MSc in Smart Agriculture Technologies (TERRATECH)
INSTITUTION: INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL: SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT: DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
Taught in English language 
DURATION (semesters): 2
ECTS (total): 90
TUITION: Is offered without tuition
Scholarship is offered
CITY: THESSALONIKI
COOPERATION WITH OTHER INSTITUTE: Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (Italy) - UCSC University of Debrecen (Hungary) - DEB University of Porto (Portugal) - UPorto University Pompeu Fabra (Spain) - UPF Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (Latvia) - VIA AgriWatch BV (Netherlands) - AW Agroop Lda (Portugal) - AGP Cerca Trova Ltd (Bulgaria) - CT ECQA European Certification and Qualification Association GmbH (Austria) - ECQA Evolutionary Archetypes Consulting SL (Spain) - EA Ktima Filippou-Schoinoplokakis (Greece) – KF Regional Federation of CUMA of the West (France) – CO Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (Greece) - MAICh
NUMBER OF STUDENTS ACCEPTED: 40
STUDENTS SELECTED BY: Application Evaluation - Interview
OBSERVATION OPTIONS: In Person & From distance
TOPICS
Agriculture
Science and Engineering
DESCRIPTION - ACCEPTED STUDENTS CATEGORIES: Over the past 5 years the Industry 4.0 revolution managed to rapidly transform all major industrial sectors, including the agricultural domain where the total addressable market is expected to reach 26.8 billion by 2020. The agricultural IoT infrastructure transformation is enabling crop producers to receive status information from interconnect farms, crops, crop/field, equipment, storage and livestock. Agricultural corporations down to small family farms are now able to monitor the entire plantation ecosystem, spanning from: crop field physical parameters (temperature, light, humidity, soil moisture etc), local climatic conditions and control its irrigation, fertilisation and automation (greenhouses).
In contrast, formal Agricultural IoT training on development, installation, service, maintenance & sustainability awareness is at its infancy, especially in the EU. The masTERs course on smArt Agriculture TECHnologies (TERRATECH) project aims to develop an advanced interactive certified MSc course related to Agricultural IoT applications that will train individuals with the necessary skills & knowledge to work in the rising “Smart/Precision Agriculture” industry. The course is also formulated to stimulate transversal competences such as the increased sense of initiative & entrepreneurship. It will follow the ECTS credit standards for certification recognition across the EU.
The innovative curriculum is comprised by interactive teaching methods & partnerships with expert academic & agriculture organisations to give to the students a solid background for starting a fruitful career in the industry. The course duration is 8 months, plus a 1-month maritime (on the job) experience. In addition, in 2 mobility periods, the students & educators from one university will travel to the other and vice-versa, to participate in the large-scale laboratories, whereas a 3rd period is reserved for the agricultural on-the-job training.
KEYWORDS: Internet of Things, Precision Agriculture, Sensor network
COMMENTS: The MSc is funded by Erasmus Plus during its first year. The laboratory courses are done face-to-face as well as one month of practical training
