benha university, faculty of agriculture profile

Benha UniversityFaculty of Agriculture

Since 1911

FACULTY OF AGRICULTUREBENHA UNIVERSITY

Accredited college

Location

EGYPT

Kalubia

Leaders

Dean of College

Vice Dean of Community Service and Environmental Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University

Vice Dean of Undergraduate Studies Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University

Vice Dean of Postgraduate Studies and Researches, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University

• Website: http://www.bu.edu.eg/staff/nasserelgizawy

The Faculty of Agriculture is one of the

most distinguished agricultural

institutions in Egypt with over 100 years

in education, research, and extension

activities.

The Faculty played an important role in

education, and knowledge generation

carrying out research and other activities,

matriculating thousands of graduates

and postgraduates for Egypt, Arab,

African and other countries.

History

:

• In 1911, the faculty started as an Agricultural SecondarySchool established in Moshtohor. Between 1942 and 1945it was affiliated to the Cairo University as a branch for1st and 2nd year students.

• 1n 1946, it turned again to the status of a SecondarySchool of Agriculture.

• In 1957, it was changed to a High Institute ofAgriculture (affiliated to the Ministry of HigherEducation and equivalent to a University College);beside the Agric. Sec. School.

Development of the College since its inception until now

• Specializations were General Agriculture and Agricultural

Extension with students of 2nd year spending one practical

training in the Federal Republic of Germany.

• In the early seventies of last century it was partly a

Polytechnic High Institute.

• From 1975, onwards, the Agricultural Branch of Cairo

Polytechnic High Institute was affiliated to Helwan

University as a Faculty of Agricultural Sciences.

• In 1976, it was affiliated to Zagazig University, Benha Branch.

From 2005 onwards the Benha Branch became the

“University of Benha”.

In 23 May 2016

• The College accredited by the national authority for quality assurance and accreditation

• Raising the quality of agricultural education to achieve

excellence and quality with the student's ability to

promote self-learning and applied scientific research.

• Source talent from graduates and researchers who are

able to compete regionally and globally and

shareholders in achieving sustainable development and a

center for scientific and technical radiation serves the

agricultural sector and develop the environment.

Vision

• The preparation of specialists in various areas of agricultural sciences are able to self-learning and scientifically and practically qualified to compete in the labor market and applied scientific research.

• Contributing effectively in achieving the state's plan for agricultural development with the revitalization of the positive interaction between faculty and community, locally and regionally to serve the agricultural sector.

• Development of the environment, within the framework of behavioral stems from the principles of transparency, integrity and commitment to equal opportunities and outstanding performance and continuous improvement.

Mission

Institutional Strategic Priorities 2016-2022

• Strengthen of internationalization

• Dual Degree program with accredited international universities.

• To have International Ranking.

• Excellence in Scientific Research and Innovation

Scale and BalanceStudent Numbers

Total number of full- time and part-time

undergraduates

2491 We have 4 incoming undergraduate

studentsTotal number of full-time

and part-time postgraduates

535 We have 21 incoming post-graduate students

from 6 countries Staff Numbers

Total number of full- time and part-time academic

staff

197

Total number of full-time and part-time non-

academic staff

71

Departments

Agronomy Plant ProtectionAnimal

Production

Horticulture Genetics Soil and Water

Biochemistry Food Sciences Agricultural

Economy

Plant Pathology Agricultural

Engineering Plant

Centres of Excellence

• Food Safety and Agricultural biotechnology Labs.

• Central Lab of Research included 7 labs in different fields.

• Centre of Agricultural Experiments and Research

• Centre of Agricultural Consulting and Analyses

• Office of Business Development Service (BDS) for training of Alumni.

Postgraduate Degrees and Publishing Research

• We have 1630 MSc and 1304 Ph.D. Degrees in agriculture science.

• Total numbers of M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees are 2934 in different field of Agricultural Science since 1980.

• We have 987 researches published in international impacted journals and 3019researches published in local journals. The total numbers of research are 4006.

Journal

• We have webbed international Journal named “Annals of Agriculture Science, Moshtohor” published from 1973. ISSN : 1110-0419

• Website: http://annagricmoshj.com/english/

Conference

• The college organized the international conference on agriculture biotechnology applications (ICBAA) each two years.

• The last conference organized the period from 5-9 April 2016.

• Website:

http://biotech-agric-conf.com/

Projects• We have program to grant joint International

Master degree in field of Agricultural Biotechnology in collaboration with five colleges and accredited international universities in Egypt and Europe.

• Project of “Production of purebred and crossbred parents of rabbits to be distributed to the small breeders in the middle and east of Delta” financed by Spanish Agency of International Co-operation (AECI ) and the Centre of Co-operation for Development of the Universidad Politecnicade Valencia.

• Project of "Sustainable production of rabbit meat "Evaluation and genetic improvement of Spanish-Egyptian rabbit lines" financed by AECI and (CIHEAM).

• We have 9 competitive research projects financed by Benha University for young researches.

• We have project financed by STDF.

• Project of agricultural biotechnology through excellence in research labs (CEP2-BEN).

Projects

Excellence in research labs

• Japan

Collaboration

Collaboration

• China

• USA

Collaboration

• ILO

Collaboration

Ranking