtainable in Nigerian Universities and as approved by Federal University of Lafia Governing Council.
- Application Closing Date
- 28th October, 2026.
- How to Apply
- Interested and qualified candidates should:
- Click here to apply online
- Note:
- Candidates should also request their referees to send reports on them to:
- registrar@fulafia.edu.ng
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