Università Cattolica Piacenza: agriculture, food sciences and economics in the Emilian Food Valley
The Cattolica's Piacenza campus is the centre of excellence for agricultural and food sciences at the heart of the Emilian Food Valley. With 8,000 students, 20 programmes, a 76% employment rate and partnerships with the Grana Padano consortium and local agri-food excellence, it is the ideal choice for those wishing to study agri-food and management.
Cattolica Piacenza: agriculture, food biotechnology and management in Europe's Food Valley
The Piacenza campus of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore is a specialist branch of Italy's leading private university, with approximately 8,000 students and 20 degree programmes in economics and law, agriculture and food sciences, education and management. Its location is strategic: Piacenza is at the heart of the Emilian Food Valley, Europe's most important agri-food district, home to excellence such as Grana Padano and Coppa Piacentina.
The campus's flagship strength is the Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences: programmes in agronomy, food science and technology, food biotechnology and sustainable natural resource management find an ideal applied context in the Piacenza area, with direct partnerships with local agri-food supply chain companies. Economics and management complete the academic offering.
The employment rate is 76%. 5% of students are international, with access to the entire Università Cattolica's Erasmus+ network. Teaching quality benefits from the Cattolica Milan's methodological approach. Piacenza is a medium-sized city with a beautiful historic centre, excellent accessibility to Milan, and an outstanding agri-food productive fabric.
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From the Cattolica in Milan to the Food Valley: the Piacenza campus and the agrarian roots of Emilia
The Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore was founded in Milan in 1921 by Father Agostino Gemelli, a Franciscan friar and physician, with support from the Federation of Italian Catholic University Students. From its founding, the Cattolica positioned itself as an alternative to the secular university, bringing Christian values to higher education.
The Piacenza campus was established in the 1960s as a specialist branch in agricultural sciences. The choice was consistent with the agricultural and agri-food vocation of Emilia-Romagna and the Piacenza area. The Cattolica's presence in Piacenza has significantly contributed to the development of the local agri-food district, training agronomists, food technologists and managers for the main regional supply chains.
Over the decades the campus expanded to include economics and management, and built solid partnerships with the territory's economic and productive institutions. The Piacenza campus is today one of the most active and recognised in the Cattolica network, with a food sciences specialisation of European relevance.
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