Agricultural Sciences for Sustainability 24 months Postgraduate Programme By University of Milan |TopUniversities
Programme Duration

24 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

156 EURTuition Fee/year

Starting Month

OctStarting Month

Programme overview

Main Subject

Sustainable Development

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The MSc degree course in Agricultural Sciences for Sustainability (belonging to the class of graduate courses in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies-LM-69), aims to prepare master's graduates responding to the profile of the modern agronomist: a professional figure with firm technical culture and a broad multidisciplinary vision of the agricultural system.


The learning program is primarily characterized by technical contents, based on the operational transfer of the most recent scientific acquisitions and on the applications of technological innovations in the area of agriculture.


The highly multidisciplinary learning program ensures the graduates gain a wide cultural and scientific vision and technical adaptability, along with a deep awareness of the function of modern agriculture which, in its most recent evolution, added to the original aim of producing food as well as the objectives of preserving the territory, guaranteeing the safety of products and protection of the environment.


Graduates acquire a multidisciplinary and integrated vision of problems that have to be faced in order to plan and manage the continuous adaptations of the agricultural production system to the new needs required by complex and advanced society.


Relying on firm multidisciplinary basis mostly related to the activities of the 1st year, students will acquire a well characterized specialistic profile through the 2nd year courses, and trough their thesis work that will be developed on a subject in the area of the specialization track chosen.


In order to graduate professionals ready to seize job opportunities offered by the most advanced scenarios of European agriculture, the master's degree program offers three tracks of specialization:


- farm management track, focused on the planning and management of agricultural production processes, the relations with the markets, the services for the farm and the supply chain of technical means, the distribution and transformation of raw products, and the economic-regulatory framework of farm activities;

- animal systems track, focused on breeding, the processes and technologies of the livestock farm, the management of quality, safety and sustainability of animal production, and the relations with the food supply chains;

- precision agriculture track, focused on site-specific crop management methods aimed to optimize and maximize the efficiency of production processes, automation technologies and digital farming, modelling to optimize the use of inputs, and the planning of production processes.


The students can also compose their own personalized specialization track according to their professional interests. Proposals of personalized specialization tracks are subject to the approval of the Collegio didattico board according to their consistence with the goals of the master's degree course.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PROGRAMME IS ENTIRELY TAUGHT IN ITALIAN.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Sustainable Development

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The MSc degree course in Agricultural Sciences for Sustainability (belonging to the class of graduate courses in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies-LM-69), aims to prepare master's graduates responding to the profile of the modern agronomist: a professional figure with firm technical culture and a broad multidisciplinary vision of the agricultural system.


The learning program is primarily characterized by technical contents, based on the operational transfer of the most recent scientific acquisitions and on the applications of technological innovations in the area of agriculture.


The highly multidisciplinary learning program ensures the graduates gain a wide cultural and scientific vision and technical adaptability, along with a deep awareness of the function of modern agriculture which, in its most recent evolution, added to the original aim of producing food as well as the objectives of preserving the territory, guaranteeing the safety of products and protection of the environment.


Graduates acquire a multidisciplinary and integrated vision of problems that have to be faced in order to plan and manage the continuous adaptations of the agricultural production system to the new needs required by complex and advanced society.


Relying on firm multidisciplinary basis mostly related to the activities of the 1st year, students will acquire a well characterized specialistic profile through the 2nd year courses, and trough their thesis work that will be developed on a subject in the area of the specialization track chosen.


In order to graduate professionals ready to seize job opportunities offered by the most advanced scenarios of European agriculture, the master's degree program offers three tracks of specialization:


- farm management track, focused on the planning and management of agricultural production processes, the relations with the markets, the services for the farm and the supply chain of technical means, the distribution and transformation of raw products, and the economic-regulatory framework of farm activities;

- animal systems track, focused on breeding, the processes and technologies of the livestock farm, the management of quality, safety and sustainability of animal production, and the relations with the food supply chains;

- precision agriculture track, focused on site-specific crop management methods aimed to optimize and maximize the efficiency of production processes, automation technologies and digital farming, modelling to optimize the use of inputs, and the planning of production processes.


The students can also compose their own personalized specialization track according to their professional interests. Proposals of personalized specialization tracks are subject to the approval of the Collegio didattico board according to their consistence with the goals of the master's degree course.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PROGRAMME IS ENTIRELY TAUGHT IN ITALIAN.

Admission Requirements

4+
42+
Graduates in degree programs in class L-25 (Agricultural and Forestry Sciences and Technologies), as well as in the corresponding class pursuant to Ministerial Decree 509/99, are eligible to apply for the Master's Degree in Agricultural Sciences for Sustainability.

Graduates from classes other than L-25 who have earned at least 45 credits in the following scientific-disciplinary fields may also be admitted:

BIO/01 - General Botany
BIO/04 - Plant Physiology
BIO/07 - Ecology
IUS/03 - Agricultural Law
IUS/14 - European Union Law
SECS-P/08 - Business Economics and Management
AGR/01 - Rural Economics and Valuation
AGR/02 - Agronomy and Field Crops
AGR/03 - General Arboriculture and Tree Crops
AGR/04 - Horticulture and Floriculture
AGR/05 - Forestry and Silviculture
AGR/07 - Agricultural Genetics
AGR/08 - Agricultural Hydraulics and Forestry Systems
AGR/09 - Agricultural Mechanics
AGR/10 - Rural Construction and Agroforestry
AGR/11 - General and Applied Entomology
AGR/12 - Plant Pathology
AGR/13 - Agricultural Chemistry
AGR/14 - Pedology
AGR/15 - Food Science and Technology
AGR/16 - Agricultural Microbiology
AGR/17 - General Animal Husbandry and Genetic Improvement
AGR/18 - Animal Nutrition and Feeding
AGR/19 - Specialty Animal Husbandry
AGR/20 - Animal Farming
VET/01 - Anatomy of Domestic Animals
VET/02 - Veterinary Physiology
ICAR/06 - Topography and Cartography
ICAR/15 - Landscape Architecture

Proficiency in English at a B1 level or higher under the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is required for admission.

Admission assessment
During the application review process, an examining committee will evaluate the curricular requirements and the adequacy of candidates' initial preparation through specific interviews held remotely on a monthly basis between June and December.
Candidates will receive instructions on how to participate online at least 10 days before the interview.
Along with their application, candidates must submit appropriate documentation certifying exams passed during their previous university career, so that their achievement of the curricular requirements can be assessed. Any gaps identified during the application process must be addressed before the interviews by contacting the relevant professors for the specific disciplines, who will be indicated to the candidates by the Chair of the examining committee. If adequate knowledge is not demonstrated by passing the disciplinary interviews indicated by the Chair of the examining committee, the student will not be admitted to the master's degree program.

2 Years
Oct

Tuition fees

International
156 EUR

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