Faculty of agriculture and bioengineering

The Faculty of Agriculture and Bioengineering together with the Faculty of Forestry are the oldest faculties of the current University of Life Sciences in Poznań. These units as the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry constituted one of the three founding faculties of the University of Poznań establ

General data about the history of the Faculty

The Faculty of Agriculture and Bioengineering together with the Faculty of Forestry are the oldest faculties of the current University of Life Sciences in Poznań. These units as the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry constituted one of the three founding faculties of the University of Poznań established in 1919.

The tradition of agricultural education at the tertiary level in Greater Poland, however, has a longer history, because its origins date back to the Agricultural School of Halina in Żabikowo, founded in 1870.

Today's Faculty of Agriculture and Bioengineering obtained independence under the University of Poznań by the ordinance of the Minister of Education of 27.09.1949, when the former traditional Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry was divided into two parallel faculties: Faculty of Agriculture and Faculty of Forestry. By the ordinance of the Ministry of Education dated September 23, 1951, the name of the Faculty changed to the Faculty of Agriculture.

In November 1951, by decree of the Council of Ministers of September 17, 1951, the faculty passed into the structure of the Higher Agricultural School. Then in the years 1956–2010 the Faculty operated again under the name of the Faculty of Agriculture.

The staff development achieved in these years, and in particular the extension of the research area and the empirical methods used justified the change of the unit's name to the Faculty of Agriculture and Bioengineering (Resolution 156/2010 of the Senate of the Poznań University of Life Sciences from 20.10.2010).

During the period of nearly 100 years of existence, the Unit has undergone many organizational changes, adapting both the didactic and research offer to the needs of the market and new conditions. During this time, the Faculty also transferred part of the staff and laboratory equipment to the newly created, in total, five faculties of the University.

1.2 Teaching activities

So far over 22,500 graduates have graduated from the Faculty, including nearly 21,000 with a master's degree, over 9100 with an engineering diploma and over 400 with a bachelor's degree.

The gradual expansion of the scope of scientific research and, as a consequence of this, the didactic offer resulted in the creation, in addition to agriculture, of new fields of study: agricultural engineering, environmental protection, biotechnology, IT and agroengineering, eco-energy. Establishing these faculties resulted in increased interest in studying at our Faculty.

Currently, studies in all fields of study are conducted in a two-stage system: first degree - engineering, second degree - master's degree.

During the first degree studies in agriculture, students can choose one of three specialties: agronomy, plant breeding and seed production, and plant protection.

At second-cycle studies, students of each field have the right to choose their specialization. The choice of specialties and specializations is conditioned by the number of candidates.

In the 2014/2015 academic year, nearly 1,900 students studied at the faculties of the Faculty of Agriculture and Bioengineering, of which at full-time studies - over 1,500, and according to the fields: Agriculture - 292, Agricultural Engineering - 47, Agricultural and forestry technology - 80, Environmental Protection - 276, Biotechnology - 409, Ecoenergetics - 322, IT and agroengineering - 107, and extramural studies - over 360, including: Agriculture - 190, Agricultural Engineering - 48, Agricultural and forestry technology - 16, Environmental Protection - 36 , Ecoenergetics - 73. There is a noticeable tendency of a slight decrease in interest in full-time studies, especially in the field of Environmental Protection, in the field of Agricultural Engineering remains at a relatively low but stable level, while there is an increased interest in part-time studies in the field of Agriculture.