University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore started a degree program in horticulture at Bengaluru, first of its kind in India established during 1970.

The college is located in Western Ghats about 4 km southwest of Mudigere (13,7,N 74,37,E 970m above Mean Sea Level)[clarification needed] beside the Mudigere-Hassan main road.

The college is well equipped with spacious class rooms, various laboratories, audio visual teaching aids, crop museum, glass houses, poly houses, plant conservatory and sufficient land for field experiments.

[clarification needed] For students accommodation at the campus, separate mess and hostels for boys and girls are available with Wi-Fi.

Aspirants must qualify through junior research fellow or PGCET state entrance exams or the equivalent.