Development and Protection of Mountain Environment 36 months Undergraduate Programme By University of Milan |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

36 monthsProgramme duration

Main Subject Area

Environmental SciencesMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Environmental Sciences

Degree

BSc

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

The degree course in Development and Protection of the Mountain Environment provides graduates with specific knowledge in the main sectors of agroforestry and environmental sciences that are necessary for defining a comprehensive and specific vision of mountain territories, essential to promote their sustainable development. In particular, graduates will be able to effectively address the complexity of mountain socio-ecological systems by operating in various areas of intervention: from agroforestry production to the management, protection and valorization of natural, agroforestry, territorial and landscape resources, to the conservation of the territory, as well as the planning and implementation of territorial development initiatives. All this taking into account the main environmental and socio-economic phenomena taking place in these areas such as climate change and loss of competitiveness. Graduates will be able to identify the specific resources on which to leverage and facilitate the application of innovative methodologies and strategies to optimize and valorize products and services, including ecosystemic ones, generated by the environment and mountain agro-forestry activities. These skills can be applied in a wide range of sectors: from traditional ones, such as agriculture, forestry and mountain territory protection, to emerging ones, such as agri-environmental education and tourism, territorial marketing and the sustainable use of natural resources in the context of the bioeconomy.


The trained graduate matches two cultural and professional profiles:


- Technicians with a wealth of knowledge and operational skills that allow them to contribute to the sustainable planning and management of mountain agro- forestry -pastoral enterprises as well as to the valorization of specific production by providing qualified technical assistance in various fields, from production to economic appraisal as well as the environment, and the valorization of ecosystem services and agritourism and rural tourism activities.


- Technicians with a wealth of knowledge and operational skills that allow them to contribute to the management and enhancement of mountain rural and forestry territory, also in terms of ecosystem services of production, protection and culture, as well as to work in parks, in rural and environmental tourism activities and in land management in the monitoring, protection, enhancement and promotion of specific mountain agroforestry and environmental resources with a view to sustainability.


The two figures are not alternatives, but complementary because, if on the one hand the efficiency and competitiveness of a mountain agro- forestry -pastoral enterprise is strongly linked to the specificities of the territory in which it operates and has a key responsibility in the conservation and protection of the resources and the environment in which it operates, on the other hand the management, protection and enhancement of resources, the environment and the territory can only originate from the knowledge of the functioning mechanisms of natural, agricultural and forestry ecosystems. The knowledge and practical skills acquired allow both to deal directly with the world of work in the mountain agro-forestry and environmental sectors and to subsequently specialize through a Master's degree and/or advanced training courses.


The course activities are carried out entirely at the UNIMONT Campus, a location that the University of Milan has activated in Edolo, in the heart of the central Alps. This significantly contributes to the acquisition of practical and direct knowledge and awareness of environmental complexities and allows for experimentation with the specific organizational and functional articulation typical of small mountainous territorial contexts, promoting the formation of professional profiles prepared to operate taking into account the specificities of the local dimension to design, implement and/or promote effective valorization and development processes.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Environmental Sciences

Degree

BSc

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

The degree course in Development and Protection of the Mountain Environment provides graduates with specific knowledge in the main sectors of agroforestry and environmental sciences that are necessary for defining a comprehensive and specific vision of mountain territories, essential to promote their sustainable development. In particular, graduates will be able to effectively address the complexity of mountain socio-ecological systems by operating in various areas of intervention: from agroforestry production to the management, protection and valorization of natural, agroforestry, territorial and landscape resources, to the conservation of the territory, as well as the planning and implementation of territorial development initiatives. All this taking into account the main environmental and socio-economic phenomena taking place in these areas such as climate change and loss of competitiveness. Graduates will be able to identify the specific resources on which to leverage and facilitate the application of innovative methodologies and strategies to optimize and valorize products and services, including ecosystemic ones, generated by the environment and mountain agro-forestry activities. These skills can be applied in a wide range of sectors: from traditional ones, such as agriculture, forestry and mountain territory protection, to emerging ones, such as agri-environmental education and tourism, territorial marketing and the sustainable use of natural resources in the context of the bioeconomy.


The trained graduate matches two cultural and professional profiles:


- Technicians with a wealth of knowledge and operational skills that allow them to contribute to the sustainable planning and management of mountain agro- forestry -pastoral enterprises as well as to the valorization of specific production by providing qualified technical assistance in various fields, from production to economic appraisal as well as the environment, and the valorization of ecosystem services and agritourism and rural tourism activities.


- Technicians with a wealth of knowledge and operational skills that allow them to contribute to the management and enhancement of mountain rural and forestry territory, also in terms of ecosystem services of production, protection and culture, as well as to work in parks, in rural and environmental tourism activities and in land management in the monitoring, protection, enhancement and promotion of specific mountain agroforestry and environmental resources with a view to sustainability.


The two figures are not alternatives, but complementary because, if on the one hand the efficiency and competitiveness of a mountain agro- forestry -pastoral enterprise is strongly linked to the specificities of the territory in which it operates and has a key responsibility in the conservation and protection of the resources and the environment in which it operates, on the other hand the management, protection and enhancement of resources, the environment and the territory can only originate from the knowledge of the functioning mechanisms of natural, agricultural and forestry ecosystems. The knowledge and practical skills acquired allow both to deal directly with the world of work in the mountain agro-forestry and environmental sectors and to subsequently specialize through a Master's degree and/or advanced training courses.


The course activities are carried out entirely at the UNIMONT Campus, a location that the University of Milan has activated in Edolo, in the heart of the central Alps. This significantly contributes to the acquisition of practical and direct knowledge and awareness of environmental complexities and allows for experimentation with the specific organizational and functional articulation typical of small mountainous territorial contexts, promoting the formation of professional profiles prepared to operate taking into account the specificities of the local dimension to design, implement and/or promote effective valorization and development processes.

Admission Requirements

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Admission requirements


Applicants to the degree programme must hold a secondary-school diploma, or other equivalent qualification, and a baseline of knowledge in scientific subjects (mathematics, chemistry, physics and biology).


Admission assessment


Admission to this Bachelor's degree programme is open, subject to a mandatory, non-selective, assessment test before enrolment.

The test will ascertain that the candidate meets admission requirements, i.e. knowledge of key science subjects as provided by upper secondary school, and an understanding of elementary logic.

The test required for admission into the degree programme is TOLC-AV, an online test provided by the Consortium of Inter-University Integrated Access Systems (CISIA - https://www.cisiaonline.it).

For test topics and details, please review the page https://www.cisiaonline.it/en/area-tematica-tolc-agraria-veterinaria/struttura-della-prova-e-syllabus/. You may sit for the TOLC-AV test at the University of Milan or any other member university of CISIA.

The calendar with available venues and dates is posted to the page https://tolc.cisiaonline.it/calendario.php?l=gb.

Registration procedures and deadlines are set out in the call for applications posted to the page https://vtatm.cdl.unimi.it/it/iscriversi


Admission of transfer or graduate students


Transfer students from a degree programme of the University of Milan, or another university, and graduate students will be waived from the test requirement only if admitted to years subsequent to Year I.

To this end, they will have to submit a specific request for prior assessment of their academic records using the online service as shown in the call for applications.

These candidates must provide a full transcript of records (listing exams, subject areas, credits, grades) and attach the course syllabi. For more details and dates, please refer to the call for applications.

Students admitted to the first year will be required to take the test.

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