Engineering for the Food Industry

The University of Parma offers 40 First Cycle Degree Courses and 6 Single Cycle Degree Courses organized into 9 Departments. 

LAUREA - BACHELOR'S DEGREE

Provides a good general background in the field chosen by the student.

Duration: 3 years - 180 ECTS

Can lead to a Second Cycle Degree Course or a First Level Master Programme.

LAUREA MAGISTRALE A CICLO UNICO - SINGLE-CYCLE DEGREE

Ensures an advanced level of theoretical knowledge plus an on-field training, which is crucial for certain studies.

Duration: 5 or 6 years - 300 or 360 ECTS

Can lead to a PhD Course, a Specialisation Course or a Second level Master Programme.

Our didactical offer has been enriched in recent years, trying to keep pace with the times and "interpreting" the needs of the world of work: in recent years it has been enforced in particular in the food sector, with the start of new courses and the foundation of the School of Advanced Studies on Food and Nutrition, in the automotive sector, among other things with the adhesion to the regional project MUNER - Motorvehicle University Emilia Romagna, and in the computer sciences.

TUITION FEES AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Annual fees don't exceed €2.000 and the payment is divided in two tranches. The total amount of annual taxes is calculated basing on Equivalent Economic Status Index (ISEE), with a no-tax area established for students with an ISEE less than or equal to €23.000. This service and the services including financial assistance, residential accomodations and dining facilities are managed by ER.GO, the Regional Authority for the Right to Higher Education. ER.GO

The University of Parma offers 46 Second Cycle Degree Courses, 7 of which entirely held in English: Advanced Automotive Engineering, Advanced Electronic Engineering, Communication Engineering, Electric Vehicle Engineering, Food safety and Food Risk Management, Food Science for Innovation and Authenticity, International business and development.

The educational offer also includes several I and II level Master programmes, PhD Courses, Postgraduate Schools and Specialisation Courses.  Particular emphasis is placed on the international aspect, thanks to the exchange programs (Erasmus + and Overworld/Overseas) and to the possibility of obtaining a double degree with European and non-European partner universities. Overall we offer 19 double degree programmes.

Specialisation Courses
Every year, the University of Parma publishes a rich offer of Specialisation Courses regarding different scientific-disciplinary sectors, including courses for teacher training and preparatory courses to state exams for professional orders. The full list of Specialization Courses is constantly updated at the web page http://www.unipr.it/didattica/post-laurea/corsi-di-perfezionamento

TUITION FEES AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Annual fees don't exceed €2.000 and the payment is divided in two tranches. The total amount of annual taxes is calculated basing on Equivalent Economic Status Index (ISEE), with a no-tax area established for students with an ISEE less than or equal to €23.000. This service and the services including financial assistance, residential accomodations and dining facilities are managed by ER.GO, the Regional Authority for the Right to Higher Education. ER.GO