de Ciências Agrárias, (English: Department of Agricultural Sciences), in Angra do Heroísmo. The areas of education and research are: Agriculture: pastures, horticulture, frutaculutre; soils and fertility; protection of plants; hydrology and water resources; rural engineering; regional economies and natural resources; Environment: ecology and conversation; agricultural biology; chemical and physical atmosphere; chemical and water microbiology; climatology; spatial planning; basic sanitation; diagnosis and environmental auditing; environmental impact studies; physical oceanography; Biotechnology Animal Production: nutrition; alimentation; reproduction and maintenance; Food technology: hygiene and food safety; human nutrition; oenology. Research centers Centro de Biotecnologia dos Açores (CBA) (English: The Biotechnology Centre of Azores) Centro de Estudos de Economia Aplicada do Atlântico CEEAplA (English: Centre of Applied Economics Studies of the Atlantic) Centro de Física e Investigação Tecnológica Dep. de Física da FCT/UNL (English: The Center for Physical and Technological Research ) Centro de História de Além-Mar (English: The Centre for Overseas History ) Centro de Inovação e Sustentabilidade em Engenharia e Construção Centro de Investigação e Tecnologia Agrária dos Açores (CITA-A) Centro de Vulcanologia e Avaliação de Riscos Geológicos Centro de Empreendedorismo da Universidade dos Açores|Centro de Empreendedorismo Faculty Maria de Fátima Silva de Sequeira Dias, late historian of the Azores, Department of Management and Economics. See also List of universities in Portugal Higher education in Portugal External links Campus de Angra/Angra Campus or the Department of Agricultural Sciences (in Portuguese) Department of Mathematics Department of Oceanography and Ichthyology in Horta References Notes Sources Organisations based in the Azores Educational institutions established in 1976 1976 establishments in Portugal Buildings and structures in Ponta Delgada