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The Industrial Revolution 4.0 has had a significant influence on many areas of life, especially the agricultural sector, which is facing competition in the globalization trend.
Traditional agriculture is distinguished by its low technicality and use of little technology; it largely depends on the capabilities of farmers. Smart agriculture applies high technology (automation, mechanization, etc.), production technology, product assurance (GAP, GlobalGAP, organic...), management technology, and product identification associated with an AI system (Artificial intelligence).
Grasping that trend, the Engineer's Program in Smart Agriculture and Sustainability (ESAS) at VJU has built an advanced training framework including three main specialties:
(1) "Agroecology", which aims to shed deep insights into complexity of agricultural ecosystem and create its sustainable management;
(2) "Japanese-style agricultural engineering", which aims to realize Society 5.0 in the agricultural sector by utilizing advanced science and technology such as robotics, AI, and IoT;
(3) "Start-up in agriculture and Enterprise management", which aims to create and manage businesses oriented toward the development of agriculture in harmony with ecosystems and human values.
Graduates can take up the following positions:
- Engineer in charge of technical, farm supervision in Vietnam, Japan or other countries.
- Engineer of production operation of high-tech agricultural systems (at clean agricultural farms, organic agriculture, etc.)
- Engineer/specialist at science transfer research centers and institutes.
- Enterprises of agricultural materials, tourism businesses, golf courses and resorts, -Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development.
- Continue to study for MSc, PhD at some of domestic and international universities and research institutions.
The partner of the program is the University of Tokyo, the most prestigious university in Japan, which is ranked 35th in the world according to The Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2022.
It is time for Vietnamese agriculture to make a more substantial transition from conventional agriculture to smart agriculture.
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