The Master’s Degree Programme in Biology is organised into three areas: Diagnostic – Nutrition – Agro-Environmental.
How will I learn
Teaching activities include lectures, practical classroom and laboratory sessions, seminars, independent and supervised study, and the use of English texts to foster the acquisition of scientific terminology. Numerous practical sessions, in the classroom and in the laboratory, will enable you to develop technical and practical skills. You will be required to undertake external activities, such as training internships at organisations and companies, or take study periods at other universities, in Europe and outside Europe. You will complete the programme by writing a final degree report (thesis).
Admission requirements
The Master’s Degree Programme in Biology has open admission (no capped enrolment).
For full details on enrolment in the first year of the Master’s Degree Programme in Biology, please visit the dedicated section.
What job I can do after graduation
Master’s graduates may enrol in Section A of the Professional Register of the National Order of Biologists, subject to passing the State Examination. For teaching, completion of the required qualification process and success in the competitive examinations established by current legislation are required.
A Master’s graduate in Biology can work in several professional areas, including:
- Research and Development;
- academic researcher: graduates may continue with a PhD and work at universities or research institutes;
- private-sector researcher: agri-food and phyto-cosmetic companies, focusing on the research and development of new products or methods.
- Environmental protection agencies, both public and private;
- Research and production laboratories in agricultural enterprises, park authorities, and managers of protected areas;
- Service centres and/or environmental protection agencies; environmental analysis and monitoring;
- Agri-food consultant: supporting agricultural and environmental enterprises with sustainability, product quality and technological innovation;
- Science communicator: working for museums, scientific associations, publishing companies or the media to make biological knowledge in the agro-environmental field accessible to the public;
- Consultant for drafting restoration plans for degraded areas and for implementing bioremediation solutions.
After obtaining professional qualification and registering with the Order of Biologists, graduates may work as self-employed professionals in various fields—from environmental and health consultancy to nutrition—and may continue their studies through PhD programmes, Master’s programmes or Specialisation Schools in the healthcare area with non-medical admission.
You may also progress to higher levels of university education (PhD programmes) in Italy and internationally.
You may access teaching positions in lower and upper secondary schools, as well as in academia, subject to meeting further requirements and passing the relevant competitive examinations in accordance with current legislation.
For specific information about the study programme, you can contact the Programme Director of the Master’s Degree Programme, Prof.ssa Rosaria Sciarrillo.
For information on orientation services before, during and after your studies, you can visit the dedicated page
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