FIELD CROPS

Bachelor's Degree - Faculty Of Agrıculture


General Information

The Field Crops Department offers education, training and research possibilities in industrial crops, cereals, forage crops, pasture and edible legume. In Field Crops Department there are total of 16 academic members, consisting of 10 professors, 1 associate professors and 1 assistant professors as well as 4 research assistants. The main aim of the education and training is to educate students with the currents information about field crops growing and breeding. Research in the Department is concerned with general agronomical, physiological, ecological, biochemical, biotechnical, and genetic aspects of these crops, as well as with more advanced crop-rotation systems suitable for the region. The Department also participates in farmer-training programs, seminars and demonstrations in the field. The Department has 25 hectares of bottom land which is used for education, training and research purposes. In addition to this, several laboratories such as plant analysis, cytology, biotechnology, seed and fiber technology laboratories exist in the department. Our department also collaborates with international and national agencies such as CIMMYT, ICARDA, CIEAM, VOLKANI CENTER, FAO, Hohenheim University in Germany and Hebrew University in Israel. The Department also has conservation unit for genetic resources.

Length of Programme & Number of Credits

4 Year - 240 ECTS

Feature & Definition

Field Crops Department not only aims to give undergraduate lectures and supervise thesis of students but also targets to produce practical knowledges for the application purposes by conducting the applied researches. Also among the primary goals of the department´s mission are doing experimental researches on the subject of field crops which can be grown under the ecological conditions and transferring the knowledges from the mentoned researches to the farmers in the region as well as increasing the production of the field crops by developing new crop cultivars with high yield and quality.. The main goal of department is to educate generally in agriculture, specifically environmental friendly engineers who are ready to use the knowledge they learn in real life situations for the 21st century needs

Mode of Study

Full Time
Update Time: 01.09.2022 08:30