The Agronomy Faculty is one of the 10 faculties that comprise the

Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala The Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC, ''University of San Carlos of Guatemala'') is the largest and oldest university of Guatemala; it is also the fourth founded in the Americas. Established in the Kingdom of Guatemala during the Spani ...

, established on June 14, 1950, in the context of the revolutionary reform of the revolutionary governments, due to the need of specialized professionals in the

agronomic Agricultural economics is an applied field of economics concerned with the application of economic theory in optimizing the production and distribution of food and fiber products. Agricultural economics began as a branch of economics that spe ...

are in an eminently rural country during its first steps of modernization.

Course Offerings

The Faculty offers 5 programs of

undergraduate Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, in the United States, an entry-le ...

, 8 programs of

postgraduate Postgraduate or graduate education refers to academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate ( bachelor's) degree. The organization and ...

and 5 programs of

mastery A skill is the learned ability to act with determined results with good execution often within a given amount of time, energy, or both. Skills can often be divided into domain-general and domain-specific skills. For example, in the domain of w ...

, also, it is one of the faculties that has the largest number of

teachers. Its headquarters is located in the University City, in the

Guatemala City Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, ne ...

, however, it has a big presence in the most Universitarian Regional Centres from the university. Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala {{Guatemala-university-stub