Student's Guide

First Year

        First Semester (Sept-Dec)

Sustainable farming (15 CFU total divided in 3 modules):

Sustainable cropping systems – Module1 (5 CFU, 35 hours)

Plant breeding for sustainable production – Module2 (5 CFU, 35 hours)

Sustainable animal agriculture – Module3 (5 CFU, 35 hours)

Eco-friendly crop protection (10 CFU total divided in 2 modules):

Sustainable insect control Module1 (5 CFU, 35 hours)

Sustainable pathogen control Module2 (5 CFU, 35 hours)

Circular economy, sustainability policy and regulation (8 CFU, 56 hours)

        Second Semester (March-May)

Process efficiency and alternative energy (8 CFU, 56 hours)

Healthy diets and sustainable food consumption (6 CFU, 42 hours)

Sustainability BootCamp (4 CFU, 28 hours)

Start-up and Innovation training (6 CFU, 42 hours)

Second Year

        First Semester (Sept-Dec)

Waste management in the food industry (8 CFU, 56 hours)

Sustainable food processing and packaging (8 CFU, 56 hours)

Microbiome applications for sustainability (6 CFU, 42 hours)

        Second Semester (March-May)

Free choice (12 CFU, 84 hours)

Company case study on sustainability (8 CFU, 56 hours)

Further Language skills (3 CFU, 21 hours)

Master Project and final dissertation (18 CFU)

 For further details please visit https://www.en.agraria.unina.it/sfs-studying

There will be training credits specifically dedicated to company case studies and a sustainability boot camp during the course of the training in order to make the training particularly functional for the development of immediately expendable skills for incorporating sustainability in the agribusiness sector.

No mandatory traineeship is required

The Department of Agricultural Sciences offers, through the ERAMUS program, the opportunity for students enrolled in all bachelor’s and master’s degree programs to spend a period of study abroad at one of the ERASMUS program’s foreign partner universities. The credits that can be acquired during the ERASMUS period are 30 ECTS/semester and cover core and optional exams of the curriculum, practical training internship activities, and experimental thesis activities. For each course of study, the student can benefit from a one-year period abroad. The modalities of access to ERASMUS grants are managed through a competition announced in the University with deadlines common to all Departments.

On the dedicated page (https://www.orientamento.unina.it/corsidistudio/scienze-e-tecnologie-agrarie/#:~:text=Alla-,pagina%20dedicata%C2%A0,-sono%20riportati%20i) are the criteria for awarding the grants with the relevant algorithms used by the Departmental ERASMUS Committee. Also on the same page is the grade conversion table for different degree classes.

Starting in the second year some optional courses can be chosen from a list that is updated and available at www.en.agraria.unina.it/sfs. The choice is completely up to the student, and should be done in accordance with the student’s inclinations. The last term is also devoted to research for the final thesis.

The student is admitted to take the final examination after passing all the examinations of the educational activities in the study plan and acquiring the relevant credits. The topic and activities planned for the final examination are agreed upon with the lecturer/speaker, but are carried out independently by the student. The lecturer may indicate to the graduate student a possible internal or external co-rapporteur. The final examination involves the writing of a paper (Master’s Thesis), also written in English, which consists of a detailed bibliographic and research/experimental analysis on a topic relevant to those covered in the course of study.

The delivery of the thesis is done according to the procedures specified by the Department’s Student Secretariat (published on the Department website). The delivery of the thesis is a mandatory prerequisite for the final discussion.

The final examination involves the presentation of the paper, in public session, to a Final Examination Committee composed of at least five members, up to a maximum of eleven.

The student is expected to demonstrate autonomy, acquisition of specific scientific skills and critical processing ability. Successful completion of the final examination confers the relevant CFUs and the award of the title established by the study regulations.

The final examination is usually taken in the Department’s Aula Magna (Chinese Hall of the Palace of Portici) in the presence of an examination committee.

The final examination consists of the exposition and discussion in public session of a thesis aimed at demonstrating the graduate student’s autonomy of work, acquisition of specific scientific skills and capacity for critical elaboration, on a topic proposed by one or more professors.

The thesis will be written under the supervision of a supervisor chosen by the student. The supervisor may indicate to the graduate student a possible internal or external co-rapporteur. The preparation of the thesis is carried out through an experimental activity.

