Course overview

The Master’s Degree in Agri-food Sustainability offers a strong scientific education in agriculture and food systems, with a clear focus: producing more while protecting the environment, farmers' well-being, and consumers' health. Students can choose between two specialised curricula:

1. Agroecology and Sustainable Farming: 

• Sustainable farming methods, biodiversity, and rural landscapes.
• Key topics: agroecology, plant health, soil and water management, precision farming.

2. Food Quality and Nutrition 

• Safe, high-quality food and its impact on health.
• Key topics: food safety, nutrition, medicinal plants, and agrochemical toxicology. 

Students will gain hands-on experience through activities in labs and university-owned fields as well as partnerships with both conventional and organic farms.

Six departments contribute to the Master's program: Earth and Environmental Sciences (the Managing Department); Biology and Biotechnology; Civil Engineering and Architecture; Public Health Experimental and Forensic Medicine; Pharmaceutical Sciences; Chemistry; Physics.

Agrifood students will have the opportunity to participate to the LM+ call for application: during their second year of studies, winners will undertake a 12-month paid company-based training period in Italy, which could become the subject of their final thesis work.

New!

Starting from the a.y. 2025-26, Agrifood Sustainability is a Blended Master’s Degree Program, meaning that learning activities will be partially delivered online and partially in person (face-to-face).