General Information
The creation of the Graduate Program in Agricultural Engineering in 2005 (Water and Soil Engineering Concentration Area) emerged as an alternative to qualify students graduating from different undergraduate courses and coming from the Northeast, North and Central-West regions of the country. With the consolidation of the Program, this initiative culminated in the approval of the Doctorate in Agricultural Engineering in 2007. For the master's degree, the program serves professionals in Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, among other specialties such as: Agronomy, Civil Engineering, Forestry Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Sanitary Engineering, Meteorology and Animal Science; in the case of the Doctorate, masters in Agricultural Engineering and related areas. Thus, the Program has contributed so that professionals working in this area can train without having to travel far. Currently, the Graduate Program in Agricultural Engineering (M/D) has a Concept 6 from Capes, which is well regarded, considering its short existence. The Program has been offering its students scholarships from Capes, FACEPE, CT-Hidro/CNPq, CNPq, and the PEC-PG/CNPq Program. In addition, the Program's faculty members have been acquiring resources through FACEPE, CNPq, CT-Hidro, CT-Agro, and FINEP Notices to support the physical infrastructure and research projects involving undergraduate and graduate students. New equipment has been and continues to be acquired through Teacher Notices, as well as CT-Infra FINEP and Capes Pro-Equipment. Cooperation Agreements are being signed with National Institutions through Procad/Capes, as well as with International Institutions from England, the USA, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, and Mozambique. In addition, students from abroad have been widely welcomed into the Program through the OAS/Coimbra Group and PEC-PG/CNPq. We therefore invite you to visit this website and check out the research lines, dissertations and theses, courses and the professors' CVs.
History
The Postgraduate Program in Agricultural Engineering (PGEA) at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco was approved by CAPES in 2004, and its activities began in 2005, at the master's level, with a grade 3 and with three research lines: environmental monitoring and recovery of agricultural soils and degraded areas; integrated water and soil management; and waste utilization and water reuse. The strengthening of the program culminated in the approval by CAPES of the doctoral course in Agricultural Engineering in 2007, with a grade 4, and the creation of another new research line: management of agricultural activities in protected environments. The program began its doctoral activities in 2008. In the triennial evaluation by CAPES (2010, 2011 and 2012), the PGEA had its Concept raised to 5, becoming well regarded among other agricultural engineering programs in Brazil, despite its short existence. At the end of the four-year period (2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016), the Program had a total of 48 master's dissertations and 34 doctoral theses. The numbers demonstrated the maturity of the faculty, its regional, national and international insertion in the training of human resources, training students from different regions of Brazil and other countries such as Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Mozambique, Mexico and Peru. Thus, the Program obtained Concept 6 from Capes, being considered among the Programs of Excellence among the best agricultural engineering programs in Brazil. Currently, internationalization actions are being strengthened with the implementation of agreements for the co-qualification of doctoral students and mobility actions for teachers and students with universities, such as: the University of Coruña in Spain, the University of Coimbra in Portugal, the University of Florida and Texas A&M University in the United States of America, among other institutions.