University of Molise

The University of Molise is composed of 6 Departments involved in research and teaching, whose areas are the following: Dep. of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences; Dep. of Economics, Management, Society and Institutions; Dep. of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences; Dep. of Biosciences and Territory; Dep. of Law; Dep. of Medicine and Health Sciences. Both in research and teaching areas, the University is active in international programs, among which LLP for students, teachers and staff mobility for study and placement (Erasmus) and adult education, especially in the field of active and European citizenship, intergenerational learning and social inclusion. The University of Molise counts 4 University campuses, 9000 students, 105 PhD students and about 600 among teaching and non-teaching staff. The University of Molise, moreover, counts 19 Centers, and it is equipped with several laboratories, multimedia and language labs, a rich library, and a sport Center.

The Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences works through the interaction between several subjects with particular respect to chemistry, economy, microbiology, food technology, physics, biochemistry, botany, genetics, animal anatomy and physiology, animal production, plant protection, and professional disciplines characterizing the Faculty of Agriculture. At present it has 51 Faculty Members and coordinates important national and international research projects. It is provided with several laboratories equipped with sophisticated instruments. It remarkably helps the didactical activity and offers valuable tutoring to students. It also promotes consulting activities to the benefit of private and public bodies. The Zoocolture laboratory, that belongs to the Department, within the biodiversity conservation program is active in ex situ conservation of biodiversity of some animal species including poultry species by storing their gametes in cryobanks. Moreover, the Zooculture laboratory cooperates with independent agricultural holdings for animal rearing and in vivo experimentation.

Project leader
Prof.ssa Nicolaia Iaffaldano
Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences
Via De Sanctis, 1 – 86100 Campobasso
e-mail: nicolaia@unimol.it