Agricultural Technology

The degree programme in Agricultural Technologies sets out to train agronomists specialised in plant production and protection, in the management of agricultural land and in farm management. Graduates will therefore know the biotic and abiotic factors governing the processes of food and non-food agricultural production systems and their impact on the environment and product quality. They shall also be familiar with pathogenic agents and parasites and the related protection techniques.

The knowledge and practical skills are developed through participation in lectures, workshops and seminars delivered during the programme. The programme structure covers 5 different macro-areas of learning which, together, provide the cultural skills required to train the defined professional figure:
-BASIC SCIENCES-ECONOMIC ESTIMATION
-PLANT PRODUCTION
-PLANT PROTECTION
-AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING.

The first year of the programme focuses mainly on knowledge of basic sciences, required to learn the core subjects characterising the agronomist profession. The second year includes course units on the production of crop and tree species, the ecology of the agricultural ecosystem and plant disease protection, as well as a mandatory professional internship in a company or research laboratory, offering students the possibility to put their studies into practice. The third year of the programme focuses on studies in plant production, agricultural engineering (mechanics and hydraulics) and estimation and on basic management of the main livestock.
During the second and third year, practical work will be performed in the laboratory, the vegetable garden, the experimental greenhouses and at the university farm.

Admission to the degree programme in Agricultural Technologies is subject to the possession of either a five-year secondary school diploma or other suitable qualification obtained abroad.

Additionally, knowledge and competence in the following areas are required:
- logical and reasoning skills;
- the ability to read, understand and interpret texts and documents in the Italian language;
- basic notions of scientific culture;- English language skills to at least CEFT level A2.

The methods for verifying the knowledge required for admission are defined in the degree programme teaching regulations.
If the assessment is not positive, additional learning requirements will be specified.
Completion of the learning requirements is the subject of a separate test.
The relevant testing method is also set out in the degree programme teaching regulations.
Students who do not complete the additional learning requirements by the date established by the competent bodies and, in any case, by the end of the first year of the degree programme, will be unable to sit exams in the following years.