Program Overview

University Program Information

The university program provides a comprehensive education in various fields, with a focus on academic excellence and research opportunities.

Educational Activity

The program offers a range of educational activities, including:

• Mathematics
• Physical Geography and Introduction to computing and data analysis
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Mineralogy and Crystallography
• Sedimentary Geology
• Water on Earth, and impacts of climate change on hydric resources
• Climate change and Palaeoclimate
• Paleontology and its applications
• Igneous-Metamorphic Petrology and Geodynamics
• Processes of dynamic Earth: Volcanology
• Geological survey and field mapping
• Structural Geology and Tectonics
• Solid Earth Geophysics

Program Structure

The program is structured into several semesters, with each semester offering a range of courses and educational activities. The program includes:

• First semester:
  • Mathematics (8 CFU/ECTS)
  • Physical Geography and Introduction to computing and data analysis - Physical Geography (mod. 1) (6 CFU/ECTS)
  • Physics (mod. 1) (6 CFU/ECTS)
  • Chemistry (6 CFU/ECTS)
• Second semester:
  • Physical Geography and Introduction to computing and data analysis - Introduction to computing (mod. 2) (3 CFU/ECTS)
  • Physical Geography and Introduction to computing and data analysis - Data analysis (mod. 3) (3 CFU/ECTS)
  • Mineralogy and Crystallography (8 CFU/ECTS)
  • Sedimentary Geology (8 CFU/ECTS)
  • Water on Earth, and impacts of climate change on hydric resources (6 CFU/ECTS)
  • Climate change and Palaeoclimate - Fundamentals of climatology and oceanography (mod. 1) (6 CFU/ECTS)
  • Paleontology and its applications (8 CFU/ECTS)
  • Igneous-Metamorphic Petrology and Geodynamics (mod. 1) (6 CFU/ECTS)
  • Igneous-Metamorphic Petrology and Geodynamics (mod. 2) (3 CFU/ECTS)
  • Processes of dynamic Earth: Volcanology (6 CFU/ECTS)
  • Climate change and Palaeoclimate - Palaeoclimate (mod. 2) (4 CFU/ECTS)
  • Geological survey and field mapping (mod. 1) (6 CFU/ECTS)
  • Geological survey and field mapping (mod. 2) (3 CFU/ECTS)
  • Geological survey and field mapping (mod. 3) (3 CFU/ECTS)
  • Structural Geology and Tectonics (8 CFU/ECTS)
  • Solid Earth Geophysics (6 CFU/ECTS)

Teachers

The program is taught by a range of experienced teachers, including:

• RIZZI Matteo
• CAPOLONGO Domenico
• MAFFEI Maria
• GAUDIUSO Rosalba
• DIOGUARDI Fabio
• DELLINO Pierfrancesco
• LACALAMITA Maria
• MESTO Ernesto
• FRANCHI Fulvio
• PARISE Mario
• MASTRANGELO Daniele
• GIRONE Angela
• LUCCI Federico
• FESTA Vincenzo
• MELE Daniela
• MAIORANO Patrizia
• GALLICCHIO Salvatore
• BROGI Andrea
• SULPIZIO Roberto
• ZUCCHI Martina
• DEL GAUDIO Vincenzo

Academic Year

The program is offered for the academic year 2025/2026.