The degree programme seeks to preparegraduates for work in the wine sector, with the specific technological andprocessing skills required to meet current market needs. In particular, thetraining covers both the grape-growing segment (vineyard management,cultivation and agronomic techniques, protection and harvesting) and thetransformation process (fermentation, analytical and microbiological testing,storage, ageing and packaging). The degree programme also seeks to provide themarket knowledge needed to adapt production to consumer requirements.
Admission to the degree programme requirespossession of a five-year secondary school diploma or a foreign diplomarecognised as suitable, or a four-year secondary school diploma and relatedsupplementary year or, if this is no longer available, the assignment ofadditional learning requirements.
The places available on this restrictedaccess degree programme are established with reference to the resourcesavailable.
The number of students eligible for enrolment and the related selectionprocedures will be published each year in the call for applications.
The knowledge and skills required foradmission are confirmed by obtaining the minimum score, indicated in the callfor applications, in the entrance exam set for this restricted access degreeprogramme.
All students will be tested to verify theknowledge required for admission, at the same time as the above entrance exam.
The test of the knowledge required foradmission to the degree programme is passed if the score of the student isequal to or greater than the minimum indicated in the call for applications.
Failure to pass the test of knowledge willresult in the assignment of additional learning requirements, such as attending a remedial mathematics course orany other activities that may be arranged.
These additional learning requirements mustbe satisfied during the first year of the degree programme and, in all cases,by the deadlines established by the University.
Failure to satisfy the requirement by theend of the academic year of matriculation will result in repetition of theenrolment for that year.
Students who already have a degree orUniversity diploma, and those who enrol for the restricted access degreeprogramme following transfer from another University of Bologna degreeprogramme or from another University, must nevertheless sit the entrance examin accordance with the rules indicated above.