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Master's Degree in Precision Livestock Farming

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Program overview

Main Subject

Agriculture and Forestry

Degree

Other

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Livestock farming has evolved in recent decades, and is now facing social challenges that go beyond providing food for the population. The aim of producing quality and safe food while respecting the environment and animal welfare, and preserving the economic and social viability of the sector as well, has led to a change in the sector's paradigm.
Thus, the modernisation of livestock production (understood as the whole of the value chain) is now a fact at both regional and international level - a fact that makes it necessary for academia to respond to the demands of an increasingly technified, ever-expanding sector. The Master's Degree in Precision Livestock Farming is thus aimed at graduates in agronomy and veterinary science who wish to specialise in cutting-edge animal production systems.
The contents of this degree are based on fundamental concepts derived from the original undergraduate degrees. These concepts range from engineering applied to livestock farms and animal management to biological issues related to physiology, behaviour, reproduction and health, as well as the basics of applied biotechnology. These fundamental concepts are the basis on which precision livestock farming is now being built, by using this knowledge to develop monitoring systems, biotechnological tools for presenting molecules and organisms intelligently in order to modulate animal nutrition, health and welfare, and also tools to manage information and results in order to improve decision-making processes.
These contents have been developed in close collaboration between the academic and business worlds and students, thus covering the objectives of all the agents involved.

Program overview

Main Subject

Agriculture and Forestry

Degree

Other

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Livestock farming has evolved in recent decades, and is now facing social challenges that go beyond providing food for the population. The aim of producing quality and safe food while respecting the environment and animal welfare, and preserving the economic and social viability of the sector as well, has led to a change in the sector's paradigm.
Thus, the modernisation of livestock production (understood as the whole of the value chain) is now a fact at both regional and international level - a fact that makes it necessary for academia to respond to the demands of an increasingly technified, ever-expanding sector. The Master's Degree in Precision Livestock Farming is thus aimed at graduates in agronomy and veterinary science who wish to specialise in cutting-edge animal production systems.
The contents of this degree are based on fundamental concepts derived from the original undergraduate degrees. These concepts range from engineering applied to livestock farms and animal management to biological issues related to physiology, behaviour, reproduction and health, as well as the basics of applied biotechnology. These fundamental concepts are the basis on which precision livestock farming is now being built, by using this knowledge to develop monitoring systems, biotechnological tools for presenting molecules and organisms intelligently in order to modulate animal nutrition, health and welfare, and also tools to manage information and results in order to improve decision-making processes.
These contents have been developed in close collaboration between the academic and business worlds and students, thus covering the objectives of all the agents involved.

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More programs from the university

There are a number of bachelor’s degrees at Universitat Politecnica de Valencia.

To get onto an undergraduate program at UPV, you will need to:

• Have passed the University Access Test of the Spanish education system
• Have passed a Specific Higher Vocational Training, Advanced Plastic Arts and Design Specialist and Advanced Sports Specialist
• Have passed the University Entrance Examinations for over 25s or 45s or the procedure for those over 40 with professional or work experience
• Hold a university degree
• Hold the required studies, according to the educational system of a foreign country and meeting the academic requirements required in their educational systems to access their universities. Students must obtain the corresponding accreditation at the UNED, which may require the prior approval of their degrees of access


At UPV, all degrees have admission caps indicating the maximum number of new students who can enrol in certain classes. Students who pre-enrol are arranged based on their admission mark and this determines who is offered a place.

For tuition, students can either make payment in one instalment, two instalments, or in eight instalments.

International students on undergraduate programs must undergo the university’s pre-registration process, and different dates are assigned to each Autonomous Community. Before carrying out the pre-registration students must obtain the necessary documentation at the UNED .


To earn a place at postgraduate level on a master’s degree program at UPV, students must:

• Hold an official university degree in Spain or a degree issued by a higher education institution belonging to another member state of the EHEA that authorizes access to master’s degrees

Graduates may also access a master's degree according to educational systems outside the EHEA without validating their degree if the university is equivalent to a Spanish university degree.

After the corresponding pre-registration process, students will be admitted if they hit the academic criteria. In some cases, a student may be required to complete complementary training based on the previous accredited training.

Students can pay their tuition in one instalment, two instalments, or in eight instalments.

International students need to undergo the university pre-registration process. 


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