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Headquarter
Rieti (RI)
Department
Agriculture and Forest Sciences
Language
Italian
Course lenght
3 years
Admission
Non-selective entry test
The Bachelor’s Degree Course in Mountain Sciences, unique in Italy with this denomination, aims to train a bachelor’s graduate with professional skills in analysis, projection, and management of mountain areas and their resources, with particular reference to the Apennine and Mediterranean environments. The training program aims to train an expert capable of identifying and preventing the risks of environmental degradation while proposing sustainable solutions for forest conservation and valorizing hilly and mountain agriculture and related products, as well as valorizing the possibilities connected to green tourism.
The graduate acquires skills for the recovery of geographical and socio-economic marginalities of mountain environments with a marked naturalistic and recreational value through the ability to plan and design parks and protected areas; he acquires skills that allow him to get various and fulfilling roles such as mountain agronomist, expert in biodiversity conservation, expert in forest engineering, and expert in the economic enhancement of mountain territories.
Learning objectives
MOUNTAIN SCIENCES
Curriculum in Mountain Sciences and Agriculture (Rieti Campus)
Educational Objectives
The Mountain Sciences program, unique in Italy for its designation, offers a three-year undergraduate degree to develop professional skills in analyzing, planning, and managing mountain areas and their resources, particularly focusing on the Apennine and Mediterranean regions.
The curriculum, structured around two specialization tracks — Mountain Ecosystems and Mountain Environment Risks — prepares professionals with a solid multidisciplinary background in forestry, agriculture, environmental science, and economics. Students are trained to manage natural resources, protect and enhance mountain territories from both environmental and economic perspectives, and prevent environmental degradation and land instability risks.
Students will acquire a strong foundation in core scientific subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, general biology, botany, and genetics, as well as methods for environmental analysis. This foundational knowledge is crucial for understanding the chemical and physical processes underpinning biological and ecological systems and applying them in the mountain, forestry, and agricultural contexts.
The program provides professional training by studying rocks, hydrology, soil, snow and ice phenomena, and ecosystem functioning. Courses in forest biometry, dendrology and mountain forestry, plant diversity, and ecosystem conservation will enable students to recognize plant species and forest types, measure trees and forest stands, and apply forest management techniques and ecosystem service strategies. Students will also gain expertise in protecting ecosystems from insects and pathogens.
Further studies in the relationships between ecosystems and agricultural systems, morphology, and meteorological phenomena will prepare students to manage land considering the risks of environmental instability.
The engineering-related knowledge includes fundamentals of hydraulics, technical hydrology, and watershed management; land surveying in agroforestry environments and GIS applications; fundamentals of rural construction design for mountain environments; and computer-aided design (CAD) tools. Students will also develop skills in technologies for the mechanization of agroforestry operations.
For the economic development of mountain areas, graduates will study the economic principles governing the agroforestry sector and strategies for promoting and developing mountain territories. They will become familiar with typical local products and the techniques for their production and commercialization. Students will also explore the dynamics of tourism flows and learn marketing techniques specific to mountain environmental tourism and territorial promotion.
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
Curriculum in Mountain and Agricultural Sciences (Rieti Campus)
Educational Objectives
The Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Sciences — offered at the Rieti Campus — trains graduates with professional skills in the analysis, planning, and management of agricultural supply chains in inland hill areas and mountain territories.
The program specifically aims to prepare professionals with a broad education in the agricultural, environmental, and economic sectors, capable of enhancing agricultural resources in internal areas and preventing environmental degradation risks.
Students will gain a solid foundation in core subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, general biology, general and systematic botany, and genetics, as well as methods of environmental analysis.
This scientific background is essential for interpreting the chemical-physical processes that underpin the study of biology and its applications.
Professional training includes knowledge of rocks, hydrology, and soil-related phenomena. Students will acquire the technical skills necessary in agronomy and animal husbandry specific to hill and mountain areas and their products.
They will also develop expertise in protecting agricultural systems from insect pests and pathogens.
Engineering-related training will cover the basics of hydraulics, technical hydrology, and watershed management, as well as land surveying in agroforestry environments using tools such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Students will learn the fundamentals of rural construction design for mountain environments and computer-aided design (CAD) and acquire competencies in technologies for the mechanization of agroforestry operations.
Regarding territorial development, graduates will understand the basic economic principles that characterize the agricultural sector and gain the necessary knowledge to promote effective development policies.
Students will also become familiar with the typical products of inland and mountain regions and the techniques for their production and commercialization.
Knowledge and skills are developed primarily through lectures, complemented by individual and/or group exercises in classrooms, laboratories, and fieldwork, followed by individual study.
Special importance is given to interdisciplinary field exercises.
The educational experience is enriched with in-depth training in scientific and professional areas and supplemented by seminars conducted by internal and external lecturers and experienced professionals.
Career opportunities
Curriculum in Mountain Sciences and Agriculture (Rieti Campus)
Graduates will acquire the skills needed to work as mountain forest ecosystem managers, agronomists, biodiversity conservation specialists, forest engineering experts, and specialists in the economic development of mountain territories.
Upon passing the state examination, the three-year degree qualifies graduates for registration in the Register of Agronomists and Foresters (Section B – Junior).
Career opportunities are available in government ministries (including the National Forest Service), regional authorities, park authorities, protected areas, mountain communities, industries, companies, environmental communication, and professional consultancy and design firms.
Graduates may also pursue teaching roles in professional training programs.
Additionally, the program provides a strong foundation for further studies in master’s degree programs and postgraduate courses.
Curriculum in Mountain and Agricultural Sciences (Rieti Campus)
Graduates will possess the necessary skills to work as mountain forest ecosystem managers, mountain agronomists, biodiversity conservation specialists, forest engineering experts, and economic development specialists for mountain areas.
Graduates are eligible for registration in the Professional Register of Agronomists and Foresters (Section B—Junior) upon passing the state examination.
Career opportunities include positions within ministries, regional administrations, mountain communities, industries, companies, territorial development organizations, and professional consultancy and design firms.
Graduates may also teach in professional training courses.
Additionally, the program provides a strong academic foundation for those wishing to pursue master’s degrees or specialized postgraduate studies.
Further education
The degree course allows students to acquire solid foundations to continue his or her course of study with a second cycle degree course and a master’s.
Further information about the course
The training course includes basic, characterizing and integrative, mono-disciplinary or, in some cases, integrated courses. Each teaching of the degree course includes lectures and exercises. The training includes time spent in the Alpine and Apennine environment and student mobility programmes (ERASMUS, training and internships in ltalian and foreign companies).
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Head of the Course:
Prof. Alfredo Di Filippo
difilippo@unitus.itStudents secretariat:
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Course secretary office 0746 1733462 – 0746 1739605 – 0746 1732574Tutoring contact person:
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