Job opportunities and prospects
In terms of job opportunities, the high level of training achieved enables Ph.D. to successfully enter industrial research and development and innovative entrepreneurship, or to pursue scientific activity at national and international institutions.
Regarding engagement of Ph.D. in the Italian university system, it is necessary to emphasize that in the last years it is registering a growing trend. In addition, the multidisciplinary preparation and the habit of measuring themselves in high-level research environments ensures that Ph.D. are highly competitive even in international academic contexts, with increasing success rates over the last five years.
The Ph.D. students who have completed their cycle in the last three years are employed in companies of various sizes, in sectors ranging from primary production to transformation and innovative ingredients, attesting to the great flexibility of the skills acquired by the Ph.D. programme in Food Science, which allows them a wide range of placements in employment with a predominance in the R&D sector.