Bahçe Bitkileri Lisans Diploması

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• Having extensive understanding and comprehension of horticultural plants; Gains substantial knowledge and ability to grow, market and storage of fruits, vegetables, grapes and ornamental plants.
• Being able to produce solutions to scientific problems in his/her area emerged while conducting above mentioned operations.
• Establishing and doing research on any subject faced during growing, marketing and storage of horticultural plants, to establish and manage projects to solve any problems emerged.
• Being able to develop economical solutions to the horticultural problems by using available information and communication.
• In regards to problems of companies conducting business in the area of horticulture, gaining ability to: -comprehend and describe the problems faced -evaluate the resources -produce alternative strategies for the solutions of problems faced -identify the most suitable solution and solving the problems faced.
• Being able to establish professional communication with the public and with the societies in his profession by using verbal and written communication tools.
• Following international scientific literature related to his/her area and attending scientific activities to improve his professional abilities.
• Having ability to improve his knowledge, to develop new methods and technologies and conduct basic and applied research to develop new varieties.
• Having ability to plan and develop projects and to apply and control the projects regarding horticultural businesses design and foundation, horticultural plant production and their harvest, storage, packaging and marketing.

The Department of Horticultural Sciences at Suleyman Demirel University was founded in 1993 in Atabey/Isparta. In 2000, the department has been moved to a new building at Çünür campus of Suleyman Demirel University. The mission of the department is; (a) to improve the productivity, value, and use of horticultural crops; (b) to educate students. BSc and MSc degrees have been offered in the Department since 1993. In 2004 the department has started the PhD program. Educational and research studies at the department have focused mainly on the production, breeding, genetic improvement, physiology, post harvest physiology and storage of fruits, nuts, vegetables, grapevine, mushroom, flowers, and nursery crops. The department is conducting research projects with the objectives of solving national as well as regional plant production problems. The Department works closely with important horticultural crops for Isparta province, primarily apple and sweet cherry, vegetables (especially tomato) for fresh market and processing, greenhouse flower and bedding plants (especially carnation). The Horticultural Sciences program has one of the most modern postharvest physiology laboratries. On the other hand virus free plum and sweet cherry roothstocks are being produced on a commercial scale in the tissue culture laboratory in collaboration with field crops and plant protection departments. The cytology laboratory at the department serves as both research and studeteducational purposes. Two greenhouses of 880 m2 (glass) and 500 m2 plastic covered, and two high plastic tunnels are used for research and practice. Moreover, 300.000 M9 apple rootstocks and approximately 15.000 apple saplings are produced in collaboration with Isparta governership and private sector. The department offers technical support to certain firms in Turkey with regard to fruit nurseries, vegetable seed production and carnation production. Additionally our department has in its estern campus 115 da fruit, 30 da vegetable, 10 da vineyard collection used for student practices and internship. Moreover, the department has physiology, well equipped molecular biology and biotechnology laboratories and storage facilities, collections of fruit orchard and vineyard. The academic staff consists of 6 Professors, 1 associate professor, 9 assistant professor, 1 expert, 1 lecturer and 3 research assistants. There is a concentrated central library of Süleyman Demirel University which has many books and periodicals regarding horticultural crops in both Turkish and foreign languages and the library has subscriptions to many online journals. For education, projection machines and sometimes video are used. The Department also benefits from its close relations with local and foreign research institutes and universities. The department is also in collaboration (student and teacher Exchange) with Warshaw Agricultural University (Poland), University Catolica del sacro cuore (Italy) and Finland Agricultural University (Finland) under Erasmus/Socrates program. A total of 6 students and 4 academic staff can benefit from these exchange programs.

Students with a high school degree must take central placement examination (OYS) held by Higher Education Council (YOK). Those who pass the exam could qualify to register to Suleyman Demirel University. Enrollment deadlines and necessary documents for enrollment are announced by the office the president. Students who fail to enroll during the enrollment period lose their rights for enrollment.

The graduates of the department may pursue an academic career, as well as applying for alternative occupations which require analytical thinking and creativity.

Qualification is valid indefinetely