Agricultural Engineering Schools

Detailed profiles of schools for Agricultural Engineering from the EdRef college search portal.

Agricultural Engineering programs are designed to prepare students for careers within the fields of production agriculture and biological materials. They learn to apply engineering principles and design methods to problems in the agricultural world such as equipment design and compatibility among production practices. Students study subjects such as natural resource conservation, properties of biological materials, fluid power, and computer-aided design. After graduation, they may move into careers in such areas as facilities design, forest engineering, consulting, or engineering management.

Students of agricultural engineering are in a unique position to influence the future direction of the agricultural industry. The field of study includes a large element of hands-on work, not simply classroom theory. Students work in teams to solve problems in the world of agriculture that affect society at large. They use their knowledge of basic science, such as chemistry and physics, to solve these problems. They apply their knowledge of biology to increase the overall well-being of plants and animals.