DEGREE
Agricultural Engineering
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- Mission
To train outstanding professionals in the agricultural sector who possess the leadership skills to drive the country’s development.
- Vision
By 2025, the pioneering and leading program in the training of well-rounded agricultural professionals, renowned for excellence and international prestige.
- Program Objectives
- General objective
To train agricultural engineers with strong values and principles who can design, research, and transfer appropriate technologies for the sustainable development of agricultural production systems, thereby ensuring food security and contributing to the well-being of the community.
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Profiles and outcomes
The professional we train and the competencies you will develop
- Professional Profile
An agricultural engineer is a professional with the skills to create, innovate, and manage agricultural production systems within the framework of food sovereignty, while upholding social, ethical, and environmental responsibilitie
Based on the knowledge acquired during their training, agricultural professionals are able to:
- Select physical, chemical, biological, and mathematical models for agricultural processes.
- Apply scientific research methods to solving agricultural problems.
- Conduct experiments for application in agriculture.
- Manage production systems for livestock species using a sustainable approach.
- Develop comprehensive outreach projects in the agricultural sector to promote food security and sovereignty.
- Assess the feasibility of agro-industrial projects with an inclusive and sustainable approach.
- Implement comprehensive crop management programs and agronomic production systems to contribute to food safety and food sovereignty.
- Use the natural resources of the agricultural system in a sustainable manner.
- Graduate Profile
The outcomes that students will achieve within the curricular organization of courses, considering the different relationships in learning aspects—knowledge, skills, and attitudes (values)—across various fields of theoretical, practical, epistemological, and research methodology training, as well as the integration of contexts, knowledge, and culture, in addition to communication and language.
- Integrates the theoretical, practical, and methodological foundations of the basic sciences applicable to Agricultural Engineering through the characterization of production factors within systems, with a holistic approach and a strong work ethic.
- Characterizes and quantifies production factors (soil, water, atmosphere) and their relationship with living organisms within a system, through in situ diagnosis with critical thinking, analytical capacity, and precision.
- Consciously correlates biotic and abiotic factors through the application of microbiology, biostatistics, and mathematical models, determining the prospective use of an agricultural area for the development of small-scale agricultural production units, with respect for the environment, health, food culture, and the preservation of ancestral knowledge.
- Applies sustainable agricultural techniques, utilizing agromatics and agronomy, interpreting the physiological processes of plants and animals, managing and optimizing water resources, and identifying and/or analyzing microorganisms and insects, to help improve the production and productivity of agricultural systems while remaining committed to protecting consumer health.
- Applies precise techniques and sustainable models to improve agricultural production systems and the management of monogastric species, while respecting animal welfare and consciously implementing good agricultural practices.
- Explore innovative alternatives, selecting the most suitable ones for implementation through critical thinking, analytical skills, and practical application, with the aim of achieving greater productivity and quality in agricultural systems.
- Develops and manages sustainable, integrated livestock systems through critical thinking, analytical skills, and practical application, with the aim of improving productivity and quality, while utilizing innovative and sustainable technologies to ensure food security.
- It creatively incorporates viable and innovative biotechnology and agro-industrial techniques to enhance productivity, marketing, quality, and value added in agricultural production systems, with a focus on collaboration in research areas.
- Uses tools for plant, animal, and agroindustrial genetic improvement to generate economic benefits, focusing on enhancing quality and safety to address sanitary issues with ethics and creativity.
- Designs and evaluates research projects and productive systems that are participatory, innovative, and sustainable in the agricultural sector, promoting Buen Vivir and ensuring national food security with equity, leadership, and entrepreneurship.
- Learning Outcomes
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Program cost:
Article 356 of the Constitution of the Republic establishes, among other principles, that third-level public higher education shall be tuition-free, and that this gratuity is linked to the academic responsibility of students.