Vision:

1. Providing a specialized staff to work in government institutions, private sector and related centers.
2. Linking theoretical with practical results by implementing research projects for under and postgraduate students and updating results by using the recent technologies to reach high production and quality improvement.
3. Exchange of experiences between academic staff and government institutions through conducting field visits for students of under and postgraduate studies and joint research between the department's employees, research and scientific centers, institutions and their implementation in farmer fields.
4. Expansion in production areas vertically and horizontally, by increasing in the production mechanisms of field crops like (crop breeding, crop production, crop technology, control and reduction of disease and insect infections).
5. Increasing practical models to enhance students' skills in a way that contributes to serving the labor market.

Mission:

According to the department tasks and duties which requires to carry out through to deliver modern technologies to the province farmers, especially the cultivation of strategic crops such as wheat, yellow corn and other crops that are common in Kirkuk Governorate, in a way that ensures an increase cultivated areas for low and medium-fertile lands and encourages intercropping and successive joint agriculture in different parts of Kirkuk Governorate, preparing agricultural stuff that graduated from the department to be on their way to the same vision and tasks, and coordinating with seed companies and seeds certified institution and grain silos to improve students skills.

Objectives:

1. Awarding a bachelor degree in field crop science to graduates who are trained and qualified to work in the public and private sectors to serve the community.
2. Providing scientific and technical consultations to state departments and private sector by specialized scientific stuff in the department in coordination with the advisory office in the college.
3. Establishing skills development courses for various stuff within this department in a way that contributes to the development of society through the improvement of field crop cultivation in general and industrial crops in particular.
4. Work on the introduction of modern technologies such as conservation agriculture techniques and follow sustainable methods in the cultivation of field crops to increase production.
5. Organizing seminars, workshops and scientific conferences to discuss developments in the cultivation of field crops and invite beneficiaries to participate in them.
6. Participation in scientific activities held by other universities such as local and international conferences, which contributes to expanding the horizons of knowledge and exchanging scientific experiences for the department's stuff.
7. Holding training courses for graduates of the department appointed in governmental and non-governmental institutions to suit their skills with the requirements of those institutions as well as.

1- Bachelor's degree in horticultural sciences.
2- Master's degree in horticultural sciences.
3- Doctorate degree in horticultural sciences

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1- General Plant Laboratory

2- Tissue culture laboratory

3- Postgraduate Studies Laboratory

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1- Scientific background in the production of vegetables, fruits and ornamental plants.

2- Establishing agricultural projects.

3- Using modern methods and developing ideas to achieve the best results.

4- Providing consultations and joint cooperation with individuals and agricultural companies to achieve sustainable agricultural development.

1- Ministry of Agriculture.

2- Agricultural research departments.

3- Ministry of Environment.

4- Municipal departments and municipalities.

5- Establishing farms, orchards, and various agricultural projects in the private sector.

6- Nurseries in the private sector.