The Agronomy Department is a major Department within the Faculty of Agriculture at Assiut University.Its mission is derived from the Faculty and University missions. The department adopts scientific hard working attitude to provide quality undergraduate and graduate education to prepare graduates update knolege, professional and intellectual skills who are ready for challenging career in areas of plant breeding, crop production research, and biotechnological applications. Such graduates can compete for jobs related to crop production, marketing and different crops related industries.
The department also adopts co-operation with different scientific organizations in applied researchs to solve agricultural problems.

The mission of Pomology department as a part of the Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, is to provide a high-quality education for preparing graduates with excellent skills to be ready for working in research centers, universities, or qualified to meet the requirements of the labor market, which leads to develop the productive and research sectors of Agriculture and solving the problems related to the agriculture sector and pomology production, which allowing for the development of this important sector.