Study location	Ireland, ATU Mountbellew
Type	Undergraduate, full-time
Nominal duration	4 years (240 ECTS)
Study language	English
Awards	BEng (Hons) (Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Agricultural Engineering)
Course code	0125/0163

Tuition fee	€12,000 per year

Entry qualification

High school / secondary education (or higher) Qualifications must meet the equivalent of the Irish Leaving Cert level 5 NFQ The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. This includes a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. If your Documents are not in English, please upload a translated version You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university.

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: FCE or CAE, IELTS 5.5+, TOEFL 69+ or Duolingo English Test 90+ More Information

More information	atu.ie/..-honours-agricultural-engineering

Overview

The agri-food sector is one of Ireland’s most important indigenous manufacturing sectors, accounting for the employment of around 170,000 people. Enterprise Ireland (EI) has identified Agricultural Machinery as one of the dominant engineering sub sectors within Irish Engineering, recognising this area as having significant growth potential in the coming years.

If you have a particular interest in the design, manufacturing, operation and maintenance of agricultural machineries, then Agricultural Engineering is for you.

Combining Agricultural Science and Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis on power, this degree is designed to deliver high-quality engineers to the agricultural and agri-food industry.

Students will gain transferable knowledge and skills in the following areas:

Design
Manufacturing
Agricultural Sciences
This degree is very hands-on with weekly practicals classes, workshop practice, individual and group projects as well as work placement experience. Over the duration of the programme, each student will receive, on average, 24 hours of tuition per week. Students will be based between the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at ATU Galway campus and ATU Mountbellew campus.

Career opportunities

It is envisaged that graduates from the programme will be employed in a wide diversity of agricultural engineering related disciplines both nationally and internationally, namely;

Technical/engineering drafting, field technicians
Agricultural engineering design/systems design
Agricultural systems (destructive and non-destructive testing)
Agricultural processing, engineering sales, service etc.
Cognate disciplines which involving heavy machinery design (i.e. Forestry, Peat & Mining)
Bioenergy/biomass sector
Some graduates may also become self-employed.