Mountain Environment and Agriculture

Mountain Environment and Agriculture at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano aims at providing talented and motivated students with in-depth research
skills that will allow them to tackle relevant agricultural and
environmental problems in mountain areas.

Mountain Environment and Agriculture at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano is highly interdisciplinary; competences span from ecology to hydrology, from crop production to animal science, from forestry to agricultural engineering, from plant protection to marketing. The PhD projects tackle, among others, the efficient use of natural resources, the sustainable production methods in agriculture and forestry, the effect of climate change on natural and managed mountain ecosystems.

Key facts 

The Scientific Committee includes internationally renowned scientists from Italian and foreign Universities as well as from Research Centres, like Eurac Research and Laimburg Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry. 

The international research training and the skills developed during the doctoral programme will help you meeting your career aspirations, both inside and outside research institutions.

• During the first year, you attend courses, prepare and submit your research plan under the guidance of the main supervisor, and you also present a seminar on the state-of-the-art in your area of interest. You are encouraged to develop an excellent command on methodological techniques and to start preliminary research activity.

Courses include:

• Advanced Scientific English

• Statistical methods for agricultural and environmental sciences

• Theory of Scientific Method

• Information Literacy