Degree in Agricultural and Food Industries Engineering Universidad Europea del Atlántico

"The Universidad Europea del Atlántico has modern facilities that include technical laboratories"

The degree in Engineering of the Agricultural and Food Industries has a great career prospect given the growing demand for engineers specifically trained in this field. According to data from 2012 from the FDE (FoodDrinkEurope), the agri-food sector is the leader in employment at the European level, representing 15% of jobs and billing 6.8% more since 2009. The agri-food industries feel, more and more , the need to innovate and differentiate from the competition. To achieve this, they demand engineers specialized in this branch of knowledge and capable of facing the challenges of a globalized and constantly evolving market.

The UNEATLANTICO curriculum has a knowledge base from the branch of science and engineering that is completed with other subjects focused on the current needs of the agri-food industry; raw material production, food engineering and technology, and economics, organization and management. In addition, the Bachelor's degree in Agricultural and Food Industries Engineering qualifies for the exercise of the regulated profession of Agricultural Technical Engineer in its specialization in Agricultural and Food Industries.

The Universidad Europea del Atlántico has modern facilities that include technical laboratories (Biochemistry and Physiology, Bromatology and Food Technology, and Culinary Technology) where the student can widely develop the practical skills of the Degree and carry out transversal projects such as those that will be found later In the laboral world.

Double Degrees

The student enrolled in the degree of Agricultural and Food Industries Engineering has the possibility of pursuing a double degree with Industrial Organization Engineering, Food Science and Technology, and Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Professional outings

When the studies are finished, the student will be able to develop their professional activity in the following areas:

Professional profile in the food industry

• Raw material processing engineering
• Food production engineering
• Control of production lines
• Optimization of processes
• Quality control and food safety
• Control of critical points
• Traceability and processing technician
• Development of R + D + i projects

Professional profile in engineering development

• Engineering of agri-food facilities
• Control, maintenance and optimization of equipment and facilities
• Work direction
• Consulting and technical advice
• Project elaboration
• Environmental engineering
• Environmental consulting and auditing
• Management, minimization and use of waste from the agri-food industry.

Professional profile in business and economic management

• Development of agri-food policies
• Consulting and technical-economic advice for agri-food companies
• Valuation of agri-food companies
• Direction and management of companies
• Cooperative management
• Marketing and commercialization of agri-food products
• Human resources management

* Law 12/1986 regulates the powers of the technical engineer and Decree 2094/1971 regulates the faculties and professional competences of the Technical Engineers of agricultural specialties. The CIN Order 323/2009 regulates the competences of the graduate.

English at University

English, the key to your present and future

Currently, one of the essential tools in international communication, and the key that opens the possibilities to find a good job both in Spain and abroad, is English. In our country, 80% of job offers already require an excellent command of this language and, on many occasions, this criterion is imposed above others such as the record or professional career.

That is why at the Universidad Europea del Atlántico and the Degree in Agricultural and Food Industries Engineering, training in this language is promoted and a compulsory subject and two optional subjects of English are included in the study plan with the objective of that the student reaches a high level in this language. In addition, the international profile of the university promotes and facilitates the development of this language.

So that the previous level of English does not pose a barrier to access to studies, UNEATLANTICO provides personalized teaching, especially during the first year, so that all students achieve sufficient language skills in English with which to successfully pass the subjects of the career.

In this way, regardless of their starting level of English, with a global support plan based on tutorials, specific materials and very small work groups, the student can follow the classes in a Spanish / English bilingual system progressively and at At the end, they will have acquired bilingual skills for the exercise of their profession.

Practice your profession

UNEATLANTICO reproduces real work environments

The Campus of the Universidad Europea del Atlántico is designed for students to put their profession into practice from the first year. The University has modern facilities that allow the student to widely develop the practical skills of the Degree, including several technical laboratories (food science and technology, culinary technology) where the student can develop their practical skills and carry out cross-cutting projects such as those that you will find later. In the laboral world.

The teaching team motivates the university students to get involved in the life of the Campus, guides them to start projects and ideas that allow them to develop their profession from day one. The educational model is not limited to complying with the curricular activity of the students but to guaranteeing their theoretical-practical training and the total involvement of the student in their professional environment.

In addition, the University has numerous internship agreements with companies from different sectors that complement the learning of university students and favor the development of transversal skills that will be necessary for them when applying for a job. The teachers-tutors are in charge of guiding and supervising the work of the students and thus favoring the maximum use of their contact with the business world. The Universidad Europea del Atlántico helps you put your dreams into practice.

Titling

At the end of the program, the student will obtain the title of GRADUATE OR GRADUATE IN ENGINEERING OF THE AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD INDUSTRIES, issued by the Universidad Europea del Atlántico .

Admission profile

The degree is aimed at people who are clear about their professional and personal goals, who contribute maturity and contribute to mutual enrichment with the rest of their colleagues. This is intended to provide candidates with a context in which to develop a profitable long-term relationship with classmates, professors, alumni, and the institution.

In general, candidates to study at the University must meet the following qualities:

• Leadership: the University expresses its interest in candidates capable of working as a team, with self-confidence, with initiative, capable of working under pressure, with communication skills and a high sense of ethics.
• Academic trajectory and professional motivation: candidates must have completed their access studies to the Spanish university system within a reasonable period of time and with satisfactory academic results. Likewise, certain previous professional experience is considered positive, as well as any other complementary training that the candidates have carried out and contribute in the application.
• Languages: given the international and global nature with which the University is intended to provide, the command and use of the English language, as specified below, is an admission requirement that is valued during the admission process. Likewise, non-Spanish-speaking students who enter the university must prove the level required to study in Spanish. In any case, any other language will be valued as a differentiating element during the admission process.

Personal characteristics:

• Entrepreneurial spirit.
• Global citizens.
• Leadership.

Objectives in their training:

• A prestigious international institution.
• Flexibility in the curriculum.
• Innovative learning methodologies.
• Personalized teaching: small groups, tutoring systems.
• Practical approach oriented to the labor market: workshops, conferences, internships.
• Exchange programs with world universities.
• Integral formation.

In addition to the general data of the students of this University, the students of the Degree in Engineering of the Agricultural and Food Industries will respond to the following specific characteristics of the degree:

Personal characteristics:

The following criteria are indicative and will meet, in any case, the criteria of non-discrimination based on race, nationality, ideology, sex or religion. It will be valued positively:

• Interest and concern for culture in general, both his own and that of other regions.
• Intellectual curiosity and interest in reflecting on the value of intercultural political communication, discovering the reason for the rules about how contemporary societies are organized and how international social actors interact and innovate in their organizational and decision-making modes.
• The facility in oral and written expression.
• International experience through trips or school stays.
• The understanding of ethics as the ultimate engine of human decisions.

Academic characteristics:

The recommended academic profile is one that meets the access requirements set out on this website. In addition, an interdisciplinary, inclusive profile is pursued and open to a diversity of possible profiles since we are aware of the richness it brings. This interdisciplinary, inclusive and open profile referring to post-compulsory high school students who will access the degree, refers to the fact that it is not necessary to have completed a specific branch of Baccalaureate to be admitted to the degree title. It is considered that the diversity of academic profiles of the students enriches the teaching-learning group.