First cycle studiesDigital Agriculture
Digital Agriculture
Four years to the title of Graduate Agricultural Engineer in Digital Agriculture.
- Duration
- 4 years8 semesters
- ECTS credits
- 24060 each year
- Language of instruction
- Macedonian
- Mode of study
- Full-time and part-time study
- Places 2026/2027
- 60 places40 state-funded, 10 co-funded, 10 part-time
- Next deadline
- no open deadlineThe new call is published on the “Admissions” page.
Overview
About the programme
Four years to the title of Graduate Agricultural Engineer in Digital Agriculture.
- Professional title
- Graduate Agricultural Engineer in Digital Agriculture
- Contents
- 43 courses: 35 compulsory and 8 elective (electives carry 48 ECTS)
- In English
- Digital Agriculture
Study programme structure
Courses by semester
The code, weekly hours (lectures + exercises) and ECTS credits of every course, according to the structure of the study programme.The elective courses are chosen from the list below.
| Code | Course | L+E | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| FZNH 67 | MathematicsFZNH 67 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 4 |
| FZNH 194 | ChemistryFZNH 194 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 46 | Agricultural MachineryFZNH 46 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 4 | Agrometeorology with agroclimatologyFZNH 4 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 159 | Sport and healthFZNH 159 · 0+2 hours | 0+2 | 2 |
| Elective course2/3+2 hours | 2/3+2 | 6 | |
| Total | 30 ECTS |
| Code | Course | L+E | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| FZNH 24 | BotanyFZNH 24 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 210 | Fundamentals of ProgrammingFZNH 210 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 211 | Data management and analysis in agricultureFZNH 211 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 212 | Soil scienceFZNH 212 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| Elective course2/3+2 hours | 2/3+2 | 6 | |
| Total | 30 ECTS |
| Code | Course | L+E | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| FZNH 213 | Fundamentals of mechatronics and automationFZNH 213 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 214 | Sensors and embedded microcomputer systems in agricultureFZNH 214 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 166 | Technologies in animal husbandryFZNH 166 · 4+2 hours | 4+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 213 | Technologies in fruit growingFZNH 213 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| Elective course3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 | |
| Total | 30 ECTS |
| Code | Course | L+E | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| FZNH 216 | Agroecology and plant growth factorsFZNH 216 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 217 | Water management in agricultureFZNH 217 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 218 | Technologies in field crop and vegetable productionFZNH 218 · 4+2 hours | 4+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 219 | Internet of Things in agricultureFZNH 219 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| Elective course3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 | |
| Total | 30 ECTS |
| Code | Course | L+E | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| FZNH 220 | Precision animal nutritionFZNH 220 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 221 | ModellingFZNH 221 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 222 | Geographic information systems and satellite image analysisFZNH 222 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 223 | Machine learning and artificial intelligence (fundamentals)FZNH 223 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| Elective course3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 | |
| Total | 30 ECTS |
| Code | Course | L+E | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| FZNH 224 | Techniques for processing large datasetsFZNH 224 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 225 | Applied metrology in agricultureFZNH 225 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 226 | Modern management in apiculture and aquacultureFZNH 226 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 227 | Technologies in viticultureFZNH 227 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| Elective course3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 | |
| Total | 30 ECTS |
| Code | Course | L+E | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| FZNH 228 | Digital MarketingFZNH 228 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 72 | Farm managementFZNH 72 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 42 | EntomologyFZNH 42 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 229 | Animal health and welfareFZNH 229 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 |
| Elective course3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 | |
| Total | 30 ECTS |
