Overview

The Master in Environmental Management of Mountain Areas at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano is highly interdisciplinary and it is offered in cooperation with the University of Innsbruck (Austria). Both universities contribute their expertise in an integrative way to ecological, engineering and socio-economic perspectives of mountain landscape management.

The programme takes advantage of the particular location of the partner universities in the Central Alps and includes both student and teacher mobility between the two countries. Courses will be taught by lecturers from both universities.

Career opportunities

The interdisciplinary and research-oriented master programme opens up a wide range of occupational opportunities for graduates all over the world, in particular environmental assessment, monitoring and management of protected areas, project planning and Eco-certification in the fields of agriculture and forestry, analysis and natural hazard assessment of hydrogeological origin, and elaboration of development plans of agricultural mountain areas, as well as various scientific careers.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Applied statistics and computer programming for environmental modelling

Management of forests and agriculture resources in mountain areas

Landscape ecology and ecosystem restoration

Geomatics and Landscape Planning

Natural risk in mountain areas: processes and mitigation strategies

Mountain agriculture

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-29 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-08-21 00:00:00 , EEA/EU
Starting 2026-09-29 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-06 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

PTE Academic

60

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TOEFL^® IBT

72

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Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Bolzano - Bozen, Italy

Disciplines

Environmental Management View 9 other Masters in Environmental Management 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

PTE Academic

60

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TOEFL^® IBT

72

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Other requirements

General requirements

In order to gain admission to this programme you need one of the following qualifications

a bachelor degree in the Italian degree class L-25 (Agriculture and Forestry) ex D.M. 270/2004 or equivalent qualification gained abroad

a bachelor degree in the Italian degree class 20 (Agriculture, Food Industry and Forestry) ex D.M. 509/1999 or equivalent qualification gained abroad

a bachelor degree in biology of the partner University Innsbruck

another Italian or foreign degree if you certify the following ECTS credit points:

20 credit points in the scientific sectors of the fundamental subjects (“attività di base”) of the class L-25 (Agriculture and Forestry), and

30 credit points in the scientific sectors of the typical subjects (“attività caratterizzanti”) of the class L-25 (Agriculture and Forestry), related at least to two different subject areas.

Student insurance

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Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
Legal aid

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Tuition Fee

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International

1200 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1200 EUR per year during 24 months.
EU/EEA

1200 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 1200 EUR per year during 24 months.

Living costs for Bolzano - Bozen

750 - 1100 EUR /month

Living costs

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

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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