Study programme

MSc in Agronomy

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Area of Studies

agricultural sciences

Degree

Master

Degree (in English)

Master

Language(s)

English

Course Duration

2 years (4 semesters full-time)

ECTS points

120

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www.iro.puls.edu.pl/

Department

Poznań University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Horticulture and Biotechnology

Tuition and Other Fees

4200 EUR (1100 EUR per 1st, 2nd, 3rd semester and 900 EUR per 4th semester) + enrollment fee (65 EUR for non-EU candidates and 85 PLN for EU candidates and NAWA scholarship holders)

Application Deadline(s)

Registration for the 2025/2026 academic year began on November 1, 2024, and will last until June 30, 2025

Course Description

Course Profile

Master`s Degree Programme in Agronomy is addressed to candidates holding BSc degrees in a discipline related to the content of the programme. The programme of studies consists of compulsory subjects:

crop management, data processing and experimental design, sustainable crop plants fertilization, economic and legal aspects of the company`s activities, biotechnology in modern agriculture, plant breeding, instrumental analysis, soil biology and chemistry, diagnostics of plant nutritional disorders, integrated pest management, biomass production and management, crop protection;

and facultative subjects with being part of a specialization selected individually by each student:

Module I – biomass and bioenergy, seed grain quality, drying and storage, crop irrigation, crop technologies, forage plant cultivation on arable land,

Module II – weed biology and control, principles of breeding for resistance, plant disease epidemiology, physiological foundations for plant resistance to pathogens and pests,

Module II – sustainable systems of crops fertilizing, diagnostics of crop plants nutritional disorders, nutrient management,

Module III – non-fodder utilization of grasses and grass communities, grassland management, grassland phytochemistry, optimization of forage production on grassland, biodiversity of agricultural ecosystems, forage seed production

Module IV – ecology of microorganisms, plant tissue and cell culture, genetic engineering, microbiology of natural environment, microbiology of plant and animal products

Obligatory subjects comprise about 35% of the programme of studies, and the rest are selected from specialization subjects.