The delivery of the thesis is carried out according to the procedures specified by the Department’s Student Secretariat (published on the Department website). The delivery of the thesis is a mandatory prerequisite for the final discussion.

The Final Examination Commission for the Master’s Degree is composed of at least five members, up to a maximum of eleven.

The Commission is chaired by the Director of the Department or the Chairman of the Course of Study Educational Coordination Committee, or the most senior in tenure of the first-rank professors present or the most senior in tenure of the second-rank professors present.

To be admitted to the final examination, the student must have taken all the examinations and additional educational activities provided for in the teaching regulations.

The candidate must present and discuss the thesis in public session, also using multimedia technologies.

The evaluation of the final examination, expressed in hundredths with possible honors, will be made by the committee on the basis of:

1) Correctness, completeness and clarity of oral exposition and paper;

2) Critical processing skills;

3) Independence and organizational ability of the candidate;

4) Originality of the contribution;

5) Assessment of the student’s academic career.

Successful completion of the final examination awards the relevant CFUs established by the study regulations.

The University ensures orientation, tutoring and assistance services and activities for the reception and support of students. These activities are organized by the University Orientation Office, and the University Sinapsi Center in collaboration with individual Teaching Facilities.

Department entry orientation is based on 4 main actions:

1) Open Days and Open Weeks

2) “On-Demand” orientation dedicated to “class groups,” in which Schools can request an interactive meeting with the Orientation Team

3) Scheduled Orientation dedicated to individual students, parents and professors, who can request a personalized orientation meeting, also referred to as “Talk to Us”

4) Orient with Us: which includes the planning and co-design of specific pathways such as PCTOs (Pathways for Transversal Skills and Orientation).

Further details, calendar of initiatives and booking links are available at the following

https://www.agraria.unina.it/en_GB/orientamento/orientagraria

https://www.agraria.unina.it/orientamento/orientamento-in-ingresso

The tutoring service has the task of orienting and assisting students throughout the course of their studies and removing obstacles that prevent them from adequately benefiting from attending courses, including through initiatives related to the needs and aptitudes of individuals.

Lecturers and researchers must guarantee at least two hours of reception every 15 days (or by appointment in any case granted no more than 15 days) and in any case guarantee availability via e-mail.

The following activities are organized by the Department of Agricultural Sciences for the SFS course:

• paths to acquire skills to improve and enhance behavioral aspects (soft skills), prepare an effective CV and prepare for a selection process (in collaboration with Employability Services – Sinapsi www.sinapsi.unina.it);
• meetings with companies, professional orders and trade associations;
• Career Day – meeting with human resources representatives of companies from different sectors to orient themselves in the world of work;
• Recruiting Day – interviews with human resources representatives of companies with open job positions.
• The University offers all graduates the opportunity to publish their CVs on the Almalaurea platform.

Registration and enrollment for subsequent years normally takes place from September 1 to October 31 each year, in ways that are made known in a specific Enrollment and Fee Payment Guide published at URL:

https://www.unina.it/didattica/sportello-studenti/guide-dello-studente

Additional deadlines (deadlines for submission of study plans, deadlines for submission of ERASMUS applications, etc.) are posted on the Department of Agriculture website (http://www.agraria.unina.it/home) and on the student bulletin board on the website (http://www.agraria.unina.it/avvisi/bacheca-studenti)

The teaching schedule generally includes:

• lectures of the I semester: from the end of September to mid-December
• II semester lectures: from the end of February to the end of May
• exam sessions: at the end of the courses

The detailed Calendar, updated in real time, can be found at http://www.agraria.unina.it/didattica/informazioni-utili/calendario-didattico.

The class schedule includes the commitment of three to four days a week. In view of the large number of classes, division into chairs is planned if necessary:

according to the initial of the surname for students enrolled in the first years by freshman standing for students in the years following the first year. The detailed Timetable, updated in real time, can be found at http://www.en.agraria.unina.it/sfs.

For master’s degrees, five examination sessions are generally scheduled. The detailed Calendar, updated in real time, can be found at the following link:

http://www.agraria.unina.it/didattica/informazioni-utili/calendario-sedute-di-laurea-magistrale1