Study location	Italy, Siena, Strada Laterina, 8 - 53100 - email: didattica.dsfta@unisi.it
Academic field	Earth science (JACS F640)
Type	Master, full-time
Nominal duration	2 years (120 ECTS)
Study language	Italian
Awards	MSc (LM-75 Class of second cycle degrees in Sciences and technologies for the environment and the territory)

Tuition fee	You can estimate the amount to be paid per year at this link
Application fee	€40 per programme You will receive an e-mail with the payment instructions.

Entry qualification

Bachelor/Undergraduate diploma (or higher) After you have applied, an Enrolment Committee will assess your competences and skills against the requirements of the MSc Programme. Admission criteria The admission to the Master of a graduate who is in possession of a degree awarded by a foreign University or an equivalent foreign institute is evaluated by the Didactic Committee through a case by case assessment, considering the documentation received through online procedures, on the basis of the relevance and consistency of the qualification obtained abroad (and of the entire training course) with the training objectives of the Master, as well as linguistic knowledge. After the evaluation You will be notified about acceptance approximately one month after the application deadline. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Italian. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. Procedures at the Italian Diplomatic Representatives Non-EU citizens Non-EU citizens are invited to contact the Italian Diplomatic Representation of their countries as soon as possible in order to obtain all the required documents for the pre-enrollment at the University of Siena and for information regarding the VISA process. EU citizens – Non EU citizens with regular permit to stay – Italians with degrees obtained abroad They must contact the appropriate Italian Diplomatic Representation in order to obtain all the documents required for enrollment in the University of Siena.

Territory requirements	Applications are accepted from the following territories (based on citizenship): World.

Language requirements

English Italian In order to take the MSc courses, students must have an adequate knowledge of the English language, at minimum B2 level, as established by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Students can demonstrate the required knowledge level either through an approved international certification (see the list) of international certifications recognized by the University of Siena), or by passing a B2 level exam at the Centro Linguistico di Ateneo (CLA). After enrolment in Siena, students having an international certification must present it to the CLA office. The CLA is located in Piazza San Francesco 7, Siena (more details can be found in the related website). For students who are obliged to pass the B2 exam, the University of Siena offers B2 level courses. Dates of the exams and timetables of the courses are reported in the CLA website. The timetable of the English courses is also included in the MSc courses timetable. Students are strongly encouraged to pass the B2 exam as soon as possible, in order to be able to fruitfully take the MSc courses. Knowledge of Italian language The Italian language proficiency test is compulsory for all non-EU candidates residing abroad who enroll in a course taught in Italian and who do not have a language certification that allows the exemption from the test. For more information on certifications and the test click here

Other requirements	A motivation letter must be added to your application. please write in italian

More information	ecotossicologia-ambiente.unisi.it/it

Overview

This course provides students with in-depth knowledge in the fields of ecotoxicology and sustainability and environmental management analyzes. The sustainability of human actions can be assessed from two points of view: the first that goes in the direction of making the resources used increasingly renewable, the second that aims at minimizing the effects of human actions on the environment.

This course of study develops on three levels: a theoretical-epistemological one, to understand the complexity of natural and anthropic systems and to investigate their scientific bases; a second, more practical one, to develop environmental monitoring and evaluation techniques and indicators, to study transformation processes, ecosystems, and territorial and economic systems. The third level allows us to gain an overall view, to prefigure economic development scenarios based on what the American ecologist H. Odum calls “a prosperity without growth”

Programme structure

The degree course in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Sustainability is taught in Italian.

Class MIUR: LM-75 – Master’s Degree in Science and Technology for the Environment and the Territory
Duration: 2 years
Credits: 120

Career opportunities

This course prepares for professions of biologists and similar professions, ecologists, researchers and technicians graduates in the chemical and pharmaceutical sciences, researchers and technicians graduates in Earth sciences, researchers and technicians graduates in biological sciences and allows access to the State Exam for the qualification to the profession of geologist and biologist.

The Master’s Degree in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Sustainability is able to train master’s graduates with a theoretical and practical preparation such that they can be inserted in different employment situations, national and international, such as:
1) public and private research facilities;
2) public structures responsible for the control and management of environmental quality, for the conservation of biodiversity, nature and the territory (e.g. Ministry of the Environment, Regional and Provincial Administrations);
3) specific agencies (e.g. ISPRA, regional and provincial agencies, CPS & Q, ECHA);
4) private facilities in the areas of emissions, effluent and waste control;
5) professional management studies, analysis and assessment of environmental impact, analysis and assessment of environmental risk, territorial planning;
6) chemical, pharmaceutical, mine-metallurgical, iron and steel, energy production industry, as ecotoxicologist, expert in LCA.

The employment opportunities are expected to increase in the near future both for the approval of the regulation (CE) n. 1907/2006 concerning the registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemical substances (REACH) that due to the growing need for experts (ecotoxicologists) for the management of risks deriving from “industrial chemical” substances, management of natural resources and of natural systems, land use planning, vehicular traffic management, to cite some examples, aspects sanctioned not only by the current national and / or community legislation, but also by the growing need to comply with international protocols and conventions. Graduates will also have further career opportunities in higher education, university education and in scientific communication and dissemination.
With regard to access to the professions (DPR 328/01 of 05.06.2001, GU of 08/17/2001) the master’s degree in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Sustainability, allows, subject to passing the prescribed state examination, enrollment in the Register of Biologists and Geologists Register.