Precision Agriculture Technologie
Master Degree
Ano Letivo 2026/2027

Course Overview

According to current projections, food production needs to grow 60% by 2050 to feed the entire population of the planet. This pressing need is leading to major changes in agriculture and food production sector. The challenge are therefore to produce more with less considering that the resources are increasingly scarce and the environmental impacts have to be reduced. The philosophical principle of Precision Agriculture makes every day more sense: "Treating differently things that are different, using stable and calibrated technologies in order to increase agronomic, economic, environmental and social processes?.
Remote (satellites) and proximal (geoelectric) sensors; variable rate technologies (VRT); internet of things (IoT); "machine learning" and other artificial intelligence techniques are currently being used to optimize soil-water-plant relationships. The agronomic act is nowadays supported by two types of intelligence, human and artificial, being able to manage large amounts of information in almost near real time, reducing therefore risks on decisions.
In association, the Évora (ECT) and the Nova (FCT) Universities, based on their expertise at this field, offer to students at this master's degree, unforgettable experiences, as well as an unprecedented scientific and technical preparation on Precision Agriculture technologies and processes management.

Course in Association/Partner Institutions:

Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias
Universidade de Évora (instituição de acolhimento)

Organic Unit: School of Science and Technology

DGES Code: 0602/MA17

Duration: 4 Semesters/120 ECTS credits (78 required and 0 optional in curricular units)

Language: Portuguese

Regime: Presencial

CNAEF Areas:

Crop and livestock production (621)

Study Plan

A3ES Accreditation

Career Prospects

In a broader scope this master degree intends to form the future Precision Agriculture technology managers. In a narrower scope, will form the professional that will: i) develop geoelectric surveys in companies that study the soil spatial variability, as well as intelligent soil nutrient surveys; (ii) built nutrients and other inputs VRT maps such as fertilizers and seeds; iii) operate different types of GNSS in order to georeference plots, soil samples, plants and others; iv) operate different agricultural machinery and equipment, namely in VRT processes; v) able to handle and develop work with remote sensors, namely processing satellite images for agronomic monitoring; vi) able to handle and develop work with proximal sensors, namely in monitoring and managing yield and quality crop parameters; vii) processing large volumes of data, using appropriate programming languages; viii) install IoT sensors, as well as managing the acquisition of large volumes of data; ix) work with artificial intelligence techniques and handling large volumes of data; x) develop economic studies in the implementation of new technologies; (xi) develop applied research in the Precision Agriculture field.

Specific Entry Requirements

Who can apply to the master's degree ?Technologies in Precision Agriculture?:
a) Holders of a first degree or a legal equivalent in natural sciences, agronomy, agri-food technologies or other related areas;
b) Holders of a foreign higher academic degree conferred following a 1st cycle of studies organized in accordance with the Bologna Process principles by a State adhering to this process in the scientific areas referred in a);
c) Holders of a foreign higher academic degree in the scientific areas referred in a), which is recognized as meeting the objectives of the graduated degree by the Scientific Councils of FCT-NOVA or ECT-UÉv;
d) Holders of a school, scientific or professional curriculum in the scientific areas referred in a), which is recognized as attesting ability to carry out this studies cycle by the competent legal body of the Coordinating Institution, proposed by the Scientific Committee of the Master's Degree Technologies in Precision Agriculture.

Access Routes and Applications

Students from EU countries

Initial Places: 20

International Students

Initial Places: 10

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Tuition Fees

Annual Tuition Fees

Students from EU countries

2000 €

International Students

7000 €

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Course Committee

Director: Adélia Maria Oliveira de Sousa [asousa@uevora.pt]

Assistants:

José Rafael Marques da Silva [jmsilva@uevora.pt]
João Manuel Pereira Ramalho Serrano [jmrs@uevora.pt]

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