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KU Leuven Master of Bioscience Engineering: Agro- and Ecosystems Engineering
KU Leuven

Master of Bioscience Engineering: Agro- and Ecosystems Engineering

Leuven, Belgium

2 Years

English, Dutch

Full time

01 Jun 2025*

Sep 2025

EUR 7,771 **

On-Campus

* for EEA students | 01 March 2025 for non-EEA students

** non-EEA fee

Introduction

The Master of Agro- and Ecosystems Engineering (ACE) provides in-depth knowledge of the functioning and management of natural and production-oriented ecosystems. You complement the interdisciplinary core program with a major specialization in one out of four different domains: (i) plant production systems, (ii) agricultural and resource economics, (iii) soil and water systems, and (iv) forest, nature, and landscape systems.

  • The major plant production systems specialize in crop production, production forestry systems (achieved through a semester in Chile), and horology (achieved through a semester in South Africa).
  • The major agricultural and resource economics focuses on the economic and policy-related aspects of natural and production-oriented ecosystems.
  • The major soil and water systems offer you an in-depth understanding of the abiotic aspects of natural and production-oriented ecosystems.
  • The major forest, nature, and landscape systems offer you a thorough knowledge of the biotic aspects of natural and production-oriented ecosystems and teach you how to optimally manage these systems on a landscape scale.

Strengths

  • The program is internationally oriented, focused on training international and local students to tackle climate- and environmental problems in global agro- and ecosystems.
  • A core component of the program is an integrated field project abroad, in a temperate or tropical environment. Here students are not only challenged regarding their scientific knowledge and technical skills, but they also develop transferable skills like interactive and multicultural learning in teams, project management, efficient communication, and economic assessment.
  • All students can opt for an initiative exchange semester and/or an international internship and/or an international thesis research project at other partner universities. Students of the major Plant Production Systems are encouraged to make use of specific opportunities for international outgoing mobility: an exchange semester of Hortology at Stellenbosch University in South Africa or an exchange semester of Production Forestry Systems at the Universidad de la Frontera in Chile.

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