The Department of Horticulture is educating candidate agricultural engineers in a four-year Bachelor of Science programme under open field and protected cultivation, breeding, and postharvest disciplines. There are mandatory basic courses belonging to agricultural sciences in the first two years of education. Topics, especially related to horticultural crops, are situated in the third and fourth years of education. Theoretical and practical, such as field and laboratory work, are included in the programme structure. However, in addition to these, some elective courses offered in semesters allow students to focus on crops and topics they are interested in.
The Faculty of Agriculture of Adnan Menderes University was established on 27.06.1987 within Dokuz Eylul University. The Faculty of Agriculture was connected to Adnan Menderes University on 11.07.1992. The Department of Horticulture has been continuing its education since the beginning of the Faculty of Agriculture in the 1993-1994 academic year.
