Agricultural engineer

 

Admission profile

Those interested in entering the degree program in Agricultural Engineering must have the following characteristics:

  • General Baccalaureate
  • That the applicant has knowledge of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics.
  • Discipline, dedication and motivation towards study and reading are essential inside and outside the classroom.
  • Honesty, responsible, creative, initiative, willingness to work in a team, and respect for nature and society.
  • Interest in maintaining contact with nature, attraction to activities that take place outdoors and ability to understand biological phenomena.
  • Expectations on training and professional practice: Skills to develop field work, relate to the agricultural sector, perform satisfactorily in rural areas and identify with it.
  • Graduate Profile

    The graduate of the Agronomic Engineer educational program is the professional trained to apply efficient techniques in the production of food of plant origin, forages, agro-industrial fibers among others, taking plants and soil as raw material and thereby achieving economically profitable production in a rational way and with respect for the environment, being able to develop the following skills:


  • Evaluate open and protected agricultural production systems, through the application of agronomic processes, methods and techniques to improve the profitability and sustainability of crops, at the local, state, regional, national and international levels, with an objective attitude, disposition to work with multidisciplinary groups, responsible and respect for the environment.

  • Plan and manage agricultural companies, through the application of the administrative process, to optimize resources and increase the country's productivity, with an objective, responsible, honest attitude and social commitment.

  • Evaluate the behavior of prices and markets of agricultural products, considering the species, quality and volume, to offer producers market options at the local, state, regional, national and international levels, with an analytical, objective, responsible and responsible attitude. honest.

  • Use and manage agricultural irrigation water, using pertinent measurement, distribution and application methods and techniques to make the natural resource more efficient that favors the socio-economic development of the country, with an analytical, responsible attitude and respect for the environment.
  • Occupational field

    The graduate of the Agricultural Engineer educational program may work in the agricultural field at the local, state, regional, national and international levels in professional activities in the public, private and social agricultural sector and as an independent professional.

  • Agricultural production
  • Agricultural business administration
  • Agricultural advice
  • Consulting in agricultural law firms
  • Research in the agricultural area
  • Agricultural technical assistance in public and private companies
  • Sale and distribution of agricultural products and inputs
  • Agricultural promotion and inspection
  • Insurers in the agricultural area
  • Evaluation of agronomy projects, in financing programs
  • Study Plan 2014-2

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