Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree with a minimum upper second-class honours (NFQ level 8) or international equivalent in agriculture, biological science, physical science, environmental related, engineering, computer science or other appropriate discipline.
Where an applicant has no formal qualification encompassing agriculture/biology, practical knowledge of, and experience in, agriculture will be required.
Applicants whose first language is not English must also demonstrate English language proficiency of IELTS 6.5 (no band less than 6.0 in each element), or equivalent.
The MSc programme provides students with an understanding of the “Digital Technology” tools that digitise data capture relating to the environment and activity (sensors circuits, systems and programming), move the data (accumulation networks), store the data (databases), analyse data to gain insights (models and AI), share the resulting information along the agricultural value chain (distribution networks) and provide actors and stakeholders access to the digital chain (interfaces). Ireland is home to the world’s top 10 technology companies. It is known as the IT Capital of Europe and is among the world’s most technologically developed nations. There are excellent job opportunities, with 5,000 job vacancies in the sector at present. Big Tech companies have recently, to a greater or lesser extent, entered farming and food industries. In addition, a dynamic transformation is taking place in the world of agriculture, triggered by the rapid emergence and growth of AgTech startups. This highlights the immense career possibilities and promising future for our graduates in the a Types of companies our graduates work in: Agricultural machinery (e.g. Agco, CNH Industrial, Claas, John Deere) Precision farming (e.g. Amazone, Lemken, Rauch, Dairymaster) Decision support in agriculture (e.g. Corteva Digital Ag, Syngenta Global) IoT, data and predictive analytics (e.g. BASF, Bosch, IBM, Microsoft). Below is a list of all modules offered for this degree in the current academic year. Click on the module to discover what you will learn in the module, how you will learn and assessment feedback profile amongst other information. Incoming Stage 1 undergraduates can usually select an Elective in the Spring Trimester. Most continuing undergraduate students can select up to two Elective modules (10 Credits) per stage. There is also the possibility to take up to 10 extra Elective credits.