The
University of Florence to launch masters degree in coffee business
The University of Florence is prepared to launch a master’s degree in coffee. The
course aims to offer all the intricacies of the coffee business right from the
history of coffee to the technologies used.
The
pilot batch for the master’s degree in coffee will start in January with 24
students. The supervisor of the course, also head of university's department of
agriculture, has been quoted in media reports as saying that the course will
cover all aspects of the business. This will include teaching students about
origins of coffee and even serving of the drink.
“We will cover all aspects of the
business. Right from the origins to the preparation and serving of the drink.,”
said Francesco Garbati Pegna, head of the university’s department of
agriculture, food, environment, and forestry who will closely supervise the course.
Italian people are avid coffee
drinkers. Thus, the students will get to learn about coffee from the experts.
This nine-month-long course aims to provide practical as well as theoretical
knowledge.
The University
of Florence is an Italian public research
university that comprises 12 schools and has about 60,000 students
enrolled. The
12 schools of the university are: Agriculture; Architecture; Arts;
Economics; Education; Engineering; Law; Mathematics, Physics and Natural
Sciences; Medicine and Surgery; Pharmacology; Political Science;
and Psychology.
Faculties
are located in traditionally strategic areas based on their subject matter. The
Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Political Sciences are
in the Polo delle Scienze Sociali (campus of social sciences), in the
Novoli district, near the new courthouse.