The Rural Engineering Department is made up of three Knowledge Areas:
- Construction Engineering
- Agroforestry Engineering
- Engineering Projects
It currently has 31 teachers and a high percentage of them has more of 25 years of teaching and research experience.
The Department teaches in the following centers and degrees:
HIGHER TECHNICAL SCHOOL OF AGRO-FOOD AND FORESTRY ENGINEERING:
- Oenology (no teaching)
- Degree in Oenology
- Degree in Food and Agriculture Engineering and Rural Environment
- Degree in Forestry Engineering
- University Master in Agronomical Engineering
- University Master in Forestry Engineering
HIGHER TECHNICAL SCHOOL OF CORDOBA
- Degree in Electrical Engineering
- Degree in Industrial Electronical Engineering
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Degree in Computer Engineering
- University Master in Industrial Engineering
- University Master in Computer Engineering
HIGHER TECHNICAL SCHOOL OF BELMEZ
- Degree in Civil Engineering
- Degree in Mining and Energy Resources Engineering
- University Master in Mining Engineering
FACULTY OF SCIENCES
- Degree in Environmental Sciences
- Degree in Physics
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
- Degree in Cinema and Culture
With regard to the teaching activity we must emphasize the great contribution of the teaching staff in the supervision of Final-Year Professional Works. In the same way, they participate in the following masters and Doctorate programmes:
- University Master in Environmental Management and Biodiversity by University of Cordoba
- University Master in Olive Growing and Oil Technology
- University Master in Patrimony Management from the Municipality
- University Master in Representation and Design in Engineering and Architecture
- University Master in Distributed Renewable Energy
- University Master in Prevention of Occupational Hazards
- University Master in Fire Management in Forestry Lands
- University Master in Teachers of the Obligatory Secondary Education and Languages Teaching
- University Master in Plant Protection
- University Master in Advanced Technologies of Materials for the Sustainable Construction
- University Master in Digital Transformation of the Agri-food and Forestry Sectors (DIGITAL-AGRI)
The research activity is developed through the following research lines:
1.- Construction Engineering Area
- Implementation of new technologies and methods for the development of a sustainable construction
2.-Agroforestry Engineering Area
- Biofuels (1 and 2 generation)
- Biomass
- Biorefinery
3.- Engineering Projects Area
- Software and algorithms for projects design and management
- Industrial and environmental noise
- Techniques of noise active control. Psychoacoustics
- Prevention of occupational hazards. Noise and vibrations in the job place
- Ideal Design of distribution in Plant with Evolutionary, Coevolutionary and interactive Algorithms
- Projects Planning
- Educational Technologies applied to Engineering Education
- Agrometeorology applied to irrigation
- Quality control and validation of climatic data
- Surface-Hydrology and water erosion
- Measures and water and soil resources modelling in olive grove; Measures for the conservation of water and soil in olive grove.
- Spatial analysis and multifractality in rainfall