Program Overview

Agricultural Engineering Program

The Agricultural Engineering program at Politecnico di Milano is a two-year master's degree that aims to train engineers operating in the agro-industrial sector. The program focuses on providing students with a system vision, enabling them to study and implement application solutions based on an overall vision of the technological aspects of the agro-industrial chain.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the program, applicants must have a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or in Agricultural and Forestry Sciences and Technologies.

Mission and Goals

The mission of the program is to prepare culturally and professionally highly qualified technicians who can implement available technologies to ensure the sustainability, safety, and traceability of agro-industrial productions. The program's goals include designing and integrating automation, monitoring agricultural robotic systems, using Big Data analysis and Artificial Intelligence, and improving yields and control over safety requirements.

Subjects and Tracks

The program offers four tracks:

• AGM: for students from a Bachelor's degree in Engineering with a solid background in Mechanical Engineering
• AGE: for students from a Bachelor's degree in Engineering with a solid background in Environmental Engineering
• AGA: for students from a Bachelor's degree in Engineering who do not fall into the previous categories
• AGI: for students from a Bachelor's degree other than Engineering

Mandatory courses for each track include:

• AGA, AGE, and AGM: Agronomy, Animal Science, Biochemistry, Microbiology
• AGA, AGE, AGI: Modellistica dei sistemi meccanici
• AGE, AGM: Fondamenti di Automatica B
• AGI: Analisi II, Basic Energy Engineering, Fondamenti di Automatica con Informatica
• 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 available include:

• Control and Actuating Devices for Agriculture
• Drones for Agriculture
• High Tech Entrepreneurship
• Industrial Technologies for Precision Agriculture
• Renewable Energy

Final Thesis

The program culminates in a final thesis, which provides students with the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills to a real-world problem or research question.

Career Opportunities

Graduates of the Agricultural Engineering program can find employment in various industries, including:

• The agricultural production chain
• Engineering companies that design, develop, and implement processes, plants, and technologies to support production, distribution, and marketing related to agriculture and agro-industry
• Research centers and public and private laboratories
• Technical structures of the public administration and consultancy offices for the environment, safety, agricultural, and livestock production

School

The program is offered by the School of Industrial and Information Engineering at Politecnico di Milano.