The department is working since 1932.

During the years of its work the department has trained more than 20,000 specialists: 3,617 – on Agronomy, 2,616 – on zoo-technique, 640 – on veterinary medicine, 2,100 – on farm mechanization, 623 – on farm electrification and automation, 679 – on forestry, 569 – on landscape management, 3,389 – on farm management and economy, 3,974 – on accounting, analysis and audit, 534 – on finances and credit.

At present more than 5,000 students are studying part-time (extramurally). They come from different districts and towns of our republic and from other regions. The training is on 21 specialities.

Since 2007-08 some new specialities were opened. Among them are “Fermentation and wine-making technologies”, “Energy supply on enterprises”, “Garden and park landscape construction”, “State and municipal management”, “Land cadastre”.