| Code | Course | L+E | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| FZNH 230 | Technology of plant-origin productsFZNH 230 · 4+2 hours | 4+2 | 5 |
| FZNH 231 | Food of animal originFZNH 231 · 4+2 hours | 4+2 | 5 |
| FZNH 232 | Innovation managementFZNH 232 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 3 |
| FZNH 233 | Agri-entrepreneurship and innovationFZNH 233 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 3 |
| FZNH 190 | PhytopathologyFZNH 190 · 3+2 hours | 3+2 | 5 |
| FZNH 202 | Bachelor’s ThesisFZNH 202 · 0+2 hours | 0+2 | 3 |
| Elective course3+2 hours | 3+2 | 6 | |
| Total | 30 ECTS |
Elective courses
29 elective courses
| Code | Course | Sem. | L+E | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FZNH 3 | Agricultural managementFZNH 3 · semester 1 · 2+2 hours | 1 | 2+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 97 | Fundamentals of protected cultivationFZNH 97 · semester 1 · 2+2 hours | 1 | 2+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 234 | Academic writing and professional EnglishFZNH 234 · semester 1 · 2+2 hours · FFFF | 1 | 2+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 22 | BiochemistryFZNH 22 · semester 2 · 3+2 hours | 2 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 140 | Human resource developmentFZNH 140 · semester 2 · 3+2 hours | 2 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 27 | GeneticsFZNH 27 · semester 2 · 3+2 hours | 2 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 235 | PhysicsFZNH 235 · semester 2 · 2+2 hours · PMFPMF | 2 | 2+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 236 | Modern microbiological methodsFZNH 236 · semester 3 · 3+2 hours | 3 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 134 | Process engineeringFZNH 134 · semester 3 · 3+2 hours | 3 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 54 | Plant nutritionFZNH 54 · semester 3 · 3+2 hours | 3 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 237 | Flower growingFZNH 237 · semester 4 · 3+2 hours | 4 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 238 | Genetic engineering with bioinformaticsFZNH 238 · semester 4 · 3+2 hours | 4 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 18 | Bioenergy plantsFZNH 18 · semester 4 · 3+2 hours | 4 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 123 | Principles of food quality and safetyFZNH 123 · semester 4 · 3+2 hours | 4 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 186 | FertigationFZNH 186 · semester 5 · 3+2 hours | 5 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 239 | Computer visualisationFZNH 239 · semester 5 · 3+2 hours · FINKIFINKI | 5 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 85 | Breeding programmes in livestock productionFZNH 85 · semester 5 · 3+2 hours | 5 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 240 | Testing of machinery and vehicles in agricultureFZNH 240 · semester 5 · 3+2 hours · MFMF | 5 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 241 | Application of mechanisation in precision agriculture, with operationFZNH 241 · semester 6 · 3+2 hours | 6 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 244 | Alternative energy systems in agricultureFZNH 244 · semester 6 · 3+2 hours | 6 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 184 | Urban horticultureFZNH 184 · semester 7 · 3+2 hours | 7 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 243 | Machine visionFZNH 243 · semester 7 · 3+2 hours · FEITFEIT | 7 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 244 | Production of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beveragesFZNH 244 · semester 7 · 3+2 hours | 7 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 245 | Harvest and post-harvest technologies in vegetable growingFZNH 245 · semester 7 · 3+2 hours | 7 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 17 | Harvest and post-harvest technologies of fruitFZNH 17 · semester 7 · 3+2 hours | 7 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 1 | Agricultural policyFZNH 1 · semester 8 · 3+2 hours | 8 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 246 | Forms of knowledge transferFZNH 246 · semester 8 · 3+2 hours | 8 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 247 | Mobile technologies and cloud computingFZNH 247 · semester 8 · 3+2 hours · FINKIFINKI | 8 | 3+2 | 6 |
| FZNH 8 | Food packagingFZNH 8 · semester 8 · 3+2 hours | 8 | 3+2 | 6 |
Admissions
Enrolment in the 2026/2027 academic year
Places
| State-funded places | 40 |
|---|---|
| Co-funding | 10 |
| Part-time students | 10 |
| Total | 60 |
Foreign students: up to 20% for each study programme.
Costs of studying
| State quota (tuition contribution)per 60 ECTS | 200 euros |
|---|---|
| Co-fundingper 60 ECTS | 400 euros |
| Part-time studiesper 60 ECTS | 400 euros |
| Foreign studentsper 60 ECTS | 1,000 euros |
The amounts are in euros and are paid in the denar equivalent, at the middle exchange rate of the National Bank.
Who teaches
Teaching staff
According to the overview of teaching assignments for the 2026/2027 academic year.
