MSc(Agr) Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
| Duration: 1 Year / 2 Years |
•Applications welcome from a wide range of academic backgrounds Please click here to watch a video about the programme |
| Schedule: Full Time / Part Time | |
| Starting: September 2013 | |
| Contact Name: Deirdre O'Connor | |
| Contact Number: +353 1 716 7706 | |
| Fees: Fees Information |
Who is the MSc(Agr) Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development for?
The Masters degree in Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development is designed to accommodate applicants with a range of academic qualifications including life sciences, humanities, arts and business. Applicants are usually expected to have an honours university degree. Exceptions can be made for graduates with a pass university-level degree combined with substantial relevant professional or voluntary experience.
For candidates whose mother tongue is not English, applicants should have a minimum score of 550 TOEFL (213 computer-based) or 6 IELTS. Other evidence of proficiency in English may be accepted such as the Cambridge Certificate. Exempt from this regulation are candidates from countries in which English is the official language or candidates who completed a degree at a recognised higher education institution where English is the medium of instruction.
How will I benefit from the MSc(Agr) Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development?
The MSc(Agr) Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development programme is designed and delivered in a way that builds capabilities in core analytical, conceptual, communications and research skills as well as providing the knowledge base required to develop careers in the broad arena of sustainable agriculture and rural development.
What is the MSc(Agr) Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development programme about?
‘Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development involves education, use of economic incentives and the development of new technologies to ensure stable supplies of nutritionally adequate food. It also involves employment and income generation as well as natural resource management and environmental protection’ (United Nations, Agenda 21).
The MSc Programme in Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development is offered by UCD in response to the new agenda for agriculture and rural area development. It represents a return to core values in the development of rural areas which are rooted in agricultural change as well as responding to new societal demands such as safe and ethically produced food, a healthier environment and sustainable and affordable energy. These issues are relevant not just in Ireland, the EU and other industrialised countries, but also in poorer countries in the developing world.
Programme Contacts:
Deirdre O'Connor
