Home Biotechnology and its application to agricultural system  have been recognized as a frontier technology for achieving sustainability of food production in the world. In Iran also Biotechnology has been identified as one of the key strategic technologies aimed at supporting sustainable crop production. Therefore, education in the field of agricultural biotechnology in Iran has been considered as an essential part of planning and performing modern agriculture. The Department of Agricultural Biotechnology was founded, based on recognition that the future of Iran’s agriculture will strongly depend on the incorporation of biotechnology in this field, in 1999 at the College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology. The department offers graduate and undergraduate study programs and has launched a PhD program in