About the Rangeland and Watershed Management Department

The Department of Rangeland and Watershed Management in the Faculty of Natural Resources of the University of Kurdistan began activity as an independent academic group under the supervision of the Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources in October 1995 by admitting undergraduate students under the title of Rangeland and Watershed Management Technology. In 1997, the group achieved the license required to admit undergraduate students in the field of Natural Resource Engineering / Rangeland and Watershed Management. They developed the degrees of their existing fields in 2012 by admitting MSc students in Rangeland Engineering and in Watershed Engineering in 2016, and they plan to admit MSc students in the new field of Eco-hydrology in September 2022. The title of Rangeland and Watershed Management Engineering in the undergraduate program was changed to Natural Engineering in 2017. The MSc programs in Rangeland and Watershed Management were divided into the following majors in 2017, on which basis students have been admitted ever since then.

• Rangeland Engineering / Rangeland Management
• Rangeland Engineering / Rangeland Improvement and Rehabilitation
• Watershed Management / Flood and Rivers
• Watershed Management / Water and Soil Conservation

The Department of Rangeland and Watershed Management currently involves 6 full-time faculty members with the ranks of Associate Professor and Assistant Professor, a registrar, 35 undergraduate students in Nature Engineering, 11 undergraduate students in Rangeland and Watershed Science and Engineering, 6 MSc students in Watershed Engineering / Flood and Rivers, 5 MSc students in Watershed Engineering / Water and Soil Conservation, 5 MSc students in Rangeland Engineering / Rangeland Management, 3 MSc students in Rangeland Engineering / Rangeland Improvement and Rehabilitation, 10 MSc students in Rangeland Engineering (without majors), and 9 MSc students in Watershed Management (without majors). Based on the development prospect for 2022, the Department of Rangeland and Watershed Management (Nature Engineering) is expected to admit MSc students in Eco-hydrology then. In its development perspective, the department also seeks to establish specialized PhD programs in the majors of Rangeland and Watershed Management.