Overview
The professional master's degree in animal science trains animal production engineers. It deepens nutrition and feeding, genetics and breed improvement, reproduction, herd health and the economics of the milk, meat and poultry value chains.
The program prepares students to design and run modern livestock units, lead genetic improvement programs and support the development of animal value chains.
Objectives
- Optimise the technical and economic performance of livestock farms.
- Design feeding and genetic improvement programs.
- Run an animal production unit or a value chain project.
- Contribute to the safety and quality of animal products.
Target skills
- Formulate cost-effective feeds and rations.
- Design and monitor a selection or crossbreeding program.
- Organise herd health and breeding management.
- Analyse the profitability of a livestock unit.
- Manage teams and advise livestock farmers.
Curriculum
First year (S1-S2): advanced animal nutrition and feeding, quantitative genetics, reproductive physiology, herd health, biostatistics, value chain economics.
Second year (S3-S4): livestock systems, intensive poultry and dairy production, animal product quality, project engineering, management, long internship and master's dissertation.
Indicative curriculum: the distribution of courses may change from one academic year to the next.
Career opportunities
- Animal science engineer
- Livestock or poultry farm director
- Technical manager in animal feed production
- Livestock development project manager
- Animal production consultant
Career outcomes also depend on internship experience and each student's career plans.
Interested in this program?
Send your pre-registration or ask the school your questions.