Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias UDE

What Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias UDE does

Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias UDE is a private agricultural sciences faculty within Universidad de la Empresa (UDE) in Montevideo, Uruguay, operating since 1976 when it originated as the Instituto Técnico de Ciencias Agrarias (ITCA). It serves prospective university students, working professionals, and agricultural sector producers through a multi-tiered portfolio: two undergraduate degrees (Ingeniero Agrónomo and Licenciatura en Gestión Agropecuaria), eight technical careers covering veterinary, forestry, equine management, and therapeutic riding specializations, three postgraduate diplomas (Agribusiness Administration, Animal Production, Commodity Management), and a catalog of distance-learning short courses covering hydroponics, apiculture, ovine production, agricultural logistics, and sustainability.

The faculty's core technology and physical footprint consist of a 33-hectare experimental field in Canelones with varied soil types, irrigation infrastructure, meteorological station, livestock facilities, and agricultural implements; five specialized laboratories (Suelos, Microscopía, Análisis Químico, Biotecnología, Cirugía Veterinaria); a plant growth chamber and greenhouse; and a library plus virtual campus deployed on Moodle. Research output is anchored by the Revista Digital Tellus, the monthly Informe Agropecuario UY, and the Boletin Informativo, and is supported by alliances with INIA, SUL, Harper Adams University (UK), UNMDP/INTA Balcarce, AZ Group, IICA, and Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora.

Revenue is generated primarily through tuition and academic fees across degree, technical, and postgraduate programs, plus enrollment fees for distance learning courses, with early-enrollment discounts offered across multiple programs. Distribution combines on-campus enrollment at Montevideo headquarters and the 2012-established Colonia del Sacramento branch with regional online delivery for postgraduate diplomas and short courses aimed at Latin American professionals.

Name

Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias UDE

Legal name

Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias - Universidad de la Empresa

Website

https://fca-ude.edu.uy

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias UDE is a private Uruguayan agricultural sciences faculty within Universidad de la Empresa, founded in 1976. It delivers undergraduate degrees, technical careers, postgraduate diplomas, and distance courses to students and agricultural professionals across Uruguay and Latin America.

Ownership category

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Product category

Higher Education - Agricultural Sciences

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Technical and Trade Schools (61151), Professional and Management Development Training (61143)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Agriculture & Food Production (EDABALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Agribusiness, Farm Management & Compliance (EDAOAOAN), Professional & Executive Short Courses (Non-Degree, International) (EDAIAIAH)

Keywords

• Agricultural education
• Agronomy programs
• Veterinary training
• Postgraduate diplomas
• Distance learning courses

Headquarters

HQ city

Montevideo

HQ country

Uruguay

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tuition and academic fees: The faculty generates revenue primarily through tuition fees from its degree programs (Ingeniero Agrónomo, Licenciatura en Gestión Agropecuaria), technical careers, and postgraduate diplomas. The institution also offers distance learning courses with associated enrollment fees. Discounts for early enrollment are offered.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias UDE is a private higher education faculty within Universidad de la Empresa (UDE) in Uruguay that delivers undergraduate degrees (Ingeniero Agrónomo, Licenciatura en Gestión Agropecuaria), technical careers (Técnico Agropecuario, Técnico Forestal, Técnico Veterinario, equine management, therapeutic riding instruction), postgraduate diplomas (Agribusiness Administration, Animal Production, Commodities Management), and a portfolio of distance learning short courses in specialized agricultural topics such as hydroponics, apiculture, and agricultural logistics. Instruction is delivered via on-campus programs at Montevideo and Colonia del Sacramento, plus online modalities using Moodle and Zoom, supported by a 33-hectare experimental field and five specialized laboratories.

