Study location	Italy, Vicenza
Type	Bachelor's degree, full-time
Nominal duration	3 years (180 ECTS)
Study language	Italian
Awards	(Bachelor's degree in Safety and Hygiene of Food Products)
Course code	AV2806/000ZZ/2024

Tuition fee	€2,739 per year For further information please visit: www.unipd.it/en/tuition-fees
Application fee	€30 one-time This fee is non-refundable.
Deposit	€204 one-time In order to accept your place at the University of Padua, the payment of the admission fee is required. This fee is non-refundable.

Entry qualification

Secondary Studies diploma (or equivalent) TOLC-AV to be sat between 1st January 2024 and 2nd February 2025 and results uploaded in the dedicated task by 4th February 2025.. Please check the TOLC webpage Please verify country-based specific entry title requirements at the following link. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Italian. You can often 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. You must take the original entry qualification documents with you when you finally go to the university. If you are admitted to the degree course, you will have to submit other documents including original and translated/legalised copies of your previous qualifications, etc. No legalised documents are required at application stage.

Other requirements	Specific requirements for Non-EU applicants: Italian – B2 Level (CEFR) or equivalent: please check out this link for the full list of accepted certificates, minimum scores and exemptions

More information	unipd.it/..=AV&ordinamento=2011&key=MV1734

Overview

Students improve their knowledge in basic sciences such as physics, mathematics, biostatistics, chemistry and biochemistry. Regarding animals and plants, students deepen several issues on zoology, anatomy and physiology of livestock animals as well as in the fields of agronomy and economic principles applied to agricultural and food disciplines. Students develop specific skills in evaluating the chemical, microbiological and quality of foods, the potential presence of xenobiotics in foods and the techniques of food processing. They also study pathologies of animals that are transmissible to humans through foods of animal origin and the risk analysis. Students know the procedure of certification for process and product, the HACCP procedures and their application as well as the regulations of the food market and the legislation in force. They deepen issues of hygiene and safety in the environments of food’s production, retail and supplying also through guided tours and internships in food enterprises and in laboratories of foods analysis.

Career opportunities

Graduates will be involved in the technical, hygienic and economic management of the agri-food enterprises as well as in the supply chain and in the quality control management. They will be experienced in hygiene procedures applied to food and beverage production as well as in training and upgrading of the food operators, with particular regard to good hygiene practices and knowledge and application of the food legislation. Graduates will be able to employ their skills as counseling activity on technical-productive, hygienic-sanitary and regulatory issues in the companies that support with their services the agri-food sector, catering and large-scale trade. They can be engaged as a technical operator in public and private laboratories aimed to food analysis and counseling. Graduates will be able to carry out technical management activities for the qualitative, quantitative, and hygienic-health improvement of the primary productions and for the animal welfare in livestock’s companies.