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B.S. in Agricultural Biosystems Engineering

Sow your future on fertile land

Overpopulation, climate change and natural resource degradation threaten the population’s food security, health, and wellbeing. As an Agricultural Biosystems Engineer, you will manage food production systems that use cutting-edge sustainability-oriented technologies. Your training in B.S. in Agricultural Biosystems Engineering will include the development of competencies for managing productive biosystems that capitalize on sustainable and process enhancement technologies to produce goods and services that comply with international quality and safety standards.

Career field

Upon graduating from B.S. in Agricultural Biosystems Engineering, you will be able to work in diverse areas of an organization, such as:

Leadership and management of agricultural food companies
Consulting for food production and export firms
Management of agricultural development centers
Advisor for advanced production project development
Owning a technology-based sustainable business
Research centers
Productive systems services, input and technology companies
Financial sector
Public administration

Is this right for you?

B.S. in Agricultural Biosystems Engineering could be your path, if you are interested in sustainable food production, enjoy working outdoors and want to contribute to people’s wellbeing.

Competencies

Agricultural Biosystems Engineering

The three stages of the model

Choose your path

Exploration

You will open your competency file and add to it throughout your degree program.
You will learn the foundations of the area of Engineering - Bioengineering and Chemical Processes.
You will participate in fundamental and exploration challenges from the area of Engineering - Bioengineering and Chemical Processes, interacting with peers from different degree programs.
You will study general education courses, selecting them from a collection.
You will participate in a challenge that integrates all the competencies to be developed in this phase.

Focus

You will acquire the core competencies of your degree, in other words, those that distinguish it.
You will participate in more focused challenges to reinforce what you have learned and broaden your basic knowledge.
You will have the elements to decide whether to deepen your knowledge or diversify and, subsequently, build your specialization plan.
The Tec Weeks, challenges and overall university experiences will enrich your file.

Specialization

You have decided between diversifying or focusing deeply in your major, which you will achieve by choosing a concentration or a stay, to name a few of your options. The TEC Semester is a flexible time to start.
You will develop the competencies related to your specialization, increasingly connected to your passions, interests and plans.
By passing a concentration, you will develop your competencies, and, on graduating, will be a candidate for obtaining a Diploma in that concentration, after meeting the established requirements.

How can you specialize?

Concentrations

Specialize in one of the different concentrations available at the campus of your choice, according to the profile you would like to develop.

Internships

Internships allow you to participate in the development of specific projects with companies, organizations, or research groups, in a context of total immersion related to a specialty field. They can be carried out locally, nationally or internationally.