Agricultural Engineering

A Bachelor Degree in Engineering or in Agricultural and Forestry Sciences and Technologies

The postgraduate programme in Agricultural Engineering trains engineers operating in the agro-industrial sector who possess a system vision, i.e. an approach to the study and the implementation of application solutions based on an overall vision of the technological aspects of the agro-industrial chain. The objective is to prepare culturally and professionally highly qualified technicians able to implement the available technologies to ensure the sustainability, safety and traceability of agro-industrial productions, to design and integrate automation, to monitor agricultural robotic<s>s</s> systems, to use Big Data analysis and Artificial Intelligence. By using these tools, the Agricultural Engineer aims at improving yields and control over safety requirements, at designing intelligent irrigation systems, at reaching the optimal economic management of farms and of the connected supply chain.

Tracks

There are four tracks:

• AGM, for students from a Bachelor degree in Engineering who already have a solid background in Mechanical Engineering, but not in automatic controls;
• AGE, for students from a Bachelor Degree in Engineering who already have a solid background in Environmental Engineering, but not in automatic controls;
• AGA, for students from a Bachelor Degree in Engineering who do not fall into the two previous cases;
• AGI, for students from a Bachelor Degree other than Engineering.

Mandatory courses
AGA, AGE, and AGM track: Agronomy, Animal Science, Biochemistry, Microbiology.
AGA, AGE, AGI: Modellistica dei sistemi meccanici (in Italian)
AGE, AGM: Fondamenti di Automatica B (in Italian)
AGI: Analisi II (in Italian), Basic Energy Engineering, Fondamenti di Automatica con Informatica (in Italian).
All tracks: Agricultural Machinery and Terramechanics, Agricultural Supply Chain Management, Control Systems for Smart Agriculture, Control and Actuating Devices for Agriculture, Data Harvesting and Data Analysis for Agriculture, Environmental Engineering for Sustainable Agriculture, Materials for Agriculture, Operations Risk Management and Resilience, Smart Irrigation Climate Adaptive Tools for Optimal Water Productivity. 

Other courses
Control and Actuating Devices for Agriculture, Drones for Agriculture, High Tech Entrepreneurship, Industrial Technologies for Precision Agriculture, Renewable Energy.

Final Thesis

Thanks to his solid and transversal training, the Agricultural Engineer can find employment mainly in the industry of the agricultural production chain; in engineering companies that design, develop and implement processes, plants and technologies to support production, distribution and marketing related to agriculture and agro-industry; in research centers and public and private laboratories; in technical structures of the public administration and in consultancy offices for the environment, safety, agricultural and livestock production.

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