The II level University Master's Degree is called GesaBen, an acronym which means Management, Sustainability of Livestock and Animal Welfare. Lasting one year, the master's degree is the first in the post-graduate academic offering at a national level on issues related to the pillars of the new CAP 2023/2027 (Common Agricultural Policy) and the Classyfarm system of the Ministry of Health, as well as business management, for the protection of animal welfare and the reduction of antimicrobial resistance, in full coherence with Ecoscheme 1.
The educational path will train professionals in the livestock sector operating in the various animal production chains. The master's degree was born from the collaboration between the University of Sassari and the Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Sardinia "G. Pegreffi" and is part of the training offer of the Department of Agriculture for the AY 2023/2024. The teaching body is made up of professors from the Department of Agriculture, trainers from the Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Sardinia and the Ministry of Health, and also includes well-known experts from the University of Turin, the Zooprophylactic Institute of Lombardy and of Emlia Romagna, and by the ASL of Northern Sardinia itself, as well as ministerial trainers specialized in animal welfare.
The teaching activities will be delivered in blended mode (mixed), both in presence at the headquarters of the interdepartmental center of the University Innovative Agriculture (Olmedo-Alghero, Surigheddu) and remotely on the UnitelSardegna platform, both in synchronous mode (live) and asynchronous (deferred with recording of lessons). Internships, seminars, practical-applicative activities and internships for the final exam are also part of the teaching activities.
The first qualifications will be awarded starting from July 2025.
At the inauguration of the Master, in the main hall of the University, the Magnificent Rector Gavino Mariotti, the Vice-Rectors for Teaching and Research, Pietro Pulina and Giuseppe Pulina, the Director of the Department of Agriculture Ignazio Floris, the Director of the Master Maria Grazia Cappai, the Educational Coordinator Filippo Gambella and, remotely, the General Director of Animal Health - Ministry of Health, Giovanni Filippini.
