The Department of Plant Biology of the Faculty of Biological Sciences of TMU
is one of the most distinguished departments of Plant Biology in Iran. The alumni
of this department mostly serve as faculty members or researchers at other universities
of Iran. The Ph.D. applicants of this course should possess several qualification
such as scientific orientation, technical and communicative skills, and foreign
language proficiency as the necessary requirements for admission in this field of
study.
The Plant Biology includes the cellular and molecular foundations of plant biology
as well as traditional botanical areas such as physiology, biological systematics,
ecology, evolution, anatomy, and morphology.
Educational and research activities of the Department of Plant Biology, which covers
a wide range of plant species from algae to trees, falls into three fundament categories:
firstly, plant physiology and biochemistry with an emphasis on genetics, molecular
and cellular aspects, secondly, evolutionary studies and plants diversity with an
emphasis on molecular aspect and thirdly plant growth, structural biology and plant
and environment interactions.
The faculty members of the Department of Plant Biology take pride in supervising
pure and applied research projects of the students at graduate and postgraduate
programs and also act as reader(s) for the students of related disciplines such
as agricultural science from other faculties / universities.
The department aims to improve students' academic knowledge and enhance their research
incentives. As a result of this policy, most of the papers published in scientific
journals are the result of research conducted by master and Ph.D. students. The
theses / dissertations complied at this department are minutely scrutinized and
controlled by supervisors and seminars are conducted in line with the proposals
and educational purposes of the department. The graduates of this department can
supervise important projects in the areas of food industry, biotechnology, pharmaceutical
and chemical industries or provide consulting services for environment protection
and green space management or have their own startup business.
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