Escola d’Enginyeria Agroalimentària i de Biosistemes de Barcelona (EEABB)

Spain

Address: Carrer d’Esteve Terradas, 8, Campus Baix Llobregat, 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain

Agricultural Engineering, Food Engineering, Biosystems Engineering

The Barcelona School of Agri-Food and Biosystems Engineering is part of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), located on the Baix Llobregat Campus in Castelldefels. It focuses on engineering applied to agriculture, food production, and biological systems.

Domains taught:

Agriculture, Bioengineering, Chemistry, Ecology and Sustainability, Engineering, Food Science, Process Control

Diplomas*:

Bachelor, Doctor, Master

Status:

Public

Partnerships:

Part of UPC, with international exchange programs and collaborations with the agri-food industry, biotechnology companies, and research centers in sustainable agriculture and food technology.

Research:

Research in areas like precision agriculture, food processing and safety, biotechnology for agriculture, circular bioeconomy, and environmental management in agroecosystems.

Famous Alumnis:

N/A

International recognition**:

Number of staff***:

100

Current students***:

800

Foreign students***:

10%

Cumulative former students***:

4000

Pros

Offers specialized engineering degrees focused on the agri-food sector and sustainable biosystems, within a leading technical university.

Cons

Specialized focus. Data often integrated with UPC totals.

Best For

Students interested in engineering careers in the agriculture, food, or biosystems sectors, with a focus on technology and sustainability.

Most Similar Schools Locally

A good alternative in the same country is Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Ambientales, which likewise covers agriculture, food science and bioengineering; it is slightly larger, at about 900 students against roughly 800 here, and is also a public institution.
Escola Politécnica Superior de Enxeñaría is the closest domestic counterpart for agriculture, food science and chemistry; it covers geotechnics and civil engineering as well, and is larger, enrolling about 2,000 students against roughly 800 here.
On content, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales and this institution are close, as both teach agriculture, food science and bioengineering; it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers bioinformatics and microbiology and genetics as well.
Where this institution leans on food science, process control and chemistry, Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnologías Químicas does the same, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of agriculture, ecology and sustainability and engineering can consider Escuela Politécnica de Mieres, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers geotechnics and civil engineering as well.

Most Similar Schools Abroad

Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway shares the agriculture, food science and bioengineering orientation of this school, and it covers microbiology and genetics and life sciences as well, and is far larger, with about 6,000 students against roughly 800 here.
For a study option in Ukraine with a comparable spread of agriculture, food science and bioengineering, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine is the reference point: it covers geotechnics and mechanical engineering as well, and is far larger, with about 26,000 students against roughly 800 here.
HAS Green Academy (the Netherlands) works on the same fields as this institution, chiefly agriculture, food science and bioengineering; it is far larger, with about 4,200 students against roughly 800 here, and is also a public institution.
Abroad, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa (Italy) covers agriculture, food science and bioengineering in a comparable way, and it covers aerospace and bioinformatics as well, and is slightly larger, at about 1,000 students against roughly 800 here.
Beyond national borders, Sumy National Agrarian University stands out as a comparable school for agriculture, food science and bioengineering; it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers civil engineering and mechanical engineering as well.

*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.

Agriculture, Circular Economy, Environmental Engineering, Food Safety, Product Development, Quality Management, Sustainable Development

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*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.

**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:

known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications

***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.

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