Masters degree in Coffee Economics and Science is a university masters degree, organized and proposed by a renowned group of leaders in the field of education: the Ernesto Illy Foundation, the Università del Caffè of illycaffè, the University of Trieste, University of Udine, International Superior School of Advanced Studies of Trieste (Sissa), the Association of Molecular Biomedicine and the District of coffee (Trieste Coffee Cluster).

The masters degree is composed of 400 hours of lessons divided into 20 educational modules and 60 formative university credits. The course work, to be given entirely in English, is open to graduates worldwide in Economics, Engineering, Sciences, Agriculture and similar disciplines. It embraces the entire productive cycle of coffee and it is developed in three disciplinary areas: economical-administrative, biological-agronomic, and technological.

The Ernesto Illy Foundation offers a limited number of scholarships, in part available to worthy graduates coming from coffee producing countries.

This program is scheduled to begin in autumn 2010. Its objective is to offer an in-depth multidisciplinary preparation to graduates interested in working in the world of coffee, and more generally, in the field of agro-alimentary -- in every stage of the productive cycle -- from the cultivation to the catering industry, including logistics and the industrial process.

The program also aims to consolidate and develop relations between the regional Universities and the world of business by transferring the technological and cultural know-how of illycaffè, the moral and scientific legacies of Dr. Illy and the role of Trieste as the world’s most advanced city of coffee.

For more information, write to info@fondazioneilly.org