University of Milan

Master’s Degree in Environmental and Food Economics

With the Master degree in Environmental and Food Economics (EFE), the University of Milan aims at offering an exclusive and high-quality study program.

This internationally oriented Master degree is thought to provide students with an excellent academic background and practical sense, as well as with a promising outlook for a future career in today's challenging fields of the economics of sustainability and management of the agri-food system.

The aim is to provide advanced knowledge and instruments for sustainable economic development, natural resources management (water, soil, energy), innovation in the agri-food sector, internationalisation of agri-food companies, food security and rural development.

Applications are open (February-July 20th 2016)


About The University of Milan

The University of Milan is a public teaching and research university, which - with 8 faculties and 2 schools and a teaching staff of 2000 professors - is distinguished by its wide variety of disciplinary fields.

A leading institute in Italy and Europe for scientific productivity, the University of Milan is the largest university in the region, with approximately 64,000 students; it is also an important resource for the socio-economic context of which it is a part.

Milan is, in fact, the capital of Lombardy, one of the most dynamic and international regions in the European Union, a leader in the national economy that stands at the Italian forefront of research and development investments and commitment to technological innovation.

The University of Milan also possesses a remarkable artistic and cultural heritage that includes important historic buildings, inherited and acquired collections, archives, botanical gardens and the old Brera Observatory commissioned by Maria Teresa of Austria.

The University’s departments are housed in important historic edifices in the centre of Milan and in modern buildings in the area known as Cittą Studi (the City of Studies).