Mission

Although only recently (2023) established, the Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences has the ambitious mission of delivering excellence in student education, scientific knowledge and stakeholder cooperation in agricultural primary productions and food systems, guarantying environmental sustainability. This reflects in three main pillars of Animal and Plant Primary Production, Analysis and Management of Mountain Ecosystems, and Food and Beverage Technologies and Fermentations. This mission must be pursued at the regional, national and international level to make the Faculty a unique and competitive reference centre. In particular, the student education must enable job placements in public institutions and private companies of the three main pillars, while scientific activity must distinguish the researchers at international level with the aim of fostering outstanding visibility and networking. The intense activity public engagement must make visible to stakeholders teaching and research, thus generating social impact.

Vision

Strongly grounded on its mission, the mid-term vision of the Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences aims to:

1. increase the number of enrolled students across all offered study programs;
2. better exploit the potential of its diverse research activities by attracting increased national and international resources;
3. strengthen public engagements, including cooperation with a wide range of public and private stakeholders;
4. rapidly expand its academic staff size as a pre-requisite for enhancing its educational, research and third mission/social impact efficiency and competitiveness; and
5. promptly realize a unique, novel and attractive location at the NOI Techpark.