Master's Degree in Agronomic Engineering (2nd Edition)

• Compulsory credits: 60
• Optional credits (including those corresponding to optional internship): 12
• Compulsory external internships: 6
• TFM Credits: 12
o Total credits: 90

The common subjects are structured in 4 modules (First year):
Module 1: Technology and Planning of the Rural Environment (6 subjects with a total of 20 ECTS)
Module 2: Plant and Animal Production Technology (6 subjects with a total of 20 ECTS)
Module 3: Technology of Agri-Alimentary Industries (10 ECTS in two subjects)
Module 4: Management and Organisation of Agri-Alimentary Companies (10 ECTS in three subjects)
The degree has three specialty modules with the same offer in ECTS credits (18) that are made up of 6 subjects of 3 ECTS of which the student must take 4.
Module 5: Specialty in Agro-engineering.
Module 6: Specialty in Milk Production Engineering.
Module 7: Specialty in Viticulture.

· Speciality in Agroengineering.
· Speciality in Milk Production Engineering.
· Speciality in viniculture.

4 of the 6 optional subjects offered in the corresponding module must be taken.

They are planned in three semesters.
In the first year (the first two semesters) the common module is taught (60 ECTS) and in the third semester the optional subjects corresponding to each specialty (12 ECTS), the compulsory practicum (6 ECTS) and the preparation of the Final Dissertation (12 ECTS).
During this semester, the student will carry out the compulsory external academic internships that will have a load of 6 ECTS credits.
Finally, the student must complete the Master's Final Dissertation, which will have a load of 12 ECTS credits.

• Admission profile

  The recommended entry profile for students of this Master's Degree in Agricultural Engineering is that of those students who have acquired a Degree with professional attributions that qualifies them for the profession of Agricultural Technical Engineer, or,
  in application of RD 822/2021, Degree students. to those who still have to pass the TFG and a maximum of up to 9 ECTS credits, which will be able to access and enrol in a University Master's Degree, although in no case will they be able to obtain the Master's degree if they have not previously obtained the Bachelor's degree.

• Minimum number of ECTS enrollment credits per student and school period

  • Compulsory credits: 60
  • Optional credits (including those corresponding to optional internship): 12
  • Compulsory external internships: 6
  • TFM Credits: 12
  o Total credits: 90

  The common subjects are structured in 4 modules (First year):
  Module 1: Technology and Planning of the Rural Environment (6 subjects with a total of 20 ECTS)
  Module 2: Plant and Animal Production Technology (6 subjects with a total of 20 ECTS)
  Module 3: Technology of Agri-Alimentary Industries (10 ECTS in two subjects)
  Module 4: Management and Organisation of Agri-Alimentary Companies (10 ECTS in three subjects)
  The degree has three specialty modules with the same offer in ECTS credits (18) that are made up of 6 subjects of 3 ECTS of which the student must take 4.
  Module 5: Specialty in Agro-engineering.
  Module 6: Specialty in Milk Production Engineering.
  Module 7: Specialty in Viticulture.

• Tutorial action and reception

  El Plan de Acción Tutorial de la EPS de Ingeniería presenta un conjunto de acciones que tienen por finalidad guiar, orientar y acompañar al alumnado durante sus estudios universitarios.
  https://www.usc.gal/gl/centro/escola-politecnica-superior-enxenaria/pla…

• Access

  Poderán acceder ás ensinanzas oficiais de Master:
  1. As persoas que estean en posesión dun título universitario oficial español.
  2. Aquelas que teñan un título expedido por unha institución de educación superior do EEES que faculta no país expedidor do título para o acceso a ensinanzas de mestrado.
  3. Os titulados conforme a sistemas educativos alleos ao EEES sen necesidade de homologación dos seus títulos, previa comprobación pola Universidade de que os ditos títulos acreditan un nivel de formación equivalente aos correspondentes títulos universitarios españois e que facultan no país expedidor do título para o acceso a ensinanzas de posgrao.
  REQUITOS ESPECÍFICOS
  Requírese un Grao con atribucións profesionais que habilite para a profesión de Enxeñeiro Técnico Agrícola.
  O alumnado estranxeiro, a efectos de poder seguir adecuadamente os ensinos, deberá acreditar coñecementos de lingua española ou galega mediante un título de nivel B1 ou Celga II respectivamente, ou outros de nivel superior. Este requisito non será aplicable a alumnado procedente de países de fala española ou portuguesa.

Training of senior technicians trained to project, plan, organise, direct, and control the productive systems and processes developed in the agro-alimentary sector, including the infrastructure and facilities necessary for the efficient performance of said productive activities, all within a framework of protection and conservation. of the environment and development and improvement of the rural environment. The students graduated with this Master, through their scientific and technological knowledge and their creative ability, will be able to design systems for the economic use of Nature's resources to obtain and transform food, fibres for fabrics and other plants or animals useful for humans. It is intended that the students who graduate from the Master are professionals prepared to practice the regulated profession of Agricultural Engineer and know how to manage renewable natural resources in a rational manner.
• The specialty in Agro-Engineering aims to train senior technicians in disciplines such as water management, project management, renewable energy, agro-alimentary quality management, wood engineering and/or geospatial information.
• The specialty in Milk Production Engineering aims to train senior technicians in disciplines such as quality in milk production, technical-economic management of dairy farms, pasture management, morphology and physiology of the dairy cow, dairy cattle feeding programs and/or production and work organization systems.
• The specialty in Viticulture aims to train senior technicians in disciplines such as vineyard design and management, winery design and management, oenology, process engineering of the oenological industry, wine production and/or viticulture of the Atlantic areas.

