State University of Subtropical Agriculture
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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1952 AD |
Academic affiliation | Colonial Agricultural Colleges |
| Endowment | ₤62 million |
| Chancellor | Selenicereus Ritandhivar |
| President | Ketevan R.S. Kaxetin |
Academic staff | 364 |
| Students | 3,409 |
| Location | |
| Language | High Coscivian |
| Colors | |
| Mascot | Dragonfruit |
| Website | alvorasemivirakresa.lys.kr |
The State University of Subtropical Agriculture is a specialised public research university in County Lateroa, Tanimbar State, in the Moonlight Keys. The university serves primarily to prepare agronomists, mechanical engineers, and agricultural economists for employment in the subtropical climes of the Kiravian Federacy and Collectivity, principally the Moonlight Keys themselves but also the Melian Isles and Eusa. It houses a scientific library with about 23,000 volumes in its main collection, not including its two specialised collections of Sarolastan agricultural statistical records dating back to the early colonial period and sixty years of Sarolastan meteorological reports.
SUSA operates six agricultural extension programmes throughout Tanimbar, as well as a number of agricultural experiment stations mostly concentrated in Co. Lateroa but also in several other locations across the colony.
Research fellows at SUSA have contributed greatly to subtropical climate vegetated roof technology, numerous examples of which have been deployed atop the campus' residential and utility buildings.
Academics
- Faculty of Subtropical Agriculture, Economics, and Tourism
- Department of Agricultural Technology
- Department of Agro-œcology
- Department of Plant Breeding & Heredity
- Department of Forestry & Horticulture
- Department of Agribusiness Œconomics & Management
- Department of Agritouristic-Œcotouristic Development
- Faculty of Mechanisation of Subtropical Cultivation and Technology
- Department of Agricultural Mechanisation
- Department of Agrifood Logistics & Organisation
- Department of Agricultural Service Studies
- Department of Food & Beverage Technology
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology
- Department of Food & Produce Quality Assurance
Admissions
Eligibility for admission to SUSA is based primarily on an applicant's performance on two standardised tests: the Academic Readiness Standardised Examination (ARSE) and Collegiate Literacy Assessment (CLA) Paper 2.
In 2028, 54.6% of undergraduate students hailed from Tanimbar, 37.4% from other provinces of the Moonlight Keys (with Rakitea accounting for the plurality), 6% from elsewhere in the Kiravian Collectivity, and 2% from foreign countries.
Athletics
SUSA competes in the lower tier of the Landgrant League with other similarly-sized public colleges of the Sarolastan archipelago. It is moderately competitive within its division.
Notable People
Faculty
- Urceolanus "Professor Plum" Tréguir - Prolific developer of plum cultivars
- Tivdar I.L.O. Suvalpin - Eminent plant parasitologist
Alumni
- Valentin S.H.V. Larimar - Father of Serapion Larimar
- Lávrentius Imeriskuv - Famous television pitch man
- Glaucus Iturbian IV - Owner-operator of the Soibada Maté Estate
- Yon Paul - Politician, chairman of the Liberty Group