About the Program

The aim of the Horticulture program is to train technical personnel who possess sufficient knowledge and skills in the fields of horticulture and related disciplines, have a developed environmental awareness, can work in teams, have social and communication skills, can make independent decisions, and are responsible.

The program aims to provide students studying in the field of horticulture with theoretical and practical knowledge regarding the cultivation, preservation, breeding, and evaluation of horticultural plants, and to equip them with individual and institutional employment skills to meet the country's need for qualified personnel.

> Production of agricultural inputs such as seeds, seedlings, saplings, etc.,

> Production of fertilizers, pesticides, seeds, beneficial insects, peat, etc. 

> Garden Establishment and Maintenance

> Fruit, Vegetable, Vineyard and Ornamental Plant Cultivation

> Greenhouse Farming

> Indoor and Outdoor Ornamental Plant Production

> Mushroom Cultivation

> Contract Farming (Food Processing, Organic Farming, Good Agricultural Practices)

> Garden Product Trading (Buying, Selling, Wholesale Market, etc.)

> Product Processing, Packaging, Storage and Cold Storage

> New knowledge-based developments in the production field (e.g., high-density garden establishment, pruning, training systems, integrated production in greenhouses, new ornamental plant species)

> Specialized quality systems (organic farming, good agricultural practices, etc.)

> Appropriate harvest time and post-harvest storage, pre-cooling, cold chain, etc.

> Consulting in the fields of vegetables, fruits, vineyards, ornamental plants, greenhouse farming, and post-harvest processing

> Consulting for flour mills and agricultural raw material processing industrial establishments

> Seed, seedling, sapling, agricultural pesticide and fertilizer companies

> Greenhouse businesses

> Ornamental plant businesses, landscaping

> Canning factories

> Dried fruit and vegetable businesses

> Fruit juice industry

> Analysis laboratories

> Auditing firms

> Universities (Academic positions in faculties, colleges, and vocational schools)

> Technical staff in municipalities and banks

> Agricultural engineers in agricultural organizations,

> Technical staff in Chambers of Commerce and Industry, stock exchanges and Chambers of Agriculture,

> Technical staff in the Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade: Exporter associations, Export Directorate, and IGEME,

> Agricultural engineers in Provincial Special Administrations,

> Technical staff in Development Agencies,

> Agricultural engineers in Provincial and District Directorates, Rural Development Centers, Provincial Control Laboratories, and various agricultural production and research institutes affiliated with the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock.