Programme title

Institution/organization

Department of Agricultural Engineering, King Saud University

Acronym
AGEN

Country
Saudi Arabia

Address
Department of Agricultural Engineering
King Saud University
P. O. Box 2460
Riyadh 11451
Saudi Arabia

Tel +966-1-4678500

Fax +966-1-4678502

E-mail
[email protected]

Institute/organization www
http://www.ksu.edu.sa/colleges/agr/
eng/Dept/AGEN/indexagen.htm

Brief description of institution/organization
Agricultural Engineering is a branch of applied sciences principally devoted to a combination of biological, physical and engineering sciences with the objective of advancement of the agricultural and food production and processing sectors. This important engineering discipline is concerned with application of engineering principles in the interface between agriculture and engineering, with emphasis on production of food, fibre and materials of biological origin. It stresses design of machinery, equipment, systems, instrumentation and processes of various agricultural production and processing fields.

The department was established in 1975 as a pioneering Agricultural Engineering Department in the country. Its mission is to offer a strong academic training to enrolled students in both undergraduate and graduate programmes. The department is active in applied research in various fields of Agricultural Engineering, several projects in the fields of Irrigation and Drainage, Power and Machinery and Food Process Engineering are generously funded by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST).