Department of Biology was established in 1982 and includes 5 seperate branches; Botanic, General Biology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Zoology. The academic staff of the department are the member of the Institute of Sciences and Technology and they offer graduate programmes (M.Sc and Ph.D) in all departments.

The academic staff of the department is total 51; 17 professors, 7 Associate Professors, 5 Assistant Professors, 21 Research Assistants and 1 Experts.

 The aim of the graduate programme in Biology Department is to make the students gain the ability of researching necessary knowledge of their studying area, evaluating and interpretating the information, making independent researches and investigations, improving interpretations by investigating the events and facts with a scientific perspective and to determine the necessary steps to reach the new synthesis.

Department of Biology, research the structure of the livings and follow all the advances in this area and offer an education at international standards.