| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
The course
Agricultural Engineers are the specialists who help solve global challenges which affect all of us, such as feeding a growing population with increasingly scarce resources while protecting the environment.
Our Agricultural Engineering students develop machines, technology, systems and environmental solutions to reduce input consumption, increase precision and create sustainable production systems. You will learn in engineering facilities located at the heart of our commercial farm, home to cutting-edge research. You will study alongside farmers, agrifood entrepreneurs and environmental consultants, providing you with a network of contacts who will need your problem-solving expertise. Assessment typically includes live industry projects, creating and exhibiting new products, creative portfolios, and applying specialist engineering tools and techniques.
You won’t have to wait to put your learning into practice – you will be a member of a team of engineers from day one engaged with real-world scenarios and projects. Supported by an integrated placement year in industry, you will be primed for your future career using personal, technical and professional skills employers have identified with us as critical to your graduate employability in roles such as designing and test the next generation of agricultural machinery and systems e.g. robotic farming, product support engineers, research.
4 years (full-time) including a one-year work placement. A three-year programme is available for applicants with at least two years of full-time relevant work experience. Please contact Admissions for further information on this option.
Program Outline
What will I study?
| Year 1 | |
|---|---|
| The Professional Engineer (E4004HF) | 20 |
| Materials (E4005HF) | 20 |
| Problem Solving (E4003HF) | 10 |
| Electronics, Microcontrollers and Programming (E4002HF) | 10 |
| Actuation (E4001HF) | 20 |
| Measurement | 20 |
| Mechanical Science 1 (E4006HF) | 20 |
| Year 2 | |
|---|---|
| Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve and Control (DMAIC) | 20 |
| Design and Validation | 20 |
| Integrated Electronic Systems | 10 |
| Agricultural Systems and Field Engineering | 20 |
| Agricultural Machinery 1 | 20 |
| Mechanical Science 2 | 20 |
| Elective | |
| Agri-Tech | 10 |
| Autonomous Systems (HF) | 10 |
| Year 3 | |
|---|---|
| Placement year | |
| Year 4 | |
|---|---|
| Ethics and Sustainability | 10 |
| Power Hydraulic Systems | 10 |
| Group Project (C23) | 20 |
| Engineering the Future Environment | 20 |
| Agricultural Machinery 2 | 20 |
| Honours Engineering Project (C23) | 40 |
Work placement
Our students spend their year-long placement working as professional engineers with an industrial firm such as John Deere, CNH, Great Plains, Claas or AGCO. You will be helped to find the right role by an engineering placement manager based at Harper Adams.
Accreditation
Accredited by: Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE)
Accredited by the Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE) on behalf of the Engineering Council for the purposes of meeting the academic requirements for registration as an Incorporated Engineer.