The Department also teaches graduate research students in the Faculty of Science.
Graduate students complete a research master's degree in two years and a PhD in four years.
All graduate programs offered are full-time and available to international students. The Department has a number of international students in its graduate programs and in recent years has had students from Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Korea, Israel, Pakistan, Taiwan, Vietnam and the West Indies. The Department is very active in research. The MScAgr research program is offered by the Faculty of Agriculture. Information regarding admissions is available from the Faculty of Agriculture.