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Agricultural Biosystems Engineering

B.S. in Agricultural Biosystems Engineering

Transform the Agri-Food Industry

Overpopulation and climate change threaten food security, and you can make a difference. As an Agricultural Biosystems Engineer at Tec, you will use advanced and sustainable technology to produce quality food, face global challenges, and create real impact.
 

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Your career at Tec

Program Curriculum

Campus offering the program

Do you want to produce sustainable food and help others?

 

Applicant Profile

 

Agri-Food Biosystems Engineering at Tec could be the perfect path for you, where science and technology come together with social commitment to build a better future.

We are looking for people who have:

  • Knowledge in basic sciences
  • Critical and analytical thinking
  • Communication and teamwork skills

Graduate Profile

At Tec’s Agri-Food Biosystems Engineering, you will be a professional who integrates technology, science, and sustainability to design and manage food production systems. You will be prepared to lead innovative projects, create impactful solutions, advise companies in the sector, or continue your education in national and international graduate programs.

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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

 WHAT YOU’LL BE ABLE TO DO

CAREER PATHS

  • Manage productive biosystems with international quality and safety standards
  • Integrate technologies to improve productive biosystems
  • Act with ethics, responsibility, and integrity
  • Develop opportunities that generate economic, social, and environmental value

 

  • Manage biosystems with quality and safety
  • Use technology to optimize processes
  • Promote sustainability
  • Communicate and work in teams
  • Financial sector and public administration
  • Leading and managing companies in the sector
  • Specialization in productive and export consulting
  • Management of agri-food development centers
  • Advising advanced production projects

Life in Agricultural Biosystems Engineering at Tec

(Video in Spanish)

 

 

Feniosky Avelhermi Pena-Mora

"At Tec’s School of Engineering and Sciences, we train engineers and scientists passionate about applying technology, science, and innovation to transform the world. Our students develop creative solutions to today’s challenges and positively impact diverse sectors. We offer opportunities to enhance your skills, a valuable networking community, and a focus on research, leadership, and technological development. Beyond academic excellence, we promote human skills and entrepreneurship, preparing leaders capable of facing modern challenges."

— Feniosky Avelhermi Pena-Mora, Dean of the School of Engineering and Sciences

What makes IAG unique at Tec
  • Interdisciplinary training focused on digital agriculture, biotechnology, and circular economy
  • International opportunities with universities such as Purdue, AgroParisTech, and the University of Melbourne
  • Learning ecosystem with partners like Bayer, John Deere, Nestlé, and José Cuervo
  • Graduates recognized by the National CENEVAL Award and participation in initiatives like NASA IASP and the Heineken Green Challenge
  • Up to 95.6% of graduates pass the EGEL-CENEVAL exam in Agricultural Sciences
Scholarships and Financial Aid

At Tec, talent transforms realities.
That’s why we offer a portfolio of support and scholarships so that nothing stops your journey. Discover the opportunities available for you.

Agricultural Biosystems Engineering at Tec

# 10
in Entrepreneurship worldwide
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# 1
Private University in Mexico
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# 7
among Private Universities in Latin America
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# 187
worldwide among +1,300 institutions
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Learn Through an Integrated Experience
1st & 2nd semesters
1st & 2nd semesters

Explore global challenges in food production and dive into the scientific, mathematical, and ethical principles of agri-food engineering. From the start, you’ll face real challenges that connect science with sustainability.

3rd to 6th semesters
3rd to 6th semester

Delve into areas such as plant and animal physiology, nutrition, genetics, agro-biotechnology, circular economy, food safety, automation, and control. Participate in interdisciplinary projects with companies and choose concentrations to specialize your profile.

7th & 8th semesters
7th & 8th semesters

Apply everything you’ve learned in integrative modules focused on digital and sustainable agriculture. Complete professional internships, develop tech-based ventures, or collaborate in applied research projects.

