Mission and Vision

Mission

To raise individuals equipped with contemporary and practical knowledge for the solution of plant protection problems of the region, with advanced research and problem-solving skills, with cultural accumulation and communication skills that can lead their environment, to conduct research equipped with new techniques for the plant production problems of the country and the region and to transfer the findings obtained from these to the producer, to train personnel who will contribute to the solution of these problems, to fulfill the obligation of service to the society by carrying out scientific research, qualified education and application functions, to spread environmentally friendly sustainable agriculture by protecting our natural resources, to undertake the duty of accessing and disseminating information for the economic development of the region and nation, to provide safe foods that protect human health and in addition to conduct basic studies in international arenas.

Vision

The most important goal of the Department of Plant Protection is to be a strong unit that has developed organizational ties with the national and international scientific world in its field, has grasped the realities of the era in education and training, and has gained its institutional identity. In this context, to be a department that conducts research with projects at national and international levels, participates in advanced technology development projects in education and training, provides its personnel with problem-solving skills with contemporary methods, and trains its graduates as personnel who can practice their profession both domestically and internationally.

As a result, our aim is to gain the identity of an institution that can conduct research and provide education on par with the plant protection departments of universities at national and international levels, produce solutions with the personnel it trains, contribute to the national economy, and to be a faculty that one is proud to be a member of, and to work for the benefit of the people of the region, nation and the world.