University of Florence

The University of Florence is today one of the largest organizations for research and higher education in Italy, with around 1,800 faculty members and permanent researchers, more than 1,600 technical and administrative staff, about 50,000 students. The Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI-UNIFI) has a long tradition of Agricultural and Forestry studies at the University of Florence. It is the second largest Department of the University of Florence, with over 125 academic staff, 60 technicians and administration personnel, 40 PhD students, 60 post doc and 50 research fellows. The main research lines of the Department are: agriculture (agronomy, arboriculture, crop science, engineering, precision farming), environment and landscape (climate change, relations between urban areas and rural areas, pollution, ecosystem services, land use changes), forestry (forest ecology, silviculture, forest management, forest monitoring and inventory, biodiversity, wood science, forest operations, forest engineering), animal science and game management and food science and technology (food quality, food and beverage production processes, food product tracing and certification, sensorial and preference analysis). DAGRI-UNIFI offers 6 bachelor courses and seven Master Courses in Italian language, and one in Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture fully taught in English.