Collaborate with:

Holstein de México
Finka
Kellogg’s
Nestlé
Alpura

 

Get to know your curriculum
1 Semester
  • Algorithmic Thinking
  • Biology and Sustainability
  • Differential and Integral Calculus
  • Elective Course Mathematics and Science
  • Induction to the Social Service
  • Innovative Perspectives in Engineering
  • Tec Week Elective I
  • The Laws of Motion and Conservation
2 Semester
  • Academic English
  • Chemistry Fundamentals
  • Elective Course Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Exploration Topic
  • Fundamentals of Thermodynamics
  • Linear Algebra
  • Multivariable Calculus
  • Statistics and Data Handling
  • Tec Week Elective II
  • Tec Week Elective III
3 Semester
  • Animal and Plant Comparative Physiology
  • Biomolecules and Metabolism
  • Elective Course Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Fundamentals of Differential Equations
  • Fundamentals of Organic Compounds
  • Productive Biosystems
  • Research Methods in Biosystems
  • Tec Week Elective IV
  • Tec Week Elective V
4 Semester
  • Abiotic Factors
  • Advanced Management and Agribusiness
  • Animal Nutrition
  • Disciplinary Tec week
  • Elective Course Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • Management of Productive Biosystems
  • Plant Nutrition
  • Productivity Evaluation
  • Tec Week Elective VI
5 Semester
  • Elective Course Ethics and Citizenship
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability Strategies
  • Genetics and Productivity
  • Health and Integrated Management
  • Principles of Agrobiotechnology
  • Professional Life Planning
  • Project Management
  • Tec Week Elective VII
6 Semester
  • Automation and Control in Agriculture
  • Circular Economy and Postharvest
  • Information Technologies in Biosystems
  • Plant Propagation
  • Protected Agriculture
  • Tec Week Elective IX
  • Tec Week Elective VIII
7 Semester
  • Professional Elective I
  • Professional Elective II
  • Professional Elective III
  • Professional Elective IV
  • Professional Elective V
  • Professional Elective VI
  • Tec Week Elective X
  • Tec Week Elective XI
8 Semester
  • Elective Multidisciplinary Professional
  • Strategies and Guides for the Final Degree Exam
  • Sustainable Digital Agriculture
  • Tec Week Elective XII

The courses in the curriculum are subject to change without prior notice. To view the most up-to-date version, please check this page.

Broaden Your Profile with Tec Concentrations 


Specialize in key areas of your career and add unique value to your education: deepen with disciplinary concentrations or broaden your profile with complementary skills through cross-disciplinary concentrations.

Disciplinary

  • Bio-entrepreneurship and circular economy
  • Development of new chemical and biotechnological products
  • Operational evolution for industry
  • Functional genomics and synthetic biology
  • Open innovation and technology transfer
  • Systems and Industry 4.0 technologies
  • Sustainable water use

Cross-disciplinary

  • Data analytics and artificial intelligence tools
  • Quality of life and well-being
  • Mexican culture
  • Design, innovation, and technological entrepreneurship
  • Entrepreneurship in action
  • Family business, sustainability, and legacy
  • Government and public transformation
  • Social innovation
  • Conscious business
  • Financial vision for decision-making

Program availability by campus

This undergraduate program is taught in Spanish. See the campuses where it’s offered below.

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ChihuahuaUp to 2° semester
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Ciudad de MéxicoUp to 2° semester
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Ciudad JuárezUp to 2° semester
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Ciudad ObregónUp to 2° semester
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CuernavacaUp to 2° semester
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Estado de MéxicoUp to 2° semester
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GuadalajaraUp to 2° semester
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HidalgoUp to 2° semester
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LagunaUp to 2° semester
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LeónUp to 2° semester
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MonterreyUp to 2° semester
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PueblaUp to 2° semester
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QuerétaroFull
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SaltilloUp to 2° semester
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San Luis PotosíUp to 2° semester
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Santa FeUp to 2° semester
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SinaloaUp to 2° semester
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Sonora NorteUp to 2° semester
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TolucaUp to 2° semester
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