To enter the MCTAFS PE, those interested must meet the following characteristics:

Knowledge

• Possess basic multidisciplinary concepts in the areas of Agronomy, Forestry, Biology, Ecology, Environment or Chemistry through the evaluation of competencies.

Skills

• Identify the problems related to the professional field.
• Demonstrate capacity for organization, comprehension, abstraction, analysis and synthesis through original and creative thinking.
• Show mastery of written and oral resources.
• Demonstrate basic proficiency in the use of Information and Communication Technologies.

Attitudes and values

• Discipline.
• Entrepreneur.
• Honesty.
• Loyalty.
• Leadership.
• Responsibility and commitment to society and the environment.
• Critical sense.
• Professional ethical sense.
• Collaborative and cooperative work.
• Tolerance.
• Social and support vocation.

Profile of graduates

Upon graduation from the MCTAFS program, the student will have been trained as a researcher with a broad and multidisciplinary vision of the agricultural and forestry problems of the state of Hidalgo and the nation, under the international context. At the same time, the graduate will develop research that solves problems of the productive sector with an integral and sustainable perspective. The profile of the Master's graduate will have the following characteristics:

Knowledge

• Interpret the conceptual bases of agricultural and forestry sciences to propose strategies that contribute to production in this sector that promote the conservation of natural resources.
• Integrate multidisciplinary knowledge in agricultural and forestry production systems in order to increase, sustain and optimize them, increasing their productivity and preserving natural resources.
• Generate knowledge through basic and applied science research in sustainable production systems to optimize, exploit and market agricultural and forestry products.
• Apply theoretical and methodological knowledge in agricultural and forestry production systems for the study, analysis and conservation of natural resources.

Skills

• Diagnose problems related to the management of agricultural and forestry natural resources to promote their adequate use, based on sustainability.
• Generate projects for the transfer of technology in agricultural-forestry conservation packages, as well as the application of the fundamentals of biological control and the use of bioinputs that guarantee consumer safety and reduce ecological impact.
• Design, evaluate, implement and supervise innovative research projects related to agricultural and forestry production systems that promote the rational and sustainable use of natural resources, meet the demand for safe food and high quality raw materials and have an impact on the economic and social development of the rural sector.
• Manage, conserve and improve agricultural and forestry resources based on sustainability, impacting the economic development of the rural sector and respecting the ecological functions of ecosystems.
• Manage environmental planning projects, protection and conservation of natural resources, restoration of degraded areas to mitigate climate change, making use of technological tools, promoting the ability to plan, organize, direct and monitor these resources.
• Manage and implement eco-technologies and nurseries with sanitary agricultural and forestry management that have an impact on the economic development of the rural sector.
• Innovate technologies in the agricultural and forestry sectors to promote economic growth and competitiveness of producers.
• Research specialized bibliography in their area in a foreign language (English).
• Identify and solve problems in the agricultural and forestry sector through self-learning and permanent updating.
• Employ oral and written communication skills about the research developed in an effective manner.
• Organize multidisciplinary work teams in their field of action.
• To build an integral vision at the socioeconomic-ecological level.
• To argue the relevance and application of sustainability in agricultural and forestry production systems that is reflected in a better economic development.
• Disseminate and transmit the knowledge and research advances acquired.

Attitudes and values

• Proactivity in their professional activities.
• Acting critically and objectively in the institutions where they render their services.
• Discipline.
• Willingness to cooperate.
• Ethics.
• Honesty.
• Interest in acquiring broad and diverse knowledge.
• Loyalty.
• Leadership.
• Respect among his peers and among the institutions in which he serves.
• Environmental responsibility.
• Tolerance.
• Social and support vocation.