GRADUATE Education
The College of Agriculture offers a variety of advanced learning opportunities for graduate students to deepen their expertise in data science and digital agriculture. By engaging in these programs, you will gain the skills necessary to lead in this dynamic field and contribute to the growth and success of digital agriculture, both within Indiana and beyond.
At the graduate level, Purdue Agriculture offers a Graduate Certificate in Spatial Data Science that is 100% online delivery.
Purdue also offers a Graduate Certificate in Geospatial Information Science (GIS) through Purdue Libraries and the School of Information Studies.
Graduate Certificate in Livestock Data Science. This Graduate Certificate in Livestock Data Science will provide various complementary opportunities for Purdue graduate students (at both MS and PhD levels) to improve their knowledge and data science skills in the context of sustainable livestock production.
2025-26 Digital Agriculture and AI Graduate Courses
At the graduate level, Purdue Agriculture offers a Graduate Certificate in Spatial Data Science that is 100% online delivery.
Purdue also offers a Graduate Certificate in Geospatial Information Science (GIS) through Purdue Libraries and the School of Information Studies.
Graduate Certificate in Livestock Data Science. This Graduate Certificate in Livestock Data Science will provide various complementary opportunities for Purdue graduate students (at both MS and PhD levels) to improve their knowledge and data science skills in the context of sustainable livestock production.
2025-26 Digital Agriculture and AI Graduate Courses
IDAAS Graduate Student Association
IDAAS Graduate Student Association (IDAAS GSA) is a new student organization focused on advancing learning, collaboration, and professional development in digital agriculture. IDAAS GSA organizes the annual Symposium of Digital Agriculture (SyDAg), which started in 2025.
Then to Now: Alumni Success Spotlight
Harsh Pathak (PhD ‘ 2026, ABE) was hired as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Mississippi State University, starting in Fall 2026. Pathak completed his doctoral studies at Purdue under major professor Dennis Buckmaster and was an actively involved with research in IDAAS.
His new lab, Pathak Precision Agriculture Laboratory (PPAL), will focus on developing intelligent agricultural systems that integrate biophysical modeling, remote sensing, IoT, machine learning, and robotics to create digital twins of farming systems, enabling data-driven decision-making for sustainable crop production.