Product overview

Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias UDE offers a comprehensive educational portfolio comprising undergraduate degrees (Ingeniero Agrónomo and Licenciatura en Gestión Agropecuaria), technical careers (including Técnico Agropecuario, Técnico Veterinario, Técnico Forestal, and equine management programs), postgraduate diplomas (in Agribusiness Administration, Animal Production, and Commodity Management), and distance learning courses covering specialized agricultural topics such as hydroponics, apiculture, agricultural technology, and environmental management. The institution also publishes the scientific journal Tellus, the monthly Informe Agropecuario UY, and an informational bulletin. Programs are delivered through in-person, semi-presential, and distance learning modalities using Zoom and Moodle platforms, with a main campus in Montevideo and a secondary location in Colonia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ingeniero Agrónomo A 5-year undergraduate degree (3,600 hours/10 semesters) that forms agricultural engineers with a solid scientific and technological foundation, ethical principles, and commitment to sustainable development, designed for prospective university students.
• Licenciatura en Gestión Agropecuaria A 4-year undergraduate degree (2,400 hours/8 semesters) training professionals to participate in agricultural decision-making with skills in technical, productive, economic, and financial areas for sustainable production systems, designed for prospective university students.
• Técnico Agropecuario A 2-year technical career training technicians to collaborate in productive activities and contribute to agricultural business management, covering animal production, plant production, and rural administration. Offered at Montevideo and Colonia del Sacramento campuses.
• Técnico Asistente Veterinario A 2-year technical career (600 hours/4 semesters) training technicians to assist veterinarians in examining, treating, and following up diseases in ruminants, equines, and small animals.
• Técnico en Ciencias Veterinarias

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 30% of faculty have contributed to scientific and technological knowledge through articles in international conferences and peer-reviewed journals
• +3 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and minor.

• INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerINIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria) provides access to its experimental stations for student thesis work, and FCA participates in competitive research funding through INIA's Fondo de Promoción de Tecnología Agropecuaria (FPTA). Thesis students conduct research at INIA stations, and faculty submit competitive research proposals to FPTA calls.
• SUL (Secretariado Uruguayo de la Lana)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSUL (Secretariado Uruguayo de la Lana) enables degree thesis work at its experimental stations, facilitating student immersion in wool and sheep research projects. Joint activities contribute to the development of thesis projects in sheep production.
• Harper Adams University (United Kingdom)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerRecently signed agreement with Universidad Harper Adams del Reino Unido for joint research and postgraduate education. The university offers scholarships to FCA graduates for a Master's in Research Agriculture, involving a short stay in England for courses and thesis supervision shared between FCA and UK faculty. This partnership is already generating joint activities in postgraduate courses and developing joint Master's proposals.
• Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMDP) e INTA Balcarce, ArgentinastrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerFCA has developed agreements with Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata and INTA de Balcarce (Argentina) that are generating joint activities in postgraduate courses and joint research proposals. The Diploma in Animal Production is delivered jointly with these institutions, with participation of recognized professionals from UNMDP and INTA.
• Agroland, Timac, Isusa, Maltería Oriental S.A.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgricultural and agroindustrial companies (Agroland, Timac, Isusa, Maltería Oriental S.A.) that present real-world research problems and participate in financing thesis research. Students develop thesis projects addressing concrete challenges identified by these companies, and some companies co-finance research activities.
• Sistema Cooperativo y de Fomento Rural (Rural Cooperatives and Development System)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRural cooperatives, breeder societies, and family producer organizations that compose Uruguay's cooperative and rural development system. These entities facilitate interaction between FCA students and faculty with daily realities of producers across different production orientations, economic capacity, and scale, supporting practical thesis work.
• AZ Group (Argentina)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAZ Group developed the Gestión y Comercialización de Commodities postgraduate program based on over 15 years of experience working with agricultural producers. The program is delivered jointly with FCA, with recognized professionals and analysts from AZ Group serving as main instructors alongside Uruguayan faculty.
• Asociación de Consignatarios de Ganado (Uruguay)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Livestock Consignees Association, with 100 years of history as a reference institution in the livestock sector, supports the Auxiliar de Consignatario technical career. This institutional backing provides industry credibility and alignment with real sector needs.
• Fondo Estratégico de Fomento de la Investigación (FEFI)coreOthersFCA's own internal research promotion fund (Fondo Estratégico de Fomento de la Investigación, FEFI) established as a competitive mechanism to finance research and development projects presented by faculty. It operates as seed capital to attract complementary funding. Financed projects in 2016 and 2017 covered animal nutrition, barley grain quality, and animal health.
• IICA (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerIICA (Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture) participates in the Diplomado Internacional Sustentabilidad y Responsabilidad Social en el Agro, jointly developed with UDE Uruguay, INTA, and Universidad Nacional de San Juan. IICA contributes to international certification and regional credibility of the diploma program.
• Club Hípico SolymarminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClub Hípico Solymar serves as the venue for practical therapeutic riding sessions and equitation classes for the Instructor de Equitación Terapéutica program. Students travel to this location for hands-on therapeutic riding practice sessions.
• Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora (Argentina)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Diplomado en Tecnologías de Pulverización Agrícola is co-certified by Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora (Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Argentina) alongside Universidad de la Empresa, providing a double certification for graduates of the 120-hour program.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias - Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora (UNLZ): Argentine public faculty of agricultural sciences and FCA UDE's partner for the co-certified international diploma in agricultural spraying technologies. Comparable in vocational agronomy offerings and in shared double-certification programs with UDE.
• Facultad de Agronomía - Universidad de la República (UDELAR): Uruguay's flagship public faculty of agronomy, the principal direct competitor in the same agricultural sciences degree programs within the same country. Comparable in scope (undergraduate agronomy, technical and postgraduate tracks) but operates as a public, tuition-free institution versus FCA UDE's private, tuition-funded model.
• Universidad Nacional de La Plata - Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales: Major Argentine public faculty of agricultural and forestry sciences. Comparable in degree program scope (Ingeniero Agrónomo, forestry, animal production) and in postgraduate diploma offerings, serving as a regional scale benchmark for agronomic higher education.
• Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias - Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMDP): Argentine public faculty of agricultural sciences and existing FCA UDE academic partner for the Diploma in Animal Production. Highly comparable in curriculum (animal production, plant production, agronomy) and in operating model (degree programs plus postgraduate diplomas), making it a structural benchmark for the regional peer set.
• Universidad Nacional de Cuyo - Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias: Argentine public agricultural sciences faculty offering undergraduate agronomy degrees, technical careers, and postgraduate diplomas. Comparable in curriculum scope (animal and plant production, agronomy) and in offering a regional destination for postgraduate students.

Others

• AZ Group: Argentine agribusiness services firm that co-developed and co-delivers the Diploma in Gestión y Comercialización de Commodities with FCA UDE. Comparable through deep agronomic and commodity-trading expertise, but functions as an industry partner rather than a degree-granting competitor.
• INTA Balcarce (Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria): Argentine public agricultural research institute that jointly delivers the Diploma in Animal Production with FCA UDE. Comparable through its agronomic research and applied training mission, but not a degree-granting competitor; functions as a research and extension ecosystem participant.

Emerging players

• Universidad ORT Uruguay: Uruguayan private university competing in the broader higher-education market, including applied business and technology programs relevant to agribusiness management. Comparable as a private, tuition-funded alternative in the same Montevideo market, though without the agricultural specialization.

Broad incumbents

• Harper Adams University: UK specialist agricultural university and FCA UDE's strategic partner for joint Master's in Research Agriculture scholarships. Comparable as a specialized, practice-oriented agricultural higher education institution with strong industry integration, but with substantially larger scale and a UK base.
• Universidad de la Empresa (UDE): Parent institution of FCA UDE and a private Uruguayan university offering multiple faculties beyond agricultural sciences. Comparable as a private higher-education operator in the same Uruguayan market and the source of FCA's brand and infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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