Program Overview

Program Overview

The Master's program in Natural Capital and Protected Areas: Planning, Design, and Management is designed to provide advanced training and technical-scientific and cultural updates for a wide range of activities related to the institution, planning, programming, design, and management of protected natural areas - both terrestrial and marine - in all aspects and typologies, as well as other forms of territorial, environmental, and landscape protection.

Program Details

• ID: 29491
• Course Type: Master
• Academic Year: 2025/2026
• Degree Level: M2
• Length: Annual
• Tuition Fee: 4000
• CFU: 60
• Adesione al Protocollo d'intesa PA 110 e lode: Si
• Importo PA 110 e lode: 3670
• Numero posti PA 110 e lode: in sovrannumero

Educational Goals

The Master's program aims to provide a training path focused on meeting the demand for high-level training and technical-scientific and cultural updates from a wide range of activities related to the institution, planning, programming, design, and management of protected natural areas and other forms of territorial, environmental, and landscape protection. The program leverages:

• The scientific, theoretical-methodological, and experimental competencies and teaching experience of the faculty at Sapienza Università di Roma, particularly from the Dipartimento PDTA, Facoltà di Architettura.
• The competencies of local, national, and international entities and organizations related to strategies, tools, and mechanisms for planning, designing, and managing protected natural areas and adjacent territories, aimed at their protection, enhancement, and regeneration.
• Contributions from the professional world, production, and services in thematic areas related to strategies, tools, and mechanisms for planning, designing, and managing protected natural areas and adjacent territories, aimed at their protection, enhancement, and regeneration.

Admission Criteria

• Admission Test: Prevista
• Date and Time of Admission Test: Thursday, 5 February 2026 - 9:30am
• Modality: Colloquio
• Location: Dipartimento PDTA, via Flaminia 70, II piano (aula da definire)
• Topics: Candidates will be selected based on their academic title, grade achieved, and formative competencies and research and professional activities related to the Master's program themes.

Program Structure

The program's educational goals and structure are detailed in the Ordinamento and Piano Formativo, which include objectives, learning outcomes, tuition fees, and other educational information. The program also outlines the requirements for access, selection procedures, faculty, teaching activities plan, and modalities of delivery.