This PhD in Agricultural Sciences of the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo has the participation of three academic areas of the Institute of Agricultural Sciences: Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry, Agricultural and Forestry Sciences and Agroindustrial Engineering and Food Engineering, will be characterized by presenting the curriculum with a flexible curriculum in several ways: Flexible in the terminal degree, in the content of the elective subjects that make up each student's personal curriculum, as well as in the dedication required, since it is based on the fulfillment of a pre-established number of academic credits rather than on the amount of time needed to achieve them. However, the greatest flexibility in this graduate program is associated with good quality, measured in terms of the generally accepted standards for graduate programs, since as a terminal requirement the student is supported to publish the results of his or her research in a journal included in the Science Citation Index or in the Index of Mexican Journals of Scientific and Technological Research of CONACyT.
The objectives set forth in this postgraduate educational program derive from the feasibility and relevance studies that were prepared to support it.
The PhD in Sciences taught at the ICAp is supported by the Academic Bodies (AC) of: Biotechnology in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry, Forestry Engineering, Forestry Biology, Food of Plant Origin, Agri-Food Biotechnology and Integral Use of Agroindustrial By-products, belonging to the Academic Area of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry, Agricultural and Forestry Sciences and Agroindustrial Engineering and Food Engineering, respectively. The aforementioned CA cultivate the following LGAC:
1. CHARACTERIZATION AND PRESERVATION OF AGRO-INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
Objective: Investigate and develop the characteristics and conservation of agri-food products.
2. AGRI-FOOD BIOPROCESSES
Objective: Biopolymers: extraction and functional properties; rheology of biological systems (food, fermentation media, packaging); biodegradable films and coatings.
3. BIOTECHNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS, CONTROL, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ANIMAL DISEASE
Objective: Implement biotechnological strategies for the diagnosis, control and treatment of animal diseases in a sustainable and safe manner, seeking bioactive principles as a viable option, implementing biotechnological strategies for the benefit of public health and livestock production, providing solutions to different problems such as: resistance to antibiotics, mutation of microorganisms and the deficient use of biological control.
4. GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION IN FORESTRY SPECIES
Objective: Plant growth and vigor should be understood in an ecological context, which implies the study of genotype interaction with biotic and abiotic factors, in order to achieve conservation and sustainable use of forest resources.
5. APPLICATION OF PHYTOCHEMICALS AND NUTRACEUTICALS BIOPROCESSES IN AGRI-FOOD PROCESSES
Objective: Improvement of agri-food products through the use of bioprocesses, natural products and dispersed systems. Application of bioprocesses, phytochemicals and nutraceuticals in agri-food systems.
Composed of 16 research professors with doctorate degrees.