Ideas Built for the Real World
At Cal Poly, innovation is something you put into practice. Through student enterprises, faculty-guided research and hands-on learning labs, you’ll design, build, test and improve technologies and systems that address real-world challenges in agriculture, water, energy and natural resources.
Experiential Learning
Learn by Running the Operation
Step into real-world agricultural operations through student enterprise courses that put you in charge of decisions, technology and day-to-day challenges. Open to all students, you’ll work alongside classmates from throughout the college while building the technical, management and problem-solving skills used across industry.
Student Research
Turn Questions Into Solutions
Work alongside faculty to investigate challenges facing agriculture and natural resources. Through hands-on research, you’ll collect and analyze data, test ideas and explore technologies that can improve how agricultural, water and environmental systems perform.
Hands-On Learning Labs
Design. Build. Test.
From engineering shops and irrigation training fields to specialized laboratories and agricultural facilities, your learning extends far beyond the classroom. Use industry tools and technologies to build, test and improve the systems that power modern agriculture.
