Educational objectives – professional opportunities for graduates

The course provides for advanced classes as to professional and research themes in the field of agro-engineering applications. The students of this course will learn how to cope with complex design and management problems of technical actions in agricultural companies. They will also learn how to cooperate with other professionals in the transformation of large areas from dry grounds to water meadows, for hydraulic reclamation, and drainage of areas without natural drainage, as well as for the preparation of rural areas development plans.

The Faculty and its Departments demonstrate a strong commitment to deliver a high-quality educational experience as they have a long tradition of research activities. The Educational programme is based on the latest professional topics and the single courses are enriched not only by the practical experience of the continuous and updated research activity carried out by the academic staff, but also by field trips and laboratory activities.

The course aims to equip students with a solid grounding in specific fields, such as agronomy, herbaceous and tree farming, protected cultures, zootechnics, economics and applied pedology, indispensable subjects for top professionals in this sector.

The course will also provide students with specific tools for territorial survey and representation through the study of territorial information systems and aided design. The coursework is also structured to achieve specific professional competences as to irrigation and agro-food plants, soil conservation, management and use of non-conventional waters for irrigation purposes.

Graduates of this course will achieve competences in:

 - Making, managing and evaluating development plans and territorial settlement plans, urban and landscape plans, classification studies of rural territory;

 - Providing technical advice to the Judicial power with respect to economic and hydraulic issues of rural territories;

 - Choosing plants for the transformation, conservation and packaging of agricultural products;

 - Studying and designing animal breeding activities in accordance with regulations upon sewage disposal, animal wellness and consumer health care;

 - Running, administering and managing agro-industrial companies;

 - Designing and running works and testing of rural and agro-industrial buildings, also in seismic areas within the limits set for by the Agronomists professional Register;

 - Designing, running, testing and managing irrigation plants, including artificial basins not included within the competences of the National Dam office;

 - Designing and managing farm and large scale mechanisation, as well as agro-industry plant engineering;

 - Coping with issues related to safety in the use of machinery and in work environments, to quality product and process certification, and to the respect of hygienic rules for consumer health care;

 - Studying, designing and managing integrated systems for the production, upgrading and use of renewable energy sources.