Agricultural Biotechnology Program

:Program Aims

1. Develop awareness of the role of the agricultural engineer in the management of agricultural establishments and resources.
2. To prepare raising the professional competence of the graduates of the program and the formation of trained cadres of distinguished qualified specialists and researchers in the field of biotechnology.
3. Playing a Work effectively within a team, respecting time and engaging in lifelong self-learning.
4. To provide biotechnology methods to improve plant and animal breeds to address various problems in the field of specialization.
5. To pursue an awareness of various issues and the ability for continuous development in the field of biotechnology.
6. To provide biotechnology applications in agricultural industries, applied microbiology, fish farming, food production, renewable fuel development and waste management.
7. Promoting biosafety systems in the production of genetically modified food and crops.
8. Developing skills of nucleic acids and proteins analysis with advanced technologies and their application in the agriculture field for the purpose of basic research, diagnostics, and assessing the activity of biochemical processes.
9. Developing skills of bioinformatics and post-genomics for the derivation of the genetic with the aim of prevention, evaluation of predisposition and targeted therapy of diseases in Organisms.
10. Promoting various biotechnological applications in the diagnosis and therapy of Plant and animal diseases.
11. Gain biotechnology methodologies that characterize molecular and cellular biotechnologies for the study of Pesticides and biofertilizers, diagnostics, and vaccines for therapeutic purposes.