Prof. Dr Mile Markoski
Dean
Department of Soils
Email: mmarkoski
Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 74
Office hours: Tuesday 12:00–14:00, Thursday 12:00–14:00
About the Faculty
Since 1947,among the founders of UKIM
Founded on 16.12.1947 · Skopje
The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food – Skopje has been a leading institution in Macedonian higher education in agriculture and food for 79 years.
Mission
We prepare students with knowledge, practical skills and research experience for a successful career in agriculture and the food industry. Through high-quality education and research, we contribute to the development of society and to a more sustainable and more prosperous future for our country.
The Faculty is one of the oldest higher-education institutions in Macedonia and, together with the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Philosophy, one of the founders of Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje.
The Faculty began its work in 1947 under the name Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry.
Twenty-eight years later, two independent faculties emerged from this faculty: the Faculty of Agriculture and the Faculty of Forestry.
In 2004 the Faculty of Agriculture was renamed the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food – Skopje.
Who we are
The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food was established on 16.12.1947 and is one of the founders of Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. Over its long tradition the Faculty has carried out fruitful teaching, research and applied work and has cooperated actively with related institutions at home and abroad. In terms of its staff and equipment, the Faculty is a leading institution in agriculture and food.
Our imperative
The demand for food and for crops for industrial processing – and, more recently, for biofuel – grows every day. Standards for their production are being strictly introduced and regulated. Today agriculture relies on modern technology and new methods and techniques. At the same time, the sustainable use of natural resources and environmental protection are a global priority. In line with these processes, the Faculty's imperative is to shape an academic profile with the expertise to meet the demands of modern agricultural production.
Our goals
Offering studies that shape an academic profile with the knowledge and skills needed for profitable production and the management of natural resources.
Providing scientific staff able to take part successfully in research in agriculture, food and the environment.
Providing professional staff technically trained to make quick and sound technological decisions in the production of food and raw materials and in organising and managing production.
Implementing the Bologna principles in teaching and shaping a model of European education.
Modernising the buildings, laboratories, equipment and staff for teaching and research, as the basis for high-quality education and expertise.
Technology transfer through close cooperation with agricultural producers, processing facilities and related institutions.
Vision
Integration into European education
Cooperation with other educational and scientific institutions
Student and teaching staff mobility
Education and specific training for staff working directly in agricultural production, the food industry, agricultural development agencies, non-governmental organisations and the government institutions that shape agricultural policy
Message from the Dean
Young engineers are our future…
The agronomic profession faces many challenges. It is at a turning point because of the global crisis and the ever-growing need to produce food in line with environmental standards, as set out in the EU Green Deal. Climate change and environmental degradation are an existential threat to Europe and the world.
New technologies have made people more and more the managers of every process, in primary production as well as in the processing industry and food production.
Although it may seem that this is not something one can study, the reality is quite different. There will always be work in agriculture, and its development will always adapt to people's needs. That is exactly why, more than ever, the country needs young experts – agricultural engineers.
Studies at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food – Skopje are organised in 10 accredited first-cycle (undergraduate) study programmes.
From the 2024/2025 academic year, for the first time in the 77 years of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food – Skopje, we are accrediting a new study programme – interdisciplinary studies in Digital Agriculture, the only one of its kind in the country. The programme is supported by several faculties of UKIM (FINKI, FEIT, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics) and is a challenge for all young people drawn to the natural sciences, information technology, mechanical engineering and automation.
The world needs a system of sustainable food production that uses land, water and other resources more efficiently and so reduces the use of fossil fuels, drastically cutting gas emissions and the greenhouse effect, preserves biodiversity and reduces the amount of waste…
The rapid growth of the world's population, the development of industry and technology and the increasing use of natural resources create serious environmental problems that threaten humanity. That is why only by applying and combining modern technologies from different fields will we be able to optimise production processes and increase yields, while at the same time speaking of sustainable agriculture that provides food today and leaves room for future generations.
To overcome these challenges, the concept of precision agriculture has already been developed: it combines fields of different sciences in order to optimise yields while reducing the negative effects on the environment. That is why investing in the education of young people, in science and in research should be a priority for the state.
All study programmes of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food – Skopje have their own particular competences, but all are equally important for our country's economy, and after graduation they open up employment in many different sectors.
SkopjeProf. Dr Mile MarkoskiDean
History
From 1947 to the present day
Milestones in the Faculty's development, from its founding to the new study programmes.
