It also offers supporting courses for students of D.V.M., B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture and Food Sciences. It provides research facilities concerning livestock, poultry and their products to departments in the university and it provides advisory services to livestock and poultry farmers. Postgraduate courses leading to M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees are offered by all four departments in the faculty. Prof. Dr. M. Sajjad Khan is the Dean. Faculty of Sciences The faculty includes the departments of Botany, Zoology and Fisheries, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Statistics, Business Management Sciences, Computer Science, Social Sciences and Humanities, and Islamic Studies. It offers undergraduate courses in physical, biological and social sciences and postgraduate degree programmes in Botany, Zoology and Fisheries, Chemistry, Bio-Chemistry, Physics, Statistics, Computer Science, Business Management and Commerce. Graduates of pure sciences from other institutions are eligible for admission to courses leading to M.Sc., M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees. Graduates having a relevant bachelor's degree may also seek admission to MBA and M.Com. degree programmes. Munir Ahmad Sheikh is the Dean of the faculty. Institute of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Most of the Division of Education & Extension is now part of the Faculty of Social Sciences. Tanvir Ali (ex-director, Graduate Studies, and ex-director, Division of Education and Extension) is now the director of the Institute of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Social Sciences. The institute covers disciplines including Agricultural Extension, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Information (Mass Communication), Rural Sociology, Population Science, Gender Studies, and Rural Development. Courses are at undergraduate and graduate level and include B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture (Agri. Extension Major); M.Sc., M.Sc.(Hons), and PhD. A quarterly agricultural journal is published for farmers. On 14 August 2012, the institute started broadcasting on FM Radio 100.4 to disseminate agricultural innovations among farm communities and provide information, education, and entertainment to the public. Research The University of Agriculture Faisalabad is a major centre for research; as of 2017 it was the largest of the agricultural research universities in Pakistan. It receives billions for research and development. It has introduced modern techniques in agriculture. The university has two advanced scientific labs for research purposes. It partners with the University of California, Davis in research and exchange programmes. Research has been carried out since at least 1925, when research into cotton plants was being carried out. In 1947, the college was the only organisation of any kind in Pakistan carrying out agricultural research. University