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BTech Hons in Agricultural Technology

BTech in Agri-Technology trains the graduates scientific knowledge, skills which enable them to
in modern technologies to create value and utilize digital technologies and values which will see
sustain the development and performance of the them take ethical, legal and commercial perspectives
agricultural industry. The four-year program offers into account when seeking modern solutions to
graduates with a solid understanding of their production, environmental and land-use problems.
role as an agriculture expert with a knowledge in
electronics, IT, and telecommunication that will This program also offers an option of finishing the last
enhance the agri industry, and an understanding two years at Lincoln University in New Zealand, in a 2+2
of the challenges in these applications. agreement, leading to a degree from Lincoln University.
The program gradually builds from the ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
basics of chemical and biological sciences, The entry requirement is a minimum of 3 ordinary
mathematics, electronics, IT, and agriculture. passes (S) in approved subjects in Technology,
Graduates offer employers the ability to develop, Physical Science, Biological Science, ICT, or Agriculture
apply and evaluate the most appropriate solutions stream at GCE A/L Examinations or equiralant
for optimizing the agriculture industry. They possess in one and the same sitting and a minimum
a unique combination of agriculture industry mark of 30% for the Common General Paper.
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