Master's Degree Programme in
Biotechnologies for Sustainable Development and the Environment
Biotechnologies for Sustainable Development and the Environment
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Lessons: School of Economics, Languages and Entrepreneurship, Riviera Santa Margherita 76, 31100 Treviso (Italy). For further information please contact the Campus in Treviso (School of Economics, Languages and Entrepreneurship), campus.treviso@unive.it
Labs: Scientific Campus, via Torino 155, 30170 Venezia Mestre. For further information please contact the Scientific Campus, campus.scientifico@unive.it
The teaching regulations of the study course depend on the following organisational aspects: educational goals, access methods, study plan, exams, final exam, job opportunities, etc. Throughout their university career, students must refer to the teaching regulations enforced from their matriculation.
Open admission, with evaluation of minimum curricular requirements.
Quota reserved to non-EU students residing outside Italy: 20 seats, of which 10 space is reserved for Chinese students, living in China, studying under the Marco Polo Project.
To be admitted to this Master's Degree Programme students must possess a proper individual educational background and the minimum curricular requirements. A certified knowledge of English at minimum level B2 is also required.
Details about the assessment procedures are available in the webpage dedicated to test and admission requirements.
Applicants with international qualification must have obtained a bachelor’s degree that is the result of at least 3 years of study. The preliminary evaluation of the qualification is mandatory. Procedures and deadlines are available on the dedicated online platform.
International qualification will be evaluated by the designated teaching committee after the pre-evaluation procedure carried out on the online platform.
The master's degree in Biotechnologies for Sustainable Development and the Environment trains professionals who can design, plan, develop, evaluate, manage and control systems, processes and services aimed at protecting the environment and implementing the use of renewable energies.
The course addresses the different applications of environmental processes and applied research from a quantitative approach, with a particular focus on ways to transform materials and energy that maximise production yield and minimise risks and environmental impacts, with a view to achieving sustainability (environmental but also economic and social sustainability) and implementing the circular economy concept.
Master’s graduates will develop the necessary skills to work in the field of industrial biotechnologies linked to the promotion of renewable resources and renewable energies, with regard to both the chemical, microbiological and engineering aspects of conversion and production processes, and to assess the environmental impact that these processes can produce.
Skills are developed through a multidisciplinary training programme with a practical approach. The course combines disciplines such as industrial, mechanical and energy engineering, analytical chemistry, applied microbiology, the assessment of risks and environmental impacts throughout the life cycle of products and processes, environmental law and the economy of multi-utilities.
The course involves the use of experimental teaching tools such as exercises, discussion of scientific publications and internships with companies or public and private research institutions. The final exam consists of preparing and discussing an original experimental thesis, which is the result of research and design work.
The educational activities include classroom teaching, experts’ contributions, case studies analysis, workshops and internships (in Italy and abroad), in order to acquire wide-ranging skills that can be readily transferable into the world of work.
During the whole university career, the various skills and knowledge acquired by students will be assessed through written and oral examinations.
In order to be able to sit the final examination, students must achieve all the credits required by the study plan. Admission to the final examination is subject to students writing an original thesis which reports the results of an experimental research or development project. This thesis must then be discussed before the examination board. Students may work on their thesis within the University or at an external institution or abroad, and may choose whether to write it in English or Italian.
Professional Master’s Programmes (1st level and 2nd level) and PhD programmes.
This master's degree course provides a preparation that can then be used in the following professional profiles:
The degree in the LM-8 class (industrial biotechnologies) also allows graduates to work as biologists and biochemists, subject to them qualifying as such.
