BSc. MARINE BIOLOGY AND BLUE BIOTECHNOLOGIES

The Bachelor’s Degree in ‘Marine Biology and Blue Biotechnologies’ (MarBioTech) belongs to the Degree Class L-13. The course, entirely carried out in English, has an open number of European and non-European students. MarBioTech covers a wide range of topics related to marine sciences, sustainable use of marine resources, marine biological and ecological processes, emerging pathologies, biotechnological potential of marine resources, relating environmental studies with marine environmental policy issues. The graduate in MarBioTech will be a Junior Biologist, trained on all aspects of Biology (and related disciplines) related to the marine environment. The course will be divided into a common two-year course, while the third year will be divided into two curricula, ‘Physical and Natural Sciences’, which will be dedicated to the knowledge, protection and safeguarding of the marine and coastal environment, and ‘Marine resources and sustainability’, which will place greater emphasis on eco-sustainable exploitation and management of marine resources. The course includes an experimental internship to be carried out at external affiliated locations (public or private bodies, research laboratories, industries), under the guidance of a university tutor. The course is already by vocation aimed at internationalisation and intercultural exchange. The Bachelor’s Degree ‘MarBioTech’, unique in Europe, represents an important step for the accreditation of our University as a reference centre for training and research in the field of ‘Marine Biology’ at 360°. The geographical area (Strait of Messina, the Lagoon of Capo Peloro) in which the University of Messina is located is the ideal location for the newly course.