In line with the qualifying learning objectives of the corresponding degree class, the Bachelor?s degree programme in Natural Sciences aims to offer students a balanced synthesis between theoretical knowledge and methodological practice in the fields of biology and geology. Such expertise is essential for professional activities concerning the interpretation and protection of all elements of the past and present natural world, and highlighting the correlations between organisms, host substrate and the environment.
The programme is designed with the following objectives:
- Provide a systemic understanding of nature as well as robust practical experience in applying the scientific method to analyse biological components, their mutual interactions and their interactions with the chemical and physical environment;
- Prepare graduates that are able to study the biotic and abiotic components of the natural world, as well as their interactions. The degree programme notably covers a highly cross-disciplinary range of topics, from biology to geology and geography, including fundamentals of mathematics, chemistry and physics;
- Prepare graduates that are able to work in a team as well as autonomously, and to smoothly integrate in any work environment;
- Prepare graduates that are able to use at least one language of the European Union other than Italian in their specific field of expertise and for general communication;
- Provide graduates with the necessary tools to access further educational and personal development opportunities, including teaching-oriented Master's degree programmes.
The degree programme requires students to gain oral and written proficiency in English.
Students will also become skilled in processing naturalistic data using mathematical and statistical techniques applicable to biotic and abiotic contexts. Moreover, they will acquire skills to identify living organisms, substrate types and landforms, to plan protocols and experimental procedures, and to properly write reports in different areas of natural sciences, such as surveys and analyses of the flora, fauna and morphology of the land or, more generally, methodological and experimental procedures for a cross-disciplinary study of organisms, the present environment and the geological past. Graduates will be able to autonomously assess and interpret experimental data, to choose the appropriate techniques for the analysis of environmental and natural components, as well as to apply the principles of professional ethics and a scientific approach to bioethical issues. Moreover, graduates will acquire verbal and written communication skills to be able to address both experts in the field and the general public, using the appropriate language register according to the different circumstances.
For more information about this course, please see the program leaflet.
Learn more about Natural Sciences, BSc - at Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Visit course webpageAdmission to the three-year degree course in Natural Sciences is open to candidates with a high school diploma or equivalent foreign qualification in accordance with Ministerial Decree no. 270 of 22 October 2004. The degree course in Natural Sciences has a limited number of places in order to guarantee the quality of the teaching offer in relation to the available resources and provides for a TOLC (Test On Line CISIA) as an admission test. There are 300 places available for enrolment in the first year.
Università degli Studi di Milano offers different opportunities for financial support to Italian and foreign students, as described at the financial support web page.
In particular scholarships and exemptions from tuition fee are provided to the best new students who got a degree from a foreign university and are enrolled in the first year of a Master's degree programme. See the web page on International scholarships for further details.
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