In view of the modern needs and requirements of the single European market and with the aim of contributing to the technological upgrading and modernization of the agri-food sector of the island, the Cyprus University of Technology established the first and unique Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science in Cyprus. The Department offers a university degree in agricultural sciences, specializing in three main directions:

• Crop Science and Technology
• Food Science and Technology
• Animal and Dairy Science

This three-dimensional curriculum focuses on state-of-the-art sciences and technologies such as Molecular Biology and Biotechnology and their multiple applications on plants, animals, micro-organisms and food. The first postgraduate programme of the Department has been operating since 2011 in the Biotechnology sector.

The agricultural science is a biological, environmental and at the same time economical science with multiple effects on human health, through the effect on the human diet, as well as on the environment, through the manipulation of farms and food industries.

The 5 main reasons to study at the Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science