Master's Degree Programme in
Biotechnologies for Sustainable Development and the Environment
Biotechnologies for Sustainable Development and the Environment
For Academic year 2024/2025, admission onto the Master’s Degree programme in Biotechnologies for Sustainable Development and the Environment requires:
Enrolment onto the Master’s Degree Programme is subject to the possession of the above requirements.
Candidates who graduated from a Bachelor’s programme in L-2 Biotechnologies, L- 13 Biology, L-27 Chemistry, L-32 Environmental Sciences, or equivalent in the old university system are considered to meet the curricular requirements for admission to verification of personal preparation.
If the candidate graduated from a different Bachelor’s programme, they must have achieved minimum credit requirements, 60 ECTS in the following scientific-disciplinary sectors:
Field of the disciplines of Mathematics, Physics, IT and Statistics at least 12 ECTS
Field of the disciplines of Chemistry and Engineering at least 12 ECTS
Field of the disciplines of Biology at least 12 ECTS
In the case in which students are not in possession of the curricula requirements, they must retrieve them before enrollment exclusively by carrying out single programmes (Bachelor’s Degree level) at this or other universities.
Personal preparation will be verified by the Teaching Committee through CV.
Candidates are normally considered in possession of personal preparation if they attain the following qualifications:
In the event that candidates fail to achieve the minimum degree mark required in the classes indicated or graduate in a different degree class (provided they have earned enough credits in specific academic fields, as specified in the section on curricular requirements), the Teaching Committee verify the personal preparation through the evaluation of professional and personal CV and possible interview.
In order to enrol in one of Ca’ Foscari’s open-access master’s degree programmes, you must complete the following steps:
Ca’ Foscari’s Enrolment Unit will then process your enrolment within seven business days of your payment.
For the evaluation of admission requirements, students must fill in the specific online request: results will be published in the “Evaluation Results” section of this website.
There are three evaluation sessions provided:
The verification of admission requirements can be carried out prior to completing all the required exams or to having graduated.
The procedure for the evaluation of the possession of the entry requirements is mandatory for all students. Candidates who send an application for evaluation and are in possession of all the requirements will be able to receive useful communication in order to proceed with enrolment before the date scheduled for the publication of the results of the evaluation.
If you want to enrol with credit recognition, you will need to submit a recognition request when completing the application for assessment of the access requirements, attaching the useful documentation. All the information is reported in the Enrolment with CFU accreditation section.
Before proceeding with the online application for evaluation of admission requirements, remember to arrange it in electronic format:
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Model of auto-certification of degree with exams [ITA] | 106 KB |
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Declaration of cases of exemption | 294 KB |
If you participate in the evaluation as a student, during the completion of the online application you must substitute the degree grade with the weighted average of the exams you have taken, and the degree self certification with the self certification of enrolment onto exams.
If you are a student on a degree programme of the Old Order, you must fill in the online application, skipping over the part dedicated to inserting your curriculum requirements.
If you have achieved a qualification abroad you must verify the possession of curricular requirements and personal preparation by accessing the specific online procedure of evaluation.
The procedure is currently unavailable: the application can only be filled out during the periods indicated above.
You may enrol from July 1st to September 30th 2024.
A further enrolment period will be opened from October 1st to December 17th 2024: enrolment will then involve the payment of a penalty of 50.00 Euros.
Graduands from the 2023/24 autumn session and students enrolled in a Master's degree programme who will graduate between October 1st and December 2024 will be able to enrol from October 1st to December 17th 2024 without paying any penalty surcharge.
The deadline for the second instalment of tuiton fees for those who will enrol in December 2024, will be set on December 23rd 2024.
It is possible to enrol once your entry requirements have been verified, as indicated by the online application. You may enrol only if you possess the entry requirements foreseen for your chosen Master’s Degree course.
To enrol you must only use the online procedure.
The procedure involves:
If you have applied for entry requirement evaluation as a graduand, you must attach a signed self-certification form listing exams indicating: the name of the University, the name of the Course of study and class, the date of attainment and final degree mark, the name of individual exams with their scientific area and weight in credits. Verify if the self-certification form, complete with the above information, can be printed from your Personal Area of your University of origin. Alternatively, use the self-certification form found on this page.
Once the documents have been uploaded, it is necessary for you to confirm the information you have submitted and then continue on to the Payment section.
Students are reminded that it is possible to enrol on a Master’s Degree programme requiring:
You may enrol in a Master’s Degree Programme requesting accreditation for the following studies and training activities:
Enrolment with credit accreditation is not allowed to students concurrently enrolled in another University course and for which suspension has been requested.
Enrolment is always subordinate to an assessment of your personal academic preparation and your prerequisite academic knowledge, needed for admission to Master’s Degree courses.
The Accreditation Request Form must be attached when completing the on line enrolment procedure.
In case of transfer you do not have to submit the enrollment request that will be generated by Enrolment Unit.
You are required to pay €300.00 unless you enrol with accreditation:
The year of enrolment is determined on the basis of the number of ECTS Credits you have been awarded
Please note that in choosing the degree programme and a curriculum, you will only find courses for the 2024/2025 academic year: the Accreditation Form will be taken into consideration when it is time to finalize your enrolment. You will be enrolled in the exact year and with the curriculum specified on the Form. We remember you that in case of transfer you do not have to submit the enrollment request that will be generated by Enrollment Unit.
The request for recognition of credits can be presented together with the compilation of the application for assessment of the access requirements by attaching the documentation shown below.
You are required to submit:
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Self-certification form of the educational qualifications achieved/exams taken | 10 MB |
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Self-certification form of withdrawal/forfeiture from studies and exams taken [ITA] | 5 MB |
Requests for accreditation will be submitted to the Campus which will then be subject to evaluation by the Teaching Committee. Once approved, the accreditation form will be sent to you via e-mail. Please remember to sign the form.
Should you wish to request accreditation exclusively for previous Ca’ Foscari activities that have the same teaching code you find in the study plan of the course you wish to enrol in (for example, requesting accreditation for individual courses studied at Ca’ Foscari), you may complete the Accreditation Form by yourself and attach it directly during the online Enrollment procedure.
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First year [ITA] | 72 KB |
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Second year [ITA] | 72 KB |
Accreditation will be made based on the following criteria:
If you have a Professional Master’s Programme, you can get recognition up to a maximum of 60 Credits.
The activities recognized by Bachelor’s, Master’s Degrees or Professional Master’s Diplomas have no impact in terms of the final mark average needed for admission to graduation. On the other hand, the activities accredited from the study of single courses and incomplete university studies following withdrawal, lapsed student status or incoming transfer are taken into consideration in the final mark average.