Precision Agriculture Technologies
Education objectives
1). Fill the postgraduate training gap in this area of knowledge at national level;
2). Provide students with skills and competences in a globally expanding economic and knowledge, as it is usually associated with efficient and environmentally sustainable processes, usually providing high rates of agricultural profitability; and
3). To facilitate the incorporation of new technologies in national productive processes associated to agriculture.
General characterization
DGES code
1019
Cicle
Master (2nd Cycle)
Degree
Mestre
Access to other programs
Access to a 3rd cycle
Coordinator
Maria Manuela Malhado Simões Ribeiro
Opening date
September
Vacancies
35
Fees
(await approval)
Nacional Students: 1.500,00 €/anual
International Students: 4.500,00 €/anual
Schedule
Daytime / After working-hours schedule.
Teaching language
Available soon
Degree pre-requisites
Duration: 2 years
Credits: 120 ECTS
Scientific Area | Acronym | ECTS | |
Mandatory | Optional | ||
Agro-Food Technology | TA | 12 | - |
Earth Science | CT | 3 | - |
Rural Engineering |
ER | 30 | - |
Engineering Sciences | CE | 15 | - |
Agro-Food Technology or Rural Engineering | TA / ER | 60 | - |
TOTAL | 120 | 0 |
Conditions of admittance
Available soon
Evaluation rules
The following modes of evaluation are used with regard to academic qualifications:
- Evaluation based solely on an examination or completion of a final project.
- Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester excluding examination or final project. In these courses students can expect to carry out, for example, laboratory activities, mini-tests, tests, individual or group projects, seminar-related activities, any combination of which will be used to determine the final grade.
- Evaluation based obligatorily on an examination or a final project. In these courses there extists a form of evaluation similar to one of the aformentioned activities in paragraph 2 as well as a form of evaluation based on a final exam.
- Evaluation based on work done throughout the semester with the possibility of foregoing an examination or a final project.
The final Dissertation (or Project) involves a public discussion with a Jury.
Structure
1.º Semester | ||
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Code | Name | ECTS |
11369 | Remote Sensing and Image Analysis | 6.0 |
12216 | Stressors and Agrofood Productivity | 3.0 |
12215 | Soil Geochemistry | 3.0 |
10745 | Management and Water Quality | 6.0 |
11370 | Food Raw Materials | 6.0 |
12214 | Agrofood Production and Sustainability | 3.0 |
12217 | Data Processing Technologies in Precision Agriculture | 3.0 |
2.º Semester | ||
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Code | Name | ECTS |
12218 | Precision Agriculture I | 6.0 |
12219 | Monitoring and control Applications in Farm Machinery | 6.0 |
12220 | Livestock Facilities Monitoring and Control | 6.0 |
12221 | Geographic Information Technologies in Precision Agriculture | 6.0 |
12222 | Technologies for the Efficient Use of Irrigated Water | 6.0 |
2.º Year | ||
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Code | Name | ECTS |
12224 | Dissertation in Precision Agriculture Technologies | 42.0 |
3.º Semester | ||
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Code | Name | ECTS |
12223 | Dissertation Project | 18.0 |