3 PhD Programmes in Agricultural Science in Spain for 2024

The international doctoral program in “Agriculture and Environment for Development” provides students with advanced methodological tools for both basic and applied research. It is an inter-university program, taught by specialists from different disciplines, who have extensive and recognized research activity. The participation of directors from different countries provides global training and allows access to technical, bibliographical and human resources.

This is a program marked by multidisciplinarity in terms of the qualifications of the teaching staff and the student body, since researchers from four different departments of the University of Santiago de Compostela participate in it (Plant Production, Edaphology and Agricultural Chemistry, Plant Physiology and Botany), four research centers (Lourizán Forest Research Center, Arenero Phytopathology Station, Mabegondo Agricultural Research Center and Galicia Biological Mission) and international institutions (Germany, Switzerland, the United States, Portugal and Greece), the University of Extremadura and two centers of the University of A Coruña (Institute of Geology and Faculty of Sciences) which offers the student a wide range for choosing the subject related to agricultural and forestry production in Galicia and the Atlantic biogeographical region of Europe.

This doctoral program aims to provide society with professional specialists in rural areas and civil engineering with an adequate capacity to diagnose existing problems and with the knowledge to solve them from applied research typical of the field of Engineering, placing special emphasis on in research, development and transfer of results. This qualification responds to a growing demand for professionals and applied researchers, since it is intended to provide students with advanced and quality scientific and technological training, thus contributing to rural and civil development.