• Competencies

  Comp01. GC1- Ability to plan, organise, direct, and control the production systems and processes developed in the agricultural sector and the agro-alimentary industry, in a framework that guarantees the competitiveness of companies without forgetting the protection and conservation of the environment and the improvement and development sustainable rural environment.
  Comp02. GC2 - Ability to design, project and execute infrastructure works, buildings, facilities, and equipment necessary for the efficient performance of the productive activities carried out in the agro-alimentary company.
  Comp03. GC3 - Ability to propose, direct and carry out research, development and innovation projects in products, processes and methods used in companies and organisations linked to the agri-alimentary sector.
  Comp04. GC4 - Ability to apply the knowledge acquired to solve problems posed in new situations, analysing information from the environment, and synthesizing it efficiently to facilitate the decision-making process in companies and professional organisations in the agri-alimentary sector.
  Comp05. GC5 - Ability to transmit their knowledge and the conclusions of their studies or reports, using the means that communications technology allows and taking into account the knowledge of the receiving public.
  Comp06. GC6 - Ability to direct or supervise multidisciplinary and multicultural teams, to integrate knowledge into complex decision processes, with limited information, assuming the social, ethical, and environmental responsibility of their professional activity in harmony with the socioeconomic and natural environment in which they operate.
  Comp07. CG7 - Ability to develop the necessary skills to continue learning autonomously or directed, incorporating new concepts, processes or methods derived from research, development, and innovation into their professional activity.
  Comp08. SC1 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in the management of water resources: hydrology, hydrodynamics, hydrometry, hydraulic works and installations.
  Comp09. SC2 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in irrigation and drainage systems.
  Comp10. SC3 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in the management of equipment and facilities that are integrated into agri-alimentary production processes and systems.
  Comp11. SC4 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in agro-industrial constructions, infrastructure, and rural roads.
  Comp12. SC5 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in the planning and management of agricultural territory and landscape integration.
  Comp13. SC6 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in the management of research and development projects of new technologies applied to animal production processes: biotechnology and animal improvement.
  Comp14. SC7 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in the study, intervention, and management.
  Comp15. SC8 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in plant production systems.
  Comp16. SC9 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply proprietary technology in integrated crop protection systems.
  Comp17. SC10 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in the management of research and development projects of new technologies applied to plant production processes: biotechnology and plant improvement.
  Comp18. SC11 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in systems linked to animal production technology.
  Comp19. SC12 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in nutrition and hygiene in animal production.
  Comp20. SC13 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in the management of research and development projects of new technologies applied to animal production processes: biotechnology and animal improvement.
  Comp21. SC14 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in production systems of agri-alimentary industries.
  Comp22. SC15 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply proprietary technology in equipment and systems intended for the automation and control of agri-alimentary processes.
  Comp23. SC16 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply proprietary technology in quality and food safety management, food analysis and traceability.
  Comp24. CE17 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in the languages and techniques of the organisation and management of the agri-alimentary company.
  Comp25. SC18 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply proprietary technology in commercial research.
  Comp26. SC19 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in marketing and marketing systems for agri-alimentary products.
  Comp27. SC20 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in logistics management in the field of the agri-alimentary sector.
  Comp28. SC21 - Completion, presentation, and defence, once all the credits of the study plan have been obtained, of an original exercise carried out individually before a university tribunal consisting of a comprehensive Agronomic Engineering project of a professional nature in which the skills acquired in the training.
  Comp29. SC22 - Ability to carry out external internships in the professional field of Agricultural Engineering and to make a report of the activities carried out during an
  external stay, acquiring knowledge about the reality of the career opportunities of the degree and having a first professional experience in a workplace.
  Comp30. CEAI01 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in water supply and purification.
  Comp31. CEAI02 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in project management.
  Comp32. CEAI03 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in renewable energies.
  Comp33. CEAI04 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply proprietary technology in structural wood engineering.
  Comp34. CEAI05 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in geospatial information technologies.
  Comp35. CEPL01 - Adequate knowledge and ability to develop and apply own technology in the technical-economic management of milk farms.