Prof. Dr Tosho Arsov
Vice-Dean for Science, Cooperation with Industry and Development
Department of Fruit Growing
Email: arsovt
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 41
Office hours: Monday 08:30–10:30, Thursday 08:30–10:30
Prof. Dr Katerina Belichovska
Full professor
Department of Animal Husbandry
Email: kbelicovska
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 115
Office hours: Monday 12:00–14:00, Wednesday 12:00–14:00
Prof. Dr Krum Boshkov
Full professor
Department of Viticulture and Enology
Email: krum.boskov
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 54
Office hours: Monday 12:00–14:00, Tuesday 12:00–14:00
Prof. Dr Gjoko Bunevski
Full professor
Department of Animal Husbandry
Email: bunevski
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 89
Office hours: Monday 11:00–13:00, Wednesday 11:00–13:00
Prof. Dr Lenche Velkoska-Markovska
Full professor
Department of Food Quality and Safety
Email: lencevm
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 73
Office hours: Tuesday 11:00–13:00, Thursday 10:00–12:00
Prof. Dr Marija Vukelikj-Shutoska
Full professor
Department of Water and Erosion Control
Email: marijavs
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 137
Office hours: Wednesday 10:00–12:00, Thursday 10:00–12:00
Prof. Dr Vlado Vukovikj
Full professor
Department of Animal Husbandry
Email: vvukovic
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 101
Office hours: Monday 12:00–14:00, Tuesday 12:00–14:00
Prof. Dr Margarita Davitkovska
Full professor
Department of Vegetable and Flower Growing
Email: margaritad
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 159
Office hours: Wednesday 12:00–14:00, Thursday 10:00–12:00
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Prof. Dr Dragi Dimitrievski
Full professor
Department of Agricultural Policy
Email: ddragi
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 181
Office hours: Tuesday 10:00–12:00, Thursday 10:00–12:00
Prof. Dr Srekjko Gjorgjievski
Full professor
Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology
Email: sreckog
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 118
Office hours: Tuesday 12:00–14:00, Wednesday 12:00–14:00
Prof. Dr Dragan Gjoshevski
Full professor
Department of Rural Development
Email: gjdragan
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 183
Office hours: Monday 10:00–12:00, Tuesday 10:00–12:00
Prof. Dr Sonja Ivanovska
Full professor
Department of Genetics and Breeding
Email: s.ivanovska
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 166
Office hours: Tuesday 10:00–12:00, Wednesday 10:00–12:00
Prof. Dr Srebra Ilikj-Popova
Full professor
Department of Agrometeorology
Email: srebraip
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 138
Office hours: Tuesday 12:00–14:00, Thursday 12:00–14:00
Titular Assist. Prof. Dr Igor Iljovski
Senior laboratory technician
Department of Special Field Crop Production
Email: iiljovski
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Prof. Dr Ivana Janeska-Stamenkovska
Full professor
Department of Agricultural Policy
Email: ijaneska
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 177
Office hours: Wednesday 08:00–10:00, Friday 08:00–10:00
Prof. Dr Mirjana Jankulovska
Full professor
Department of Genetics and Breeding
Email: mjankulovska
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 166
Office hours: Tuesday 10:00–12:00, Wednesday 10:00–12:00
Prof. Dr Mirjana S. Jankulovska
Full professor
Department of Food Quality and Safety
Email: jankulovska
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 72
Office hours: Tuesday 12:00–14:00, Wednesday 12:00–14:00
Prof. Dr Romina Kabranova
Full professor
Department of Special Field Crop Production
Email: romina
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 162
Office hours: Tuesday 09:00–11:00, Wednesday 09:00–11:00
Prof. Dr Ana Kotevska
Full professor
Department of Agricultural Policy
Email: ana.kotevska
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 180
Office hours: Tuesday 10:00–12:00, Thursday 10:00–12:00
Prof. Dr Dragoslav Kocevski
Full professor
Department of Animal Husbandry
Email: dkocevski
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 92
Office hours: Monday 10:00–12:00, Thursday 10:00–12:00
Prof. Dr Silvana Manasievska
Full professor
