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  • Dear candidate, welcome!

    The Master’s degree in Marine Sciences - Scienze Marine is a free-access 2-year Degree Programme (120 ECTS) offered by the University of Milano-Bicocca. 

    It entails 11 exams (9 exams in the first year and 2 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 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 - CANDIDATES HAVING A FOREIGN DEGREE DIPLOMA

    If you have completed your education outside Italy, applications for the Master's Degree Programme in Marine Sciences - Scienze Marine for the A.Y. 2025-26 will be managed through the portal apply@unimib

    This platform is aimed exclusively at Italian and international students with qualifications awarded abroad.

    For the 2025-26 selection process, candidates will have access to early admission calls compared to students with Italian qualifications. Starting in November 2024, applications will open for all open-admission Master’s programme. From January 2025, applications will begin for programs with limited enrollment.

     

    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;

    - A minimum of 18 ECTS credits from the following relevant academic disciplines:

    - Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, General and Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry
    - General Botany, Environmental and Applied Botany, General Biology, Zoology, Ecology, Molecular Biology, General Microbiology
    - Physical Geography and Geomorphology, Engineering Geology, Stratigraphy and Sedimentology, Paleontology and Paleoclimatology, Petrology and Petrography

    - 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 Dream Apply notification.

    Applicants who meet the above curricular requirements and hold a Bachelor's degree with a GPA of 3.7 or higher will be exempt from the 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).

     

    When you are ready, please register and apply for admission on the portal apply@unimib.

  • English proficiency qualification - level B2 (or higher)

    To demonstrate their adequate knowledge of English, applicants must submit one of the following documents:
    a) Level-B2 English certificate, or higher, issued by a University-accredited Institution . Please note: certificates issued more than three calendar years before the date of application submission will not be accepted.

    b) A certified document issued by the University of Origin stating that the Bachelor’s Degree Programme attended by the applicant is entirely or almost entirely offered in English.

    c) The Open Badge Bbetween Foreign Languages – English B2, or higher, issued by the University of Milano-Bicocca;

     

    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 Dream Apply platform, 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.