Horticulture

My name is Mehmet Uludağ. I am a graduate of Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, Department of Horticulture. I have been working as a research assistant in The Department of Horticulture at Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University for a year now. Our department is one of the oldest departments that started providing education the establishment of the Faculty of Agriculture in 1982. It was founded with 30 students, 3 faculty members and 2 lecturers. Our department now has 10 faculty members, 2 research assistants and 99 students in 2021. Courses given in the Department of Horticulture consist of fruit, vegetable and vineyard cultivation and breeding courses. There are 4 laboratories, 1 air conditioning unit, 1 vaccination unit and 2 high tunnels in our department. In these laboratories, experiments and studies on plant physiology, seed germination, seed strength are carried out. In our laboratory we also have tomatoes, watermelons, vine and strawberries. Genetics and molecular structure related studies are carried out. Internship is very important for our department. Where our students go during the entire internship period, what they do in the internship, is examined by the internship commission of our department. It is preferred the students go for internships in state offices which are working on R&D related work, or places which conduct studies on breeding and other similar work. In addition, our students are asked to acquire the necessary skills to solve the problems they can encounter in real life. When our students graduate, they can find jobs in the provincial and district directorates of the Ministry of Agriculture and in research institutes. As for the private sector, graduates can find work in enterprises working on the production of fruits, vegetables and grapes. They can find jobs in enterprises established for the production of seedlings. My advice to candidates who will choose our department that they learn how to be disciplined and improve themselves in all fields, especially to develop their foreign languages and follow current discussions. Candidates who will choose our university from outside the city will see that our university has a lot of dormitory facilities and social living spaces. In addition, the students who will choose our department should know how advanced fruit, vegetable and especially viticulture production is in Tekirdağ, which is one of the most important economic line of work here. Students who will come to our department can acquire the necessary experience in Tekirdağ by choosing our department, so they can tackle the problem they may face when they start working. I wish success to the candidates who will choose Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, Horticulture Department.