Department of Soil and Water Resources Sciences

The Department of Soil Sciences was established in 2010, and the development process aimed to supply the labor market with graduates specialized in studying the layers of soil that are exploited by plants of various types, from herbaceous to forest trees. The department’s vocabulary includes studying the emergence and formation of these layers, their classification, their physical and chemical characteristics, and the organisms that live in them, as well as their influence on various Surrounding environmental factors. The department also studies steps to improve soils. Later, the department was developed as it began to study water resources along with soil, and the name was created for that.

The master's degree study was introduced in the department in 2020, and the department has future plans to introduce a doctoral study after completing the requirements for its introduction. The scientific department participated in the Dutch Nuffic programs on water management and soil improvement, and the department's teaching staff has effective participation within the scientific committees and discussions inside and outside the university.

The department has two specialized laboratories in which all practical curricula for academic subjects included in the department’s curriculum are studied. It also organizes frequent scientific visits for its students to various sites, soils, and irrigation projects to increase students’ knowledge. The department is headed by Asst. Prof. Dr. Salah Jassim Amin.

The Vision:

Excellence in education methods to provide society with qualified cadres to develop healthy food production from available natural resources through sustainable agricultural development while preserving the environment and community service, and capable of implementing agricultural policies and competing locally and globally.

The Mission:

The department's program contributes to achieving the college's mission, which seeks to discover, disseminate and apply knowledge to manage natural resources efficiently in order to provide food and sustainable agricultural development while preserving the environment. The department is also interested in preparing qualified cadres to develop agricultural production and serve the community by conducting applied research to find solutions to community problems in the agricultural field, especially the fields of soil and water resources, as well as participating in implementing extension programs to transfer knowledge and the results of applied research and participating with other departments locally, regionally and internationally to develop education and research. scientific,

The Objectives:

The department's objectives are summarized in achieving the college's objectives through the following:

1• Providing graduates for postgraduate studies with practical and theoretical skills in the field of soil and water sciences.

2• Building a good relationship with other departments, other colleges, research centers, and with the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Water Resources, and the Ministry of Environment.

3• Developing the program and academic courses to meet community requirements.

4• Adopting educational courses that focus on the student’s practical skills aspect to prepare him for the labor market and continue self-learning with the aim of: -

-Keeping pace with development plans and expansion in the reclamation of desert and saline soils, which require special skills.
- Raising the quality of newly reclaimed soils and preserving them.
- Maximizing the return from the soil and water unit while rationalizing water use and preventing soil and water pollution.
5• Investing in information technology to develop education, research and community service.

6• Implementing a quality program to improve performance rates in education, research and community service.

7• Develop a strategy for scientific research linked to the need to increase the yield from the soil and water unit and the sustainable increase in the area of agricultural land to meet the needs of society.

8• Integration with the specializations, capabilities, and resources available at the college, university, research centers, and other universities.

9• Encouraging local and international cooperation in order to develop education systems, scientific research, and exchange experiences.

10• Activating scientific research for sustainable, high-production agriculture capable of international competition.

11• The department participates in agricultural and scientific conferences and in evaluating agricultural projects.

12• Making scientific research results available and providing advice to investors and decision makers.

13• Strengthening guidance channels, community service and development of rural communities.

Certificates granted by the department: 

1. Bachelor's degree in soil  and water resources sciences.
2. Master's degree in soil and water resources sciences.

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