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Agricultural University Of Athens Bachelor of Animal Science and Aquaculture
Agricultural University Of Athens

Agricultural University Of Athens

Bachelor of Animal Science and Aquaculture

Athens, Greece

Bachelor's degree

Sep 2025

Key Summary

    About : The Bachelor of Animal Science and Aquaculture provides students with a comprehensive understanding of animal biology, welfare, and aquaculture practices. The curriculum combines theoretical knowledge with practical skills, covering areas like animal nutrition, reproduction, and health management. Students engage in hands-on learning experiences, preparing them for real-world applications in the field.
    Career Outcomes : Graduates can pursue various roles in sectors such as animal husbandry, aquaculture, veterinary services, and wildlife management. Potential job titles include animal science technician, aquaculture manager, and animal welfare consultant. This degree opens doors to careers focused on improving animal health and sustainable practices in aquaculture.

The Department of Animal Science (DAS) belongs to the School of Animal Biosciences of the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA). The University was founded in 1920 under the name of the Higher Agricultural School of Athens (HASA) and is the first Higher Education Institution in the field of Agriculture and the third in terms of antiquity, after the National and Kapodistrian University and the National Technical University of Athens.

The Department of Animal Science aims to create well-trained scientists capable of applying the principles of biology, technology and economics to issues related to the production, management and conservation of productive animals and aquatic organisms suitable for farming.

The scientific subject of the Department is clearly interdisciplinary as it combines Genetics, Nutrition, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Technology, Hygiene, Biotechnology, Economics, Ethology, and Management. Consequently, the curriculum covers a significant range of subjects such as: Anatomy-Physiology, Nutrition, Genetics, Breeding of farm animals, fish, bivalve molluscs and crustaceans. It also includes the study of breeding of various species of animals, such as: cattle, buffaloes, sheep, goats, poultry (chickens, ducks, geese, ostriches), pigs, equines, rabbits, deer, roe deer and aquatic organisms, for the purpose of milk production, meat, wool, eggs and fish, bivalve molluscs (mussels, oysters) and crustaceans (shrimp, lobsters).

The graduates of the Department are employed in the public services (Ministry of Rural Development and Food, Public Organizations, Local Government, Banks, Technical High Schools, etc.), the private sector (livestock, fish farming and mussel farming companies, factories, feed industries, etc.) or can operate as freelancers. Some of them are employed as researchers in various Research Centers or Institutes, or in Higher Education Institutions.