SUSTAINABLE WATER & LAND MANAGAMENT IN AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS
The Master’s program offers an innovative two-year curriculum designed to equip a new generation of motivated students for impactful careers in both professional and academic domains. The program empowers them to tackle critical challenges such as water scarcity, environmental degradation, demographic shifts, and climate and societal transformations, while driving sustainable water and land resource management as well as socio-economic development.
Students gain in-depth knowledge of core principles and cutting-edge advancements in irrigation systems, from farm-level practices to large-scale solutions. Emphasizing sustainable and efficient resource utilization, the curriculum integrates innovative strategies and technologies aimed at minimizing environmental impact and promoting resilience.
By adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the program fosters a comprehensive understanding of water-related challenges within the wider agronomic, engineering, environmental, and socio-economic dimensions of water and land management.
At the end of the programme, the students acquire the following competencies: - management of water resources with a view to land conservation and water use efficiency increase in Mediterranean agroecosystems, - management of a range of alternative water resources including saline and reclaimed water, and water harvesting systems for irrigation purposes, - planning and evaluation of irrigation projects, at farm and large-scale level to optimize water/land/nutrient use, considering societal/institutional aspects and economic criteria, - knowledge of the latest technologies and tools for a sustainable management of water resources at different scales and in different agroecosystems.
CANDIDATES’ PROFILE AND ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Courses are addressed to new graduate students and young professionals with a university background on agricultural engineering and related sciences including, irrigation, land management, socio-economic and environmental conservation. Candidates shall hold a university degree awarding minimum 240 ECTS (diploma awarded after the completion of four or five years of university studies).
For more details, please refer to the leaflet.
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