Agricultural Sciences and Technologies – (M.Sc.)

Requirements

In order to attend a second-level degree course in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies profitably it is necessary to have acquired knowledge in relation to the following:

* basic scientific disciplines in the fields of applied technology and economics regarding herbaceous crop and tree production;
* the fundamental principles underlying the protection of crop plants against diseases caused by pathogens and arthropods;

Admission to a second-level degree course is subject to the following requirements:

1) completion of a degree in one of the following classes, or possession of another academic qualification earned abroad and recognised as suitable: as per Ministry of Education, University and Research decree no. 270, class 25: Agricultural and forestry sciences and technologies; as per decree no. 509/99; class 20: Agricultural, agri-food and forestry sciences and technologies

Previous 4-year university system:

* Agricultural sciences, Agricultural Sciences and technologies, Forestry sciences, Forestry and environmental sciences (Ministry Decree 143/93)
* Tropical and subtropical agricultural sciences (Ministry Decree 262/96).

2) acquisition, for each of the following scientific/subject areas, of a minimum number of ECTS academic credits as indicated below:

Scientific/Subject Area

* AGR/01 Rural economics and valuation 6 ECTS credits
* AGR/02 Agronomics and herbaceous crops 9 ECTS credits
* AGR/03 General arboriculture and arboreal crops 6 ECTS credits
* AGR/09 Agricultural mechanics 3 ECTS credits
* AGR/11 General and applied entomology 4 ECTS credits
* AGR/12 Plant pathology 4 ECTS credits
* AGR/13 Agricultural chemistry 6 ECTS credits
* CHIM/03, CHIM/06 Chemistry subjects 6 ECTS credits
* BIO/01-BIO/05 Biology subjects 6 ECTS credits
* FIS/01-/08 Physics 3 ECTS credits
* MAT/01- 09 Mathematics 3 ECTS credits

In the case of students who do not possess the required degree and/or credits as specified above, admission to a second-level degree course is subject to a preliminary assessment by a Commission which will ascertain, by means of an interview, whether the student possesses the required knowledge and competencies.

Interviews will be held on the following dates:

* 16 September 2011, 9.30 a.m., room 9, viale Fanin, 48
* 23 September 2011, 9.30 a.m., room 9, viale Fanin, 48
* 30 September 2011 2.30 p.m., room 9, viale Fanin, 48
* 11 November 2011, 2.30 p.m., room 9, viale Fanin, 48
* 16 December 2011, 2.30 p.m., room 9, viale Fanin, 48

If the Commission judges the graduate's level of knowledge and competencies to be satisfactory, the student will be admitted to a test to assess the adequacy of his or her personal academic preparation as per the following paragraphs.

A negative outcome of the test/interview will preclude admission to a second-level degree course.

Assessment of personal academic preparation

Admission to a second-level degree course is subject not only to the fulfilment of the pre-established curricular requirements but also to passing a test proving the adequacy of personal academic preparation, which will take place by means of an individual interview.

Students who were awarded a degree with a minimum final mark of 92/110 will automatically be considered to have sufficient personal academic preparation.

The test consists in an interview with a commission designated by the Consiglio di Corso di Laurea (Degree Course Board).

Students must sign up for the test by sending an e-mail to the faculty teaching office (presidenza.agricultural@unibo.it ) with the subject: "prova di verifica" and specifying name, surname, the course they wish to enrol in and the date of the interview in which they intend to participate. The e-mail must be sent at least two days before the date of the interview.

A negative outcome of the test/interview will preclude admission to a second-level degree course.