Rural Development Engineering, MSc

Program Overview

This program trains professionals in sustainable development and rural area challenges, equipping them with knowledge in agriculture, economics, and regional development. It combines lectures and seminars with practical experience, including a mandatory internship, to prepare graduates for careers in agricultural companies and public administration. The program emphasizes collaboration and program design, as well as management and monitoring of development initiatives.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

• Objective: To train professionals with a comprehensive understanding of sustainable development and the challenges facing rural areas by equipping them with knowledge in agriculture, economic management, and regional and rural development.
• Overview:
• Enables collaboration in determining potential development pathways and designing specialized development programs.
• Facilitates management of program implementation and monitoring of progress.

Outline:

• Curriculum:
• Lectures and Seminars (46%):
Rural and Environmental Policy, Human Resource Management, Rural Economics, Research Methodology, Accounting for Managers, Economic Law, Rural Security Studies, Commerce and Logistics, Integrated Settlement Development, Economics of Agriculture Sectors, Integrated Regional Development, Project Management, Economics of Agricultural Markets, Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Policy, Rural Sociology
• Practice (54%):
Business Consulting, Local Economic Development, Alternative Management, Analysis of Agricultural Programs, Regional Planning and Programming, Community Development, Food Chain Safety Knowledge, Production and Operation Management, Thesis

Teaching:

Careers:

• Graduates possess a broad range of management and rural development skills.
• Career opportunities exist in:
• Agricultural companies
• Public administration

Tuition fee: 7,500 USD/year Other fees: application fee 150 USD, entrance procedure fee 350 USD