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Working scientific infrastructure — at the scale the field requires.

A 180-hectare research farm. Four divisions of the School of Agriculture with seventeen named research laboratories. Three Chemistry School laboratories. Pilot field installations, livestock buildings, and greenhouses. All accessible from semester one.

— AUTh farm
180ha
Working research environment
— Agriculture divisions
6
Major teaching & research clusters
— Agriculture labs
33
Named research laboratories
— Chemistry labs
3
Partner labs from the School of Chemistry
— Reading rooms
2
Specialised study spaces
— Field facilities
Greenhouses
+ livestock
Pilot installations on the farm
— Six divisions of the School of Agriculture

Thirty-three research laboratories — organised across six divisions.

Agricultural economics study
— Division 01

Agricultural Economics.

The institutional and market dimensions of food systems — agricultural economics, applied research, rural sociology, marketing of agricultural products, agricultural cooperatives, farm management, and the legal frameworks that shape agriculture.

— Laboratories
  • — LabMarketing of Agricultural Products, Agricultural Policy & Cooperatives
  • — LabAgricultural Economics Research
  • — LabAgricultural Extension & Rural Sociology
  • — LabFarm Accounting & Farm Management
  • — LabAgricultural Law
Hydraulics, soil science and agricultural engineering
— Division 02

Hydraulics, Soil Science & Agricultural Engineering.

The physical and engineered foundations of agriculture — soil science and applied soil management, hydraulics and irrigation, agricultural machinery and structures, geospatial sensing, and renewable energy systems applied to agricultural production.

— Laboratories
  • — LabAgricultural Engineering
  • — LabGeneral & Agricultural Hydraulics & Land Reclamation
  • — LabApplied Soil Science
  • — LabRemote Sensing, Spectroscopy & GIS
  • — LabAgricultural Structures & Equipment
  • — LabRenewable Energy Sources in Agriculture
Food science laboratory
— Division 03

Food Science & Technology.

The transformation of raw agricultural products into food — dairy technology, food processing engineering, food microbiology and hygiene, and the food chemistry and biochemistry that underpins quality, safety, and shelf-life.

— Laboratories
  • — LabDairy Technology
  • — LabFood Processing & Engineering
  • — LabFood Microbiology & Hygiene
  • — LabFood Chemistry & Biochemistry
Livestock and animal production
— Division 04

Animal Production.

Livestock science across husbandry, nutrition, reproduction, and aquaculture — covering applied animal husbandry, the science of farm animal nutrition, reproductive physiology, and the management of fisheries and aquatic production systems.

— Laboratories
  • — LabAnimal Husbandry
  • — LabFarm Animal Nutrition
  • — LabFarm Animal Physiology of Reproduction
  • — LabIchthyology & Fisheries
PLACEHOLDER: Vineyard and orchard imagery
— Division 05

Horticulture & Viticulture.

Mediterranean fruit, vine, vegetable, and ornamental production — covering pomology and the biology of horticultural plants, floriculture and landscape architecture, viticulture, vegetable crop production, and sericulture and beekeeping.

— Laboratories
  • — LabPomology
  • — LabBiology of Horticultural Plants
  • — LabFloriculture & Landscape Architecture
  • — LabViticulture
  • — LabVegetable Crop Production
  • — LabSericulture & Bee Culture
PLACEHOLDER: Field crops and plant science
— Division 06

Plant Production.

The integrated science of crop production — from plant pathology, applied zoology, and pesticide chemistry through agricultural chemistry, plant genetics and breeding, agronomy, and ecology — together with digital and informatics tools applied to agriculture.

— Laboratories
  • — LabPlant Pathology
  • — LabApplied Zoology & Parasitology
  • — LabPesticide Science
  • — LabAgricultural Chemistry
  • — LabGenetics & Improvement of Plants
  • — LabAgronomy
  • — LabEcology & Environmental Protection
  • — LabInformatics in Agriculture
— Partner labs from the School of Chemistry

Three molecular-spine laboratories contributing to the programme.

Food chemistry lab
— Lab 01
Food Chemistry & Technology
Molecular composition and functional properties of food, processing chemistry, bioactive compound analysis, and the chemistry of Mediterranean food matrices.
Environmental chemistry lab
— Lab 02
Chemical & Environmental Technology
Chemical processes for environmental application, waste and water treatment, sustainable industrial chemistry, and the environmental footprint of agri-food production systems.
Analytical chemistry lab
— Lab 03
Analytical Chemistry
Modern instrumental analysis, chromatography, spectroscopy, and quantitative methods for nutrient, contaminant, and authenticity analysis in food and environmental samples.
— The 180-hectare AUTh farm

A working agricultural environment — not a laboratory simulation.

Working fields
— Facility 01
Working fields & pilot installations
Cultivated fields with active research plots — crop trials, soil studies, irrigation experiments, and the pilot installations where new agricultural practices are tested at scale before farm-level adoption.
Livestock buildings
— Facility 02
Livestock buildings
Working livestock facilities supporting research in animal production, reproductive physiology, applied nutrition, and zootechnics — with on-site access to animals and the daily operations of a working livestock environment.
Greenhouses
— Facility 03
Greenhouses & controlled environments
Production and research greenhouses with controlled environment systems — supporting work on protected cultivation, hydroponic systems, climate control, and the controlled-environment science studied across the curriculum.
— September 2027 entry

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