1947: Founding
The Faculty was founded in the autumn of 1947 as the Faculty of Agriculture, a department of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry in Skopje. Together with the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Philosophy, it is a founder of Ss. Cyril and Methodius University.
1949: First diploma
The first undergraduate diploma was issued on 30 December 1949.
1951: First building
The first building of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
1959: First Doctor of Science
The first doctoral dissertation was defended on 28 May 1959.
1971: First Master of Science
The first master's thesis was defended on 24 November 1971.
1975: Two independent faculties
The Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry is divided into two independent faculties: Agriculture and Forestry.
1977: Work organisation (1977–1989)
The Faculty of Agriculture functions as a Work Organisation with the Agricultural Institute, the Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, the Fruit Growing Institute, the Viticulture Institute and the Faculty farm at Trubarevo — eight legal entities.
1990: An independent work organisation
From the beginning of 1990 the Faculty works independently with three core activities: education, research and applied work; besides the three existing courses, a general course is opened.
1992: Veterinary course (1992–1994)
The veterinary course runs within the Faculty and later becomes the independent Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
1997: Agricultural Engineering
A new course is established – Agricultural Engineering.
2001: Ten courses and ECTS
Teaching is organised in 10 courses; the Faculty is among the first 4 faculties of UKIM to introduce the credit transfer system.
2004: A new name
In February 2004 the Faculty of Agriculture changed its name to the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food.
2005: Teaching in Strumica
Dispersed teaching of the vegetable and flower growing course in Strumica.
2017: 70 years
The anniversary publication “70 Years of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food – Skopje 1947–2017”.
2022: 75 years
The publication “75 Years of FASF”.
2024: Digital Agriculture
From the 2024/2025 academic year – the new interdisciplinary study programme Digital Agriculture, supported by FINKI, FEIT, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
2027: 80 years
Jubilee – eight decades since the founding of FASF (1947–2027).
Video
70 years of FASF
The film for the Faculty's seventieth anniversary (1947–2017): its history and deans, teaching, laboratories and students.
Dean’s Office
The Dean and Vice-Deans
Prof. Dr Biljana Kuzmanovska
Vice-Dean for Teaching
Department of Phytopathology
Email: bkuzmanovska
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 125
Office hours: Tuesday 12:00–14:00, Thursday 12:00–14:00
Prof. Dr Tosho Arsov
Vice-Dean for Science, Cooperation with Industry and Development
Department of Fruit Growing
Email: arsovt
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 41
Office hours: Monday 08:30–10:30, Thursday 08:30–10:30
graduates
masters of science
doctors of science
specialists
- 6amphitheatres
- 29lecture rooms712 m²
- 7accredited laboratories
- 16research laboratories
- 20+laboratories for other experimental work
- 100premises for teaching and administration2,156 m²
- 11premises in the Dean's Office220 m²
- 2conference rooms180 m²
- 1conference room for visiting professors40 m²
- 2computer rooms100 m²
- 1library300 m²
- 1space for the Student Organisation30 m²
- 74hectares of experimental field
Library
The Faculty library holds over 120,000 journals and 28,000 books and monographs by Macedonian and foreign authors. The library has been granted the status of the national AGRIS centre for the Republic of North Macedonia. The centre enables cooperation with scientific institutions worldwide and the indexing of Macedonian authors in international databases. The library is a full member of the COBISS.MK system.
Development units
Experimental field, DIPOZ and Career Centre
Experimental field
The FASF Experimental Field is a company set up by the Faculty, which has at its disposal 74 hectares of agricultural land allocated to the University by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy for the Faculty's core activities: practical and field teaching for students, research and applied work.
DIPOZ
Society for Applied Research and Lifelong Learning in Agriculture
To make better use of its human and technical resources, in March 2002 the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food decided to expand its activities by creating a self-sustaining research and education centre, with the main aim of building an institution that works in agriculture, with more research activities to improve the practical knowledge of students and farmers.
Career Centre
The Career Centre of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food is the main link between students and the business sector. The Career Centre keeps in touch with FASF graduates (alumni), but it is also dedicated to future generations of students.
Quality
Quality assurance and improvement
The system for assuring and improving quality at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food – Skopje is an integral part of the quality-assurance system of Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje and is carried out in accordance with the University's regulations, standards and procedures for assuring and improving quality.
The Faculty has established a Quality Council of five members: three professors of the Faculty, one student and one representative of industry.
Latest self-evaluation report
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29 study programmes in the first, second and third cycles of studies.