Strengths

1. Young, dynamic and productive staff

2. The fact that there are master and doctorate degree programs

3. The highness of the number of SCI editions per the number of the academic staff

4. The inclination to interdisciplinary studies

5. Sufficient infrastructure for laboratory and research

6. The fact that food engineering department is located in central campus

7. Academic staff and student exchange programs like Erasmus and Farabi programs.

8. Opportunities for international projects



Weaknesses

1.Insufficiency of economic support to attend meetings abroad.

2.Lack of publicity

3.The inadequacy of the salary in the job



Opportunities

1. European Union Programs

2. The fact that there is a compatible working environment within the department

3. The capacity to be able to cooperate with the foreign universities.

4. Emphasis on science and research, national and international-sized food companies to increase interest in our country and in our region

5. Development of communication facilities and easy access to information

6. Some mechanisms that support research and development studies and technology developing areas (techno-parks)

7. The increase of the TUBITAK supports and encouragement



Threats

1. The fact that some other disciplines which are not expert in the solutions of food industry problems take part in food sector

2. The fact that industry is not in cooperation with university

3. Difficulty of food sector and its requiring high amount of capital

4. The fact that academic staff’s wages are low

5. The fact that industry is limited in the region

6. The fact that the Nigde city has limited employment and social facilities.