Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
MSc in Sustainable Viticulture and EnologyPiacenza, Italy
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
25 Jun 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 9,050 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* non-EU residents | €6,625 for EU residents per year
Introduction
The course aims at deepening the knowledge of students having some background in Viticulture & Enology in terms of new technologies and practices that are breaking into the Wine Value Chain to increase integral sustainability.
Biotechnologies, precision approaches, adaptation to climate change, biodiversity, care for vineyard soil health, and conservation are only some of the major topics that the new curriculum will cover.
The course is delivered entirely in English to allow maximum internationalization and cultural exchanges.
The final thesis will be mandatorily experimental, and each graduating student will join one of the research groups at the Faculty and be assigned to a specific project. Many links existing with different stakeholders (cooperatives, single estates, wineries, wine companies, etc.) will also foster extra-curriculum internships as well as final employment.
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Admissions
Curriculum
First-year
- Applied Statistics and Big Data Analytics
- Vineyard Variability: Traditional and Precision Approaches
- Grape and Wine Biotechnology
- Advances in Enology
- Disease and Pest Management
- Grapevine Varieties and Terroir
- Topics in Wine Marketing
Second year
- Automation and Robotics in Viticulture
- Applied Grapevine Ecophysiology
- Topics in Enology
- Environment and Biota
- One course among
- Italian civilization and language for international students
- English for Scientists
- Italian civilization and language for international students
- English for Scientists
- Elective courses
- Wine Economics and Policy
- Management of Organic Viticulture
- Internship or other Extracurricular Activities Related to the Program
- Wine Economics and Policy
- Management of Organic Viticulture
- Internship or other Extracurricular Activities Related to the Program
- Seminars
- Soft skills
- Final dissertation
Elective Courses
(*) The following courses are advised:
- Wine Economics and Policy
- Management of Organic Viticulture
Program Outcome
Degree Awarded: Master's Degree in Sustainable and Precision Agriculture
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Vineyard manager and/or specialist– Winemaker – Consultant.
More in general, any job which can fit into the whole value chain (grape production, vinification, bottling, storage, marketing, logistics, consumers’ perception).