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Forest College and Research Institute is situated in Mettupalayam in Tamil Nadu state of India. Established in 1976, it is accredited from Other and it is affiliated to Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. FCRI, Mettupalayam offers 2 courses across 1 streams namely Science and across 2 degrees like BSc, MSc.Hostel facility is not available for its students. Additional campus facilities such as Academic Zone, Canteen, Computer Lab, Cls. Room are also there.

The Forest College and Research Institute (FC & RI) is located at Mettupalayam in the sylvan surroundings of Jakanari Reserved Forest, about 40 km north of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) main campus, Coimbatore. It is situated over a sprawling expanse of 200 ha of reserved forest, located of the foothills of Nilgiris on the Kotagiri road.  The college is perched at an altitude of 300 m with a longitude of 11.19’N, latitude of 77.56’E and enjoys an annual rainfall of 830 mm. The mean maximum and minimum temperature are 32.2oC and 23.2oC respectively.

Mandate of FC & RI

Education

Ø     To impart education in forestry to students and produce able forest administrators and self-sustaining entrepreneurs.

Research

Ø     To undertake research on basic and applied aspects of forestry and to evolve technologies to enhance forest productivity.

Extension

Ø      To impart training and to offer consultancy to tree farmers non-government organization and departmental functionaries.