• Abilities and skills

  A/S01. 2.1. - Ability to analyse new and complex engineering products, processes and systems within a broader multidisciplinary context; select and apply the most appropriate analytical, computational and experimental methods already established, as well as innovative methods and critically interpret the results of said analyses.
  A/S02. 2.2. - The ability to conceive new products, processes and systems.
  A/S03. 23. - Ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems defined incompletely, and/or in conflict, that admit different valid solutions, that require considering knowledge beyond that of their discipline and taking into account the social and health implications. and security, environmental, economic and industrial; select and apply the most appropriate analysis, calculation and experimental methods, as well as the most innovative ones for solving problems.
  A/S04. 2.4. - Ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems in emerging areas of their specialty.
  A/S05. 3.1 - Ability to project, develop and design new complex products (parts, components, finished products, etc.), processes and systems with incompletely defined specifications, and/or conflict, which require the integration of knowledge from different disciplines and consider social, health and safety, environmental, economic and industrial aspects; select and apply appropriate methodologies or use creativity to develop new project methodologies.
  A/S06. 3.2 - Ability to project by applying cutting-edge knowledge and understanding of their engineering specialty. TYPE: Skills or abilities
  A/S07. 4.1. - Ability to identify, find and obtain the required data.
  A/S08. 4.2. - Ability to carry out bibliographic searches, consult and judiciously use databases and other sources of information, to carry out simulations with the aim of carrying out research on complex topics in their specialty.
  A/S09. 4.3. - Ability to consult and apply codes of good practices and security of their engineering.
  A/S10. 4.4. - High-level ability and skill to plan and carry out experimental research, interpret data judiciously and draw conclusions.
  A/S11. 4.5. - Ability to research the application of the most advanced technologies in agricultural engineering.
  A/S12. 5.2. - Practical skills, such as the use of computer tools to solve complex problems, carry out complex engineering projects and design and direct complex investigations.
  A/S13. 5.4 - Ability to apply standards of engineering practice.
  A/S14. 6.1. - Ability to integrate knowledge and handle complex concepts, to formulate judgments with limited or incomplete information, which includes reflection on ethical and social responsibility related to the application of their knowledge and opinion.
  A/S15. 6.2. - Ability to manage complex technical or professional activities or projects that require new approaches, assuming responsibility for the decisions made.
  A/S16. 7.1. - Ability to use different methods to communicate their conclusions, clearly and unambiguously, and the knowledge and logical foundations that support them, to specialized and non-specialized audiences with the topic, in national and international contexts.
  A/S17. 7.2. - Ability to function effectively in national contexts as a member or leader of a team that may be made up of people from different disciplines and levels, and who can use virtual communication tools.
  A/S18. 8.1. - Ability to undertake one's own continuing training independently.
  A/S19. 8.2. - Ability to acquire further knowledge autonomously.

• Knowledge

  K01. 1.1. - A deep knowledge and understanding of mathematics and other basic sciences inherent to your engineering specialty, which will allow you to achieve the rest of the competencies of the degree.
  K02. 1.2. - A deep knowledge and understanding of the engineering disciplines specific to their specialty, at the level necessary to acquire the rest of the skills of the degree.
  K03. 1.3. - Possession, with a critical sense, of the cutting-edge knowledge of their specialty.
  K04. 1.4 - Knowledge with a critical sense of the broad multidisciplinary context of engineering and the interrelation that exists between the knowledge of the different fields.
  K05. 5.1. - Complete knowledge of the applicable techniques and methods of analysis, project and research and their limitations.
  K06. 5.3. - Complete knowledge of the application of materials, equipment and tools, technology and engineering processes and their limitations.
  K07. 5.5. - Knowledge and understanding of the social, health and safety, environmental, economic and industrial implications of engineering practice.
  K08. 5.6. - Knowledge and critical understanding of economic, organizational and management issues (such as project management, risk and change management).

Mobility

Student mobility is regulated through the “Regulation of inter-university exchange.” Exchange programmes are managed through the International Relations Office, such as
national exchange programmes (SICUE) as well as Europeans (ERASMUS) and from outside the European Union (exchanges with Latin American countries or English-speaking countries):
https://www.usc.gal/gl/servizos/area/internacional

Internships

The student must take a total of 6 ECTS credits of company internships, in which they will put into practice the competences, skills and knowledge acquired in the master's degree. The student will be able to choose between one of the more than 500 companies with an agreement with the master's degree that currently exist or propose another typology, it being necessary to sign an agreement between the USC and the company, prior to the student's incorporation. During the development of their internship in a company, the student will have an academic tutor, a teacher of the master's degree, and a professional tutor, belonging to the company. The complete list of companies and institutions with an agreement with the EPSE for carrying out external internships can be consulted on the center's website:
https://www.usc.gal/es/centro/escuela-politecnica-superior-ingenieria/p…
In addition, both teachers and students may propose new agreements between USC and other companies or institutions, which must be signed before the students join. The Degree Commission will assign the student an academic tutor from among the Teaching and Research Staff of the Center, who will monitor the work carried out by the student and ensure the quality of the stay carried out, and an external tutor in the company, in charge of guaranteeing the appropriate conditions for carrying out the internship.

The master's dissertation is intended to be an anticipated professional activity in which the student applies the knowledge acquired in their training to a real and complex problem. It will be presented and defended individually in a public event before a university tribunal, once all the credits of the syllabus have been passed.