Coastal and Marine Biology and Ecology University of Salento

Overview

Coastal and Marine Biology and Ecology is a two-year, second level course at the University of Salento. It offers two alternative curricula: Marine Biology and Ecology (MBE), focusing on theoretical and experimental multidisciplinary training in marine biology and marine ecosystem sciences, or E-Biodiversity and Ecosystem Sciences (EBES), focusing on the theoretical foundations of biodiversity organization and ecosystem functioning and devoted to the issue of eco-informatics, recognizing the biodiversity-ecosystem nexus as an information enterprise, requiring analytical and synthetic capabilities in the generation of services for solving environmental challenge (climate change, emerging ecosystem threats, biodiversity loss, waning natural resources) and the promotion of sustainability.

Career opportunities

The CMBE degree will allow graduates to:

• access postgraduate courses (on competition);
• access to Ph.D. courses (on competition);
• work in public and private laboratories dealing with environmental issues, holding positions of responsibility as researchers and/or consultants;
• practice the profession of environmental-focused biologist;
• work as members of environmental offices in the Municipalities of coastal towns;
• become officers or Staff members of Marine Protected Areas and any other public environmental agency or office;
• create/participate start-up and other types of private companies of environmental-related services to the private and public sector related to the marine and maritime domain.