Department of Botany
Email: silvanam
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 170
Office hours: Wednesday 10:00–12:00, Thursday 10:00–12:00
Prof. Dr Mile Markoski
Dean
Department of Soils
Email: mmarkoski
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 74
Office hours: Tuesday 12:00–14:00, Thursday 12:00–14:00
Prof. Dr Elizabeta Miskoska-Milevska
Full professor
Department of Botany
Email: miskoska
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 174
Office hours: Tuesday 10:00–12:00, Thursday 10:00–12:00
Prof. Dr Tatjana Mitkova
Full professor
Department of Soils
Email: tmitkova
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 52
Office hours: Tuesday 12:00–14:00, Thursday 12:00–14:00
Prof. Dr Olga Najdenovska
Full professor
Department of Food Quality and Safety
Email: onajdenovska
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 213
Office hours: Wednesday 12:00–14:00, Friday 14:00–16:00
Prof. Dr Zvonko Pacanoski
Full professor
Department of General Field Crop Production
Email: zvonkop
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 157
Office hours: Thursday 14:00–16:00, Friday 14:00–16:00
Prof. Dr Zoran Popovski
Full professor
Department of Biochemistry and Genetic Engineering
Email: zpopovski
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 119
Office hours: Monday 10:00–12:00, Friday 12:00–14:00
Prof. Dr Gordana Popsimonova
Full professor
Department of Vegetable and Flower Growing
Email: gpopsimonova
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 146
Office hours: Tuesday 12:00–14:00, Thursday 12:00–14:00
Prof. Dr Kocho Porchu
Full professor
Department of Animal Husbandry
Email: kporcu
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 90/103
Office hours: Wednesday 14:00–16:00, Thursday 14:00–16:00
Assist. Prof. Dr Biljana Ristakjovska Shirgovska
Assistant professor
Department of Special Field Crop Production
Email: brshirgovska
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 148
Office hours: Monday 12:00–14:00, Wednesday 09:30–11:30
Prof. Dr Dushica Santa
Full professor
Department of Animal Product Technology
Email: dsanta
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 124
Office hours: Tuesday 12:00–14:00, Thursday 10:00–12:00
Assist. Prof. Dr Nikola Saraginovski
Assistant professor
Department of Fruit Growing
Email: nsaraginovski
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 48
Office hours: Monday 09:00–11:00, Wednesday 09:00–11:00
Prof. Dr Ana Simonovska
Full professor
Department of Rural Development
Email: ana.simonovska
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 182
Office hours: Monday 10:00–12:00, Tuesday 10:00–12:00
Prof. Dr Sonja Srbinovska
Full professor
Department of Animal Product Technology
Email: ssrbinovska
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 97
Office hours: Tuesday 10:00–12:00, Wednesday 10:00–12:00
Prof. Dr Marina Stojanova
Full professor
Department of Agrochemistry
Email: mstojanova
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 44/45
Office hours: Wednesday 09:00–11:00, Thursday 09:00–11:00
Prof. Dr Vjekoslav Tanaskovikj
Full professor
Department of Water and Erosion Control
Email: vtanaskovic
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 70
Office hours: Tuesday 10:00–12:00, Thursday 12:00–14:00
Prof. Dr Aleksandar Uzunov
Full professor
Department of Animal Husbandry
Email: uzunov
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 91
Office hours: Tuesday 09:00–11:00, Wednesday 09:00–11:00
Prof. Dr Ile Canev
Full professor
Department of Agricultural Engineering
Email: canevi
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 141
Office hours: Tuesday 10:00–12:00, Thursday 12:00–14:00
Prof. Dr Ordan Chukaliev
Full professor
Department of Water and Erosion Control
Email: ordan.cukaliev
@fznh.ukim.edu.mk Telephone: +389 2 3255 100
Room 139
Office hours: Tuesday 10:00–12:00, Thursday 12:00–14:00
First cycle
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Four years to the title of Graduate Agricultural Engineer in Field Crop Production.
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Soil, Water and the Environment
Admissions
Prepare your application
Applications are submitted online at www.upisi.ukim.mk, and the documents are handed in at the Student Affairs Office.