Agricultural Engineering Education in Spain.

This paper aims to investigate the opinion of agricultural engineers about their education, identify EHEA-based educational needs for a successful future, and depict the current situation of the labor market for graduate agricultural engineers as well as the professional prospects for undergraduate students. The chosen sample of Agricultural Engineers are those in the region of Galicia (NW of Spain). It is consisted of graduate students of the Higher Polytechnic School at the University of Santiago de Compostela since 1987 and members of the Galician Association of Agricultural Engineers (Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Agrónomos de Galicia--COIAG). The results show the dynamism of the profession in Galicia and reveal the importance of both traditional and new areas of activity. In addition, the results show high expectations among the participants regarding the new curriculum. Agricultural engineers acknowledge and support all the competencies included in the curricula and demand more competencies related to the new fields of activity of the profession to be included. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]