BSc Food Production Management
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Key Information
Campus location
Piacenza, Italy
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
3 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 8,500 / per year **
Application deadline
27 Jun 2024*
Earliest start date
Sep 2024
* for EU students | 09 May 2024 for non-EU students
** for non-EU residents | €6360 for EU residents
Introduction
BSc Food Production Management
The Food Production Management programme curriculum provides knowledge and skills for students aiming at managing the different levels of the agri-food chains. Students learn the innovative principles and techniques of agriculture, from the fields to the table, to produce safe, sustainable and high quality food. Focus will be on the supply chains of dairy, cured meats, viticulture, cereals and horticultural produce. In particular, high quality “Made in Italy” products value chains are used as study cases.
The competences acquired on the degree can be applied to:
- the production, quality and sanitation in ‘made in Italy” husbandry;
- the transformation and conservation techniques of plant and animal products;
- food safety and legislation;
- the impact on environmental sustainability;
- aspects relating to the economic valorisation of agri-food products, with particular emphasis on those of Italian tradition and to the management of the enterprises.
It is the first degree programme of this kind in Italy entirely focused on agri-food sustainability and its economic and environmental components.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
First Year
- Applied statistics and physics
- Chemistry
- Plant physiology and genetics
- Biochemistry
- Applied agronomy and horticulture
- Food economics
Second year
- Applied agri-food microbiology
- Food technology
- Crop protection
- Animal science
- Sustainability & Food law
- The Wine Trail
- Applied viticulture
- Applied enology
- Integrated vineyard protection
Third year
- Food safety
- Cheese and Cured Meat Hub
- Milk, meat production and technology
- Microbiology of diary and meat food
- Tomato, Pasta and Bakery Hub
- Vegetable production and technology
- Cereal grains, processing and technology
- Free programs
- Internship and Final exam
Program Outcome
- Degree awarded: Laurea triennale in Scienze e tecnologie alimentari
- Total ECTS: 180
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
The programme provides knowledge and skills for students aiming at managing the different levels of the agri-food chains (input supplying companies, farms, food processors, traders and retailers, support organizations) particularly in those situations where interactions along the value chains represent a success factor for improving and maintaining products’ quality, sustainability and, above all, market performance. This programme gives access to graduate programmes: for example our Master of Science in Agricultural and Food Economics, or a Master in Viticulture and Enology.