Mission
The Department of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Suez Canal University seeks to prepare a distinguished graduate who can compete locally and regionally and keep pace with the needs of the labor market and scientific and technological developments, which allows them to work opportunities in addition to directing scientific research to serve the community and its requirements and produce meaningful applied research in the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology.
Vision
The Department of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Suez Canal University is looking to occupy a distinguished position in the field of biochemistry as one of the basic sciences based on its educational programs, research activities, and community services.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology department
Goals
- Ensuring that students are acquiring basic knowledge in biochemistry and molecular biology by constantly updating educational programs to meet the needs of the labor market.
- Training students on methods of scientific and academic research, problem-solving, and supporting student activities within the biochemistry department.
- Preparing cognitive, skilled, and professional cadres in the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology and competition in the local and regional labor market.
- Building advanced graduate programs in biochemistry that teach and train students to be scientists and researchers specialized in the field of biochemistry and molecular biology.
- Establish a high-quality research strategy aimed at creating new knowledge and community service by conducting applied scientific research to solve societal problems.
- Promote scientific professional cooperation for the faculty members of the department at the national and international levels.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, grants the student Bachelor's degree in Veterinary Medicine.
The undergraduate educational course for 2nd-year students runs for one year and comprises 4 hours of theoretical and 2 hours of practical in 1st semester and 3 hours of practical in 2nd semester.
The course gives general coverage of the field of biochemistry and provides the students with chemical knowledge and techniques to understand and solve biological problems.
The department utilizes a variety of instructional methods; including lectures, practical training in the laboratory, and student seminars on different topics.
Education system
1- Learning language along all academic years is English, but in Arabic for University requirements.
2- Bachelor degree period is 6 years.
3- Education system inside the faulty is Credit hours system. Each academic year is divided into two semesters.
4- Student per each semester takes theoretical and practical courses, mentioned in the academic plan of education program.
5- For each course, number of hours are mentioned in education plan.
6- Student is shifted from one year to next year, in case of success in all courses, failure or absence (with or without an excuse) minimum in two courses only.
7- Student who failed in more than two courses, must re-take courses failed in and undergo the exam in the next year.
8- As for senior students who failed in more than two courses, they will take the exam in the 2nd round in September. If they failed in 2nd round exam, Statement Z will be applied on them.
9- In case the student passed in re-taken course, he/she will acquire highest “accepted” grade, if the student is absent with an accepted excuse, he/she will acquire actual grade.
The faculty offers its graduates different degrees to acquire:
- Diploma degree
- Master’s degree
- PhD degree
Terms of applying:
- Student applies a request to faculty’s Dean, who shifts him\her to department’s council in charge, as to state research’s topic and program, Finally all documents will be presented to faculty’s council for needed action.
- Research topic is stated before applying at least with two years. Committee is in charge to edit research’s title.
- Faculty’s council is in charge with stopping student’s registration for a period of time, in case of applying an accepted excuse, deprives him\her from education or research completion. This period will not be included with period mentioned in (16) (17) terms.
- Student’s registration is stopped in case:
Supervisor’s report about the student is unsatisfying.
Estimated period is ended and student did not apply the research yet.
If the committee refuses discussing research paper twice.
- Student applies 10 copies of research paper, after being accepted, as to be distributed among committee’s members and faculty’s library.
- The committee is in charge to exchange research paper with other universities.