Study Plan
Agrifood Sustainability is a Blended Master’s Degree Program, meaning that learning activities are partially delivered online and partially in person (face-to-face).
Specifically, the first-semester learning activities for first-year students are delivered online until December, while practical activities carried out in person start in January.
The learning activities of the second semester of the first year and the learning activities of the second year are mainly delivered in person.
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The study plan below is related to the latest enrollment year.
To check the study plan related to previous enrollment years, check the "Useful link" section or click here and choose the relevant enrollment year.
For more information on the study plan and how and when to fill it in, please refer to the dedicated University page here .
Study plan - Enrolment year 2025/2026
First Year
Compulsory
- AGROECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION 6 ECTS - 58 hours 2nd semester
- CONSERVATION AND PROMOTION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES 6 ECTS - 58 hours 1st semester
- EUROPEAN AGRIFOOD LAW 6 ECTS - 52 hours 1st semester
- FOOD MARKETING 6 ECTS - 48 hours 1st semester
- LOCAL HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTION CHAINS 6 ECTS - 62 hours 2nd semester
- PLANT NUTRITION AND QUALITY OF AGRIFOOD PRODUCTION 6 ECTS - 56 hours 1st semester
- PLANT PATHOLOGY 6 ECTS - 52 hours 1st semester
- SUSTAINABLE GRASS CROPS, INTEGRATED PRODUCTION, ORGANIC FARMING 9 ECTS - 98 hours 2nd semester
- SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES IN AGRICULTURE 6 ECTS - 58 hours 2nd semester
Notes
Foreign students without adequate knowledge of the Italian language (categories listed in art. 12 paragraph 4 of the Didactic Regulations) must include Italian language for foreign students - 3 CFU in their study plan.
- ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS 3 ECTS - 24 hours 2nd semester
- OTHER ACTIVITIES 3 ECTS - 24 hours 2nd semester
- CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE AGRI-FOOD SECTOR 3 ECTS - 24 hours 2nd semester
- FROM FOOD HERITAGE TO SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT 3 ECTS - 24 hours 1st semester
- PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR DRAFTING A SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 3 ECTS - 24 hours 1st semester
- SEED ECOLOGY AND USE 3 ECTS - 24 hours 2nd semester
- SUSTAINABLE WINE MARKETING 3 ECTS - 24 hours 1st semester
Second Year
Compulsory
- FINAL EXAM 18 ECTS - 450 hours
- FORESTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN AGRICULTURE 9 ECTS - 72 hours 1st semester
- INTERNSHIP FOR THESIS 12 ECTS - 300 hours
- SOIL CONSERVATION AND PRECISION AGRICULTURE 9 ECTS - 72 hours
- GEOPEDOLOGY 6 ECTS - 64 hours 2nd semester
- NUTRITIONAL AND NUTRACEUTICAL PROPERTIES OF MUSHROOMS 3 ECTS - 24 hours 2nd semester
- SEEDS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE 3 ECTS - 24 hours 2nd semester
- SOIL AND WATER CONTAMINATION BY INTENSIVE FARMING 3 ECTS - 24 hours 1st semester
- SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS FOR FOOD SAFETY 3 ECTS - 24 hours 1st semester
First Year
Compulsory
- AGROECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION 6 ECTS - 58 hours 2nd semester
- CONSERVATION AND PROMOTION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES 6 ECTS - 58 hours 1st semester
- EUROPEAN AGRIFOOD LAW 6 ECTS - 52 hours 1st semester
- FOOD MARKETING 6 ECTS - 48 hours 1st semester
- FUNDAMENTALS OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY 9 ECTS - 78 hours 2nd semester
- INTEGRATED COURSE OF NUTRITION AND HUMAN HEALTH 9 ECTS - 72 hours 2nd semester
- LOCAL HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTION CHAINS 6 ECTS - 62 hours 2nd semester
- PLANT NUTRITION AND QUALITY OF AGRIFOOD PRODUCTION 6 ECTS - 56 hours 1st semester
- SUSTAINABLE GRASS CROPS 6 ECTS - 79 hours 2nd semester
Notes
Foreign students without adequate knowledge of the Italian language (categories listed in art. 12 paragraph 4 of the Didactic Regulations) must include Italian language for foreign students - 3 CFU in their study plan.
- ITALIAN LANGUAGE FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS 3 ECTS - 24 hours 2nd semester
- OTHER ACTIVITIES 3 ECTS - 24 hours 2nd semester
- CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE AGRI-FOOD SECTOR 3 ECTS - 24 hours 2nd semester
- FROM FOOD HERITAGE TO SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT 3 ECTS - 24 hours 1st semester
- PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR DRAFTING A SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 3 ECTS - 24 hours 1st semester
- SEED ECOLOGY AND USE 3 ECTS - 24 hours 2nd semester
- SUSTAINABLE WINE MARKETING 3 ECTS - 24 hours 1st semester
Second Year
Compulsory
- FINAL EXAM 18 ECTS - 450 hours
- INTERNSHIP FOR THESIS 12 ECTS - 300 hours
- SECONDARY PLANT METABOLISM AND MEDICINAL PLANTS 6 ECTS - 52 hours 2nd semester
- VEGETABLE FOODS AND AGROCHEMICALS FOR PLANT DEFENCE CHEMISTRY AND TOXICOLOGY 9 ECTS - 72 hours 1st semester
- GEOPEDOLOGY 6 ECTS - 64 hours 2nd semester
- NUTRITIONAL AND NUTRACEUTICAL PROPERTIES OF MUSHROOMS 3 ECTS - 24 hours 2nd semester
- SEEDS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE 3 ECTS - 24 hours 2nd semester
- SOIL AND WATER CONTAMINATION BY INTENSIVE FARMING 3 ECTS - 24 hours 1st semester
- SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS FOR FOOD SAFETY 3 ECTS - 24 hours 1st semester