Agriculture remains one of the sectors where the Republic of Moldova is changing visibly. In 2025, the sector grew by 10.7% compared with the previous year, faster than most areas of the economy, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Yet only 14% of the country’s employees work in agriculture.
As farms and agri-food companies invest more in technology, the digitalisation of agriculture is moving faster than the number of professionals trained for it.
The Continuing Education University Centre of the Technical University of Moldova offers the MBA programme “Management in Agribusiness” for specialists, entrepreneurs and managers in agriculture and the food industry who want to work with new technologies in the sector.
Programme structure
The MBA carries 60 ECTS credits and is taught in Romanian and English. The programme has international ICA accreditation, with courses delivered by mentors and experts from Moldova and Europe.
Its structure follows the main areas that shape today’s agri-food sector:
- digitalisation: technologies used in farms and production chains;
- management: business strategy, planning and leadership;
- marketing: agri-food markets and financial analysis;
- food safety: from farm to shelf;
- sustainability: solutions for a competitive agri-food sector.
Participants also have access to online learning resources, international networks and opportunities to learn from European experts.
The programme includes six modules and a research practice component:
| Module | Credits |
| Economics of Food Supply Chains | 7 |
| Management | 7 |
| Marketing | 7 |
| Innovative Practices in Agriculture | 7 |
| Business Planning | 7 |
| Smart Agriculture | 7 |
| Research Practice / Final Retraining Thesis | 18 |
At the end of the programme, participants receive two diplomas:
- the European MBA diploma of the AgriMBA Consortium, issued by the Warsaw University of Life Sciences;
- the micro-credential diploma issued by the Ministry of Education and Research of the Republic of Moldova.
Applications for the MBA programme “Management in Agribusiness” are currently open. More information about the programme, study structure and application process is available on the page of the UTM Continuing Education University Centre.
