Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology

Course Description

• The agri-food sector is one of Ireland's most important indigenous manufacturing sectors, accounting for the employment of around 170,000 people. Enterprise Ireland (EI) has identified Agricultural Machinery as one of the dominant engineering sub-sectors within Irish Engineering, recognising this area as having significant growth potential in the coming years
• Combining Agricultural Science and Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis on power, this degree is designed to deliver high-quality engineers to the agricultural and agri-food industry
• Students will gain transferable knowledge and skills in the following areas: Design, Manufacturing, and Agricultural Sciences
• This degree is very hands-on with weekly practicals classes, workshop practice, individual and group projects as well as work placement experience. Over the duration of the program, each student will receive, on average, 24 hours of tuition per week
• The Level 8 program has been approved as one of the qualifications which meets the requirements for 'Young Trained Farmer Status' for the purpose of farm inheritance, grant aids, and tax exemptions ​