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  • Dear candidate, welcome!

    The international Master’s degree in Marine Sciences is a 2-year joint Degree Programme (120 ECTS) offered jointly by the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, and the Maldives National University. 

    The MSc Degree Programme entails 11 exams (72 ECTS, 8 exams in the first year and 3 in the second one). The remaining credits are obtained through other learning activities, such as internship (4 ETCS), further linguistic knowledge (4 ECTS), educational activities "To be chosen by the student" (12 ETCS) and final examination (28 ECTS).
    Teaching language is English.

    The international MSc Program in Marine Sciences will allow the student to develop their skills in one of the following learning areas: 1) BIO-ECOLOGICAL; 2) GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL; 3) GEOGRAPHICAL AND LEGAL

    Students can acquire theoretical knowledge and practical experience on the following subjects: 1) natural resources (management of reserves and protected areas, programs for tourism cultural training); 2) coastal protection (regional planning, advisory services on coastal erosion, prevention of biodiversity loss due to anthropogenic impacts); 3) fisheries and aquaculture (provision of expert consultancy services on fishing activities and fish farming); 4) maritime spatial planning: advisory services on natural, social, legal and regional planning issues.


    Students develop skills to conceive solutions and develop strategies in order to tackle and manage environmental issues in marine and coastal areas. In particular, the student will be able to study and to analyse: a) natural processes and related risks, with reference to the marine ecosystem (chemical, biological, ecological, earth sciences fields); b) human interactions with the marine system (socioeconomic and legal fields), for a policy of sustainable management and protection from anthropogenic risks in oceanic and coastal environments.


    Careers are highly varied and may include marine agriculture, conservation practise, environmental monitoring and consultancy. They may also include policy-making and legislation for agencies and local government, journal editing and scientific writing, or laboratory research. The Master’s Degree Programme in Marine Sciences entitles to apply for admission in second level Masters or PhD schools.

    If you believe in the sea and want it to become your future job, apply now!

  • HOW TO BE ADMITTED

    To be eligible for admission to the MSc Degree Programme in Marine Sciences – Scienze Marine, applicants must fulfil some curricolar requirements and attend an interview to assess their personal educational background.

     

    Curricular requirements:

    On the basis of the documentation submitted by each candidate, the Admission Committee, appointed by the MSc Degree’s Teaching Council, will verify the possession of the following curricular requirements:

    - a Bachelor's Degree (or three-year university diploma), or a foreign diploma recognised as appropriate by the University in compliance with ministerial regulations in force;

    - at least a total amount of 18 CFUs among the following subjects:

    Chemistry and allied areas (CHIM/01, CHIM/02, CHIM/03, CHIM/06),
    Biology and allied areas (BIO/01, BIO/05),
    Earth Sciences (GEO/04, GEO/07),
    Ecology and allied areas (BIO/03, BIO/07)

    - English proficiency qualification not lower than level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

     

    Admission interview:

    Applicants, who meet the above curricular requirements, will be required to undergo an interview designed to assess their basic knowledge and skills in geology, biology, chemistry and geography. The interview is in English.

    Eligible candidates will receive the details of the interview via email.

    Candidates who fulfil the curricular requirements and hold a Bachelor's degree with a mark of 99/110 or higher will be exempt from the admission interview

    Candidates living at a distance of at least 100 km away from the Milano-Bicocca University, those being off-site for proven study or work activities or unable to attend the interview for medical reasons as well as foreign candidates may ask the Admission Committee for a remote interview, by videoconference. 

     

    Candidates should consider their education background. If necessary, they can fill their gaps in one or more of the three fields using the following recommended readings:

    - Environment: Introducing Geomorphology : A Guide to Landforms and Processes, Adrian Harvey; or Introducing Geology: A Guide to the World of Rocks, G. Park
    - Bioecology: Marine Ecology, Kaiser et al.
    - Human Geography:  Human Geography", Bjelland, Montello, Fellman, Getis, only Cap 1 (Introduction) and Cap 13 (Human Impact on the Environment).


     
    In the days following the interview, the admitted candidates list will be posted on the webpage of the Master’s Degree Programme: https://www.unimib.it/graduate/marine-sciences

     

    APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION - DATES & DEADLINES: 


    - ONLY FOR NON-EU CANDIDATES APPLYING FOR VISA:

    Admission interviews on 21-22-23 May 2024 , if you apply for admission from 18 March to 30 April 2024

     

    - ONLY FOR ITALIAN AND EU CANDIDATES, AS WELL AS NON-EU CANDIDATES ALREADY IN POSSESSION OF A VISA:

    Admission interviews on 16-17-18 July 2024, if you apply for admission from 13 May to 28 June 2024

    Admission interviews on 23-24-25 September 2024, if you apply for admission from 8 July to 5 September 2024

    IMPORTANT! The admission period reserved exclusively for Italian, European, non-EU students legally residing in Italy or from the People's Republic of China participating in the Marco Polo programme has two separate application periods, but it is not possible to apply for both. Please apply carefully for the career evaluation by following the instructions in the call for application.

    When you are ready, please register and apply for admission on the Milano-Bicocca Online Student Registry.

  • English proficiency qualification - level B2 (or higher)

    You can upload on the “Management of qualifications and documents for evaluation” application section:

    - your English B2 qualification, issued by our University or an University-accredited Institution

    - If you have got a Bachelor’s degree from an international undergraduate program taught in English, your English B2 qualification is not necessary. In this case, you must upload a declaration from your University of origin attesting that the degree programme you attended is offered in English, if this is your case

     

    If you haven't got an English B2 qualification, you can take it at Milano-Bicocca University. How to do it?

    While filling out the admission application in the Online Student Registry, you will need to upload the Bicocca English Test - REQUEST FORM, correctly filled out and signed, in place of your English B2 qualification.

    You will be then contacted (a few days before the admission interview) by our Language Secretariat who will notify you of the test date.

  • ENROLMENT

    Admitted candidates will be able to enrol via the Online Student Registry and to pay the first instalment down payment of tuition fees from the day after the publication of the admitted list until 25 October 2024.

    The enrolment of graduating students will be conditional upon their graduation by 23 December 2024; their academic career will only be activated in full after graduation as follows:

    - Graduating students coming from another University must self-certify the achievement of their degree by sending to segr.studenti.scienze@unimib.it the self-certification of degree achievement, which can be downloaded from the website of their university of origin or they may send the form "Substitutive declaration of certification Enrolment Graduation Exams", downloadable here: Modulistica | Università degli Studi di MilanoBicocca (only the part relating to the data of the degree achievement), together with a scan of an ID document by 15 January 2025;

    - Graduating students at Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca must in any case enrol by 25 October 2024, their Master's degree career will be automatically activated after graduation in their three-year career;

    - Graduating students obtaining a degree abroad must enrol by 25 October 2024 and, once they have graduated, send a copy of their degree diploma and an ID document to segr.studenti.scienze@unimib.it.

     

    Students who plan to graduate by 23 December 2024 must still enrol no later than 25 October 2024. The new academic career will only be effective after graduation.