Overview

The peculiarities of Italian viticulture and opportunity to maintain a leading role in the field are today bound by the ability to introduce sustainable innovation without losing its well-known appeal.

Students on the Master in Viticulture and Enology from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore will:

Acquire a solid methodology and knowledge suitable to address innovation issues in vineyard and winery;

Achieve specific skills for new canopy management techniques suitable to mitigate undesired climate-related effects, new sustainable approaches for pest and disease control, precision viticulture and enology;

Develop the ability to diagnose limiting factors occurring in vineyards and wineries and to produce suitable solutions;

Learn to pro-actively take part in discussions dealing with viticulture and enology topics.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Vineyard variability: traditional and precision approaches

Topic in wine-marketing

Enhancing the wine quality: innovation in monitoring and controls

Applied grapevine eco-physiology

Advances in enology

Disease and pest management toward a sustainable viticulture

Seminars on sustainable pesticides use and genetic traceability will also be provided

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-29 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

84

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Credits

60 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Piacenza, Italy

Disciplines

Agriculture Botany View 5 other Masters in Botany in Italy

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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84

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Other requirements

General requirements

Basics in viticulture and enology are required.

For those not having such requirement, a pre-course named “Viticulture, Enology and Peist Pathology” is offered over the three weeks preceeding the start of the Master.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

7500 EUR / year

≈ 7500 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

7500 EUR / year

≈ 7500 EUR / year

Living costs

Piacenza

Italy

700 - 1000 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

All scholarships are assigned on a merit basis and will be mostly given to students who apply by the priority deadline. Some scholarships may also target specific geographic regions.

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