Climate Smart Agriculture
Find ways to produce tomorrow’s food with Climate Smart Agriculture!
Are you interested in sustainability and agriculture? Would you like to learn how our food is produced and what are the best practices for it? Join us in Mustiala campus and deepen your knowledge of different ways we can change the world with agriculture! In Mustiala, you will study in a historically beautiful scenery with tomorrow-proof technology, not to mention our research- and educational farm with hectares of fields.
You will learn to analyse, develop and manage effective, safe and sustainable plant and animal production in changing climate, and to work with current uses and developments of diverse technologies, technological applications and digital tools in agriculture.
Climate Smart Agriculture programme offers you a broad knowledge of the agricultural branch and rural industries. You will study sustainable plant and animal production, agricultural technology and digitalisation, organic methods, bioeconomy and circular economy as well as rural entrepreneurship in hands-on trials. You can choose to deepen your knowledge in e.g. dairy industry, crop production and rural development. You will learn research work, smart solutions, project development and innovation.
Our studies are often based on real situations and problems that are provided by diverse businesses and organizations in the agricultural branch. This gives you a hands-on approach on the studies. A key learning method is teamwork in different projects, and you get to develop your competence in different teams.
Students are selected using two selection methods:
- Admission on the basis of SAT-test results
- Admission on the basis of the points awarded for the entrance examination
Applicants can choose whether they take the SAT test or participate in the entrance examination.
- SAT test (only for IB not required) is the alternative for taking the entrance examination. Reading, writing and speaking + mathematics: https://www.studinfo.lt/egzaminai/sat (400 in reading and writing and 400 in math). Only SAT (not STA subject) is accepted. SAT scores must be sent directly to HAMK from test centre: school code 6894. Results must be submitted untill May 31
- Online entrance examination and interviews (5 times during the application). Applicants are invited to entrance examination after they submitted an kastu online application form. Applicants who passed written part of entrance exam are invited to the interview. After the interview applicants get their offer. First entrance examination is organized at the start of November and later on almost every month until May.
As a graduate you can work within the agricultural branch in e.g. production, business, services, advisory, education and research. Typical jobs include farm manager, agricultural expert, research technician, teacher or project manager.
