Bacharel em Produção Pecuária Internacional

Aeres University of Applied Sciences offers a degree programme in the livestock sector for students interested in a successful career in one of the following professional profiles:

• Consultancy and advice
• Sales and account management
• Entrepreneurship and business management
• Research livestock production
• National or EU policy advice

This study programme is directed towards students who are interested in a study in the livestock sector. Livestock such as cows, pigs and poultry are the main focus of this study. You will receive extensive practical training. Many assignments are derived from actual situations and you will join various excursions. Students are trained for positions such as advisor, sales manager, researcher, policy assistant and entrepreneur. The various skills required to successfully fulfil these positions are practised extensively. The programme also includes technical subjects such as dairy nutrition, animal health, milking techniques and pig & poultry production. The livestock sector has a great need for highly educated company successors and advisers who have an affinity with the agricultural sector.

Aeres University of Applied Sciences is one of the foremost agricultural universities in the Netherlands in the field of entrepreneurship. As far as we are concerned, it is not just about knowledge, it is also a question of developing yourself as an enterprising person. Graduates find employment in professions as advisor / consultant, researcher of applied sciences, entrepreneur, sales and account manager and policy assistant.

Qualification

After successfully completing this one-year programme, graduates will receive the Ingenieur degree (bachelor’s honours degree) in Animal Husbandry .

This major is the first year of a two year master degree programme. The second year is completed in Vila Real in Portugal. After successfully completing the second year you will receive an MSc in Animal Science .

Talent to grow. That is what Aeres University of Applied Sciences stands for. Our university is rooted in the agricultural and educational higher education. We focus on education, research and sharing knowledge. This is how we contribute to the development of innovative professionals. Professionals who are capable of taking responsible decisions in a complex world, with a natural talent for acting sustainable.

Aeres University has three faculties: Dronten, Almere and Wageningen. We used to be two separate universities, but we fused in 2013. We share the same vision and mission, but we each have our own profile and identity.