Overview

Specific focus areas include agricultural machinery, mechatronics, remote sensing, natural resources, water quality, climate change, fermentation, food production, food safety, biological and agricultural bioproducts, life cycle analysis and techno-economic analysis.

Features

Although Pennsylvania State University is a large university, the atmosphere in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering is typical of a small university or college. Graduate students in our Department are invited and encouraged to participate in all academic, professional, and social activities with the faculty and staff.

Other features to enhance professional development for the graduate students include financial support to attend national professional meetings and clerical and technical support for assistance with research activities.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Mechanics and Properties of Particulate Materials
Applied Finite Element, Finite Difference, and Boundary Element Methods
Surface Transport of Agricultural Pollutants
Biological and Agricultural Systems Simulation
Food Safety Engineering
Computational Ecohydrology
Biomass Energy Systems
Biomass Harvesting and Logistics
Conversion Technologies for Bioenergy Production

Key information

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

University Park, United States

Disciplines

Bio & Biomedical Engineering Agriculture View 52 other PhDs in Agriculture in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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Other requirements

General requirements

The program requirement for acceptance to graduate study toward a Ph.D. degree in Agricultural and Biological Engineering is an M.S. degree with research thesis in an engineering or science discipline with a B.S. degree from an engineering program.
Direct admission will be based on critical evaluation of the student’s potential to conduct publishable research, academic record, statement of purpose, and reference letters.
All applicants must provide the department with official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended, as well as a statement of purpose written by the applicant, and at least three letters of recommendation.

Tuition Fees

Living costs

University Park

United States

1000 - 1500 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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