One of the important causes of Parkinson′s disease is the permethrin pesticide.Therefore, the objective of the present study was to synthesize new catalyst based on TiO2 immobilized in steel slag (SS) for photocatalytic degradation of permethrin in aqueous solutionsThe experiments were designed by response surface methodol. (RSM) using design expert software.The parameters such as pH, dose (g), concentration of permethrin (mgL-1) and agitation time were variables of the process, and their optimal conditions were taken by conducting 30 experiment runs.The characterization of the resulting catalyst shows that coating Ni-TiO2 onto the modified SS has improved its photocatalytic properties.DRS and PL results showed not only well-doping TiO2 by Ni but also coating Ni-TiO2 onto the modified SS makes a reduction in the band gap, from 2.78 to 2.61 eV, and electron recombination.Addnl., the saturated magnetization value, VSM, for SS@Ni-TiO2 was found to be 54 emu/g.The catalyst dosage was the most influent parameter which achieved an F-value of 42.18 followed by agitation time (33.58), pH (11.69) and concentration of permethrin (4.97) with the high R2 value of 0.9952.Overall, the performance of the process in optimum conditions, such as pH 7, dose 0.7 g, concentration of permethrin 50 mgL-1 and agitation time 30 min, was 72.11%, and the effect of the parameters studied on the process was significant (p-value <0.5).In addition, it resulted that plays a crucial role in the photocatalytic degradation of permethrin by SS@Ni-TiO2 composite.The SS@Ni-TiO2 exhibited excellent photocatalytic reactivity for permethrin over five cycles.During the five cycles, only 4% reduction was observed in the photocatalytic degradation of permethrin.In conclusion, the SS@Ni-TiO2 would be a promising catalyst for photocatalytic degradation of permethrin from aqueous solution