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

24 monthsProgramme duration

Main Subject Area

Sustainable DevelopmentMain Subject Area

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.

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.

Admission Requirements

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Graduates in class L-25 (Agricultural sciences and technologies), as well as in the corresponding class pursuant to Ministerial Decree 509/99, may access the programme if they have earned at least 30 credits in the following academic fields: FIS/01 to FIS/07 MAT/01 to MAT/09 INF/01 - Computer science SECS-S/01 - Statistics CHIM/03 - General and inorganic chemistry CHIM/06 - Organic chemistry BIO/01 - General botany BIO/02 - Systematic botany BIO/03 - Environmental and applied botany BIO/04 - Plant physiology BIO/05 - Zoology BIO/13 - Applied biology Graduates from classes other than class L-25, who, in addition to 30 credits in the aforementioned academic fields, have earned at least 60 credits in the following academic fields, may also access the programme: AGR/01 - Economy and rural appraisal AGR/02 - Agronomy and herbaceous crops AGR/03 - General arboriculture AGR/04 - Horticulture and floriculture AGR/07 - Agricultural genetics AGR/08 - Agricultural hydraulics AGR/09 - Agricultural mechanics AGR/10 - Rural constructions and agro-forestry territory AGR/11 - General and applied entomology AGR/12 - Plant pathology AGR/13 - Agricultural chemistry AGR/15 - Food science and technology AGR/16 - Agricultural microbiology AGR/17 - General zootechnics and genetic improvement AGR/18 - Animal nutrition and feeding AGR/19 - Special zootechnics AGR/20 - Zooculture ICAR/06 - Topography and cartography ICAR/15 - Landscape architecture IUS/03 - Agricultural law IUS/14 - European Union law SECS-P/08 - Economics and business management VET/01 - Anatomy of domestic animals VET/02 - Veterinary physiology
Proficiency in English at a B1 level or higher under the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is required for admission.

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