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Agricultural Engineering Program

Agricultural Engineering Program

The program operates on a credit hour system and focuses on the proper use of equipment in the various stages of agricultural production and processing systems. In addition to basic and applied sciences in engineering and agriculture, the program offers specialized courses covering agricultural energy and machinery, food processing, post-harvest engineering, irrigation engineering, agricultural drainage, agricultural building engineering, and bio-environmental engineering.

Graduates of the program can work in agricultural mechanization stations, land reclamation companies, irrigation and drainage projects, crop harvesting and grading stations, agricultural construction companies, agricultural machinery dealerships, food and feed factories, and scientific research centers.

Program Mission

The Agricultural Engineering Program aims to provide distinguished educational and research opportunities to prepare specialized graduates capable of managing and maintaining engineering units in agricultural production systems. This is to meet the needs of the labor market in various fields of agricultural engineering, in accordance with environmental, societal, and sustainable development requirements, while adhering to professional and ethical standards.

Program Objectives

The Agricultural Engineering Program aims to achieve the following objectives:

  1. Provide the community with an agricultural engineer specialized in agricultural engineering sciences, capable of managing, supervising, and maintaining all agricultural machinery, equipment, and tractors.
  2. Equip graduates with advanced knowledge, concepts, and skills in applying various bio-environmental engineering systems to preserve the environment and its natural resources, adhering to safety, quality, and standard specifications.
  3. Prepare graduates capable of efficiently managing and developing water resources using modern technologies in irrigation and agricultural drainage systems.
  4. Provide the knowledge and skills necessary to activate the role of modern technologies in food processing engineering and post-harvest operations, adhering to safety, quality, and standard specifications.
  5. Prepare graduates capable of keeping up with developments in bio-systems engineering, renewable energy, and agricultural construction.

Professional Outcomes of the Agricultural Engineering Program

More specifically, the Agricultural Engineering Program aims to prepare graduates capable of:

  1. Operating, managing, and maintaining all agricultural machinery used in agricultural production.
  2. Identifying and analyzing malfunctions and problems that occur in mechanical units and how to address them.
  3. Developing appropriate safety programs for handling machinery and equipment for various agricultural operations.
  4. Applying various bio-environmental engineering systems to preserve the environment and its natural resources.
  5. Efficiently managing water resources using modern technologies in irrigation and agricultural drainage systems.
  6. Using modern technologies in food processing engineering and post-harvest operations.
  7. Using engineering applications in constructing and managing agricultural facilities and greenhouses, and utilizing renewable energy.
  8. Analyzing energy and power requirements, material balance, and loss analysis within the agricultural production system.

Employment Opportunities for Agricultural Engineering Program Graduates

Graduates of the Agricultural Engineering Program have unique employment opportunities in the following fields:

  • Agricultural mechanization service stations
  • Centers for manufacturing and maintaining production and processing equipment
  • Companies and offices for environmental impact assessment
  • General Authority for Export and Import Control
  • Landscaping companies and parks design and implementation firms
  • Companies and institutions for designing irrigation and agricultural drainage networks
  • Projects for designing and implementing greenhouses and agricultural facilities
  • Land surveying and subdivision companies
  • Factories and institutions for manufacturing various agricultural products
  • Agricultural engineering and technology research and development laboratories
  • Engineering laboratories for evaluating agricultural and engineering materials
  • Teaching in technical agricultural education within the Ministry of Education

Program Documents