Universidad
Politécnica de Madrid

The PhD in Agro-Engineering covers a social demand claiming for specialists, lecturers, and qualified researchers in agricultural engineering projects, rural development, construction, energy supply, water management, mechanization, biomechatronics or automation.

The program aims to train doctoral students for research on relevant topics within the projects developed by the research groups and departments participating in the PhD.

The program languages are Spanish or English, according to student demand. Research will be developed in the most advanced laboratories and facilities of the Universidad Politécnica of Madrid. The PhD was awarded with a Mention of Excellence by the Ministry of Education in October 2011 (BOE no. 253), as recognition of the scientific, technical and educational reliability of the Program.

The faculty is a group of 30 preofessors, with great research and teaching experience, although other professors colaborate on theses supervision, coming from industry and research institutions as well. The team regularly published in ISI-JCR journals: Applied Engineering in Agriculture, Biosystems Engineering, Construction and Building Materials, Journal of Food Engineering, Postharvest Biology and Technology, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, and Transactions of the ASABE.