Office of the Chairman
University of Liberia
P.O Box 10-9020, Fendell Campus
1000 Monrovia, 10 Liberia
West Africa
The Government of the Republic of Liberia in 1966 sought the assistance of the United Nations Development Fund (UDP) in creating a College of Agriculture and Forestry as a faculty of the University of Liberia. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations was designated as the executing agency. The project derived from two others: a Forestry School developed in 1956, under the Expanded Program of Technical Assistance (EPTA), and a College of Agriculture established in 1962, assisted by the UNDP fund. In both cases, FAO was the executing agency.
The EPTA Forestry Project was succeeded in 1964 by a Special Fund Project planned to end in 1968. The Agriculture Training and Research Project was approved by the Governing Council of the Special Fund in December 1960 and extended in 1967. The Government decided, based on the advice of UNDP and FAO, to merge the two projects in 1967 into the College of Agriculture and Forestry at the University of Liberia.
Presently, there are five undergraduate (B.Sc.) degree-granting departments and 1 non-degree-granting department in the College of Agriculture and Forestry.
The mission and vision of the college are aligned with those of the University of Liberia. One of the world’s oldest colleges, the college’s vision is to transform the way that the world is understood, how knowledge is created, and how problems are approached and solved, including emerging problems. It also provides academic excellence, research, and teaching, ardently cherished and promoted, with an uncompromising devotion to a high premium placed on academic freedom and creative thinking.
President Maparyan, a distinguished academic and prolific scholar, serves as the 16th President of the University of Liberia, the nation’s flagship university. Before this role, she was the Executive Director of the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) and a Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.
President Maparyan earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from Temple University and holds an M.S. in Psychology from Penn State University. She completed her undergraduate degree in Philosophy, graduating cum laude from Spelman College.
You can explore a diverse selection of academic programs in the William R. Tolbert Jr. College of Agriculture & Forestry. Through our many departments and programs, explore your interests and develop the skills you need for a meaningful career.
