Master in Chemical Innovation and Regulation for Sustainability at University of Bologna

About the programme

Chemical Innovation and Regulation for Sustainability is a two-year second cycle degree (laurea magistrale) in class LM-54-R, Chemistry, taught entirely in English in Bologna. It is run by the Department of Chemistry "Giacomo Ciamician" (CHIM), is worth 120 ECTS and has open access, so there is no fixed number of places. The degree programme director is Paola Galletti.

The university presents it as an international programme in the innovation, safety, regulation and sustainability of chemical processes and products, under the line "promote chemical innovation, prevent chemical risk". It suits chemistry graduates who want to work where new chemical products are designed and where their risks are assessed and controlled.

What you will study

The programme is organised around four themes that the university names for the degree, each applied to both chemical processes and chemical products:

• Innovation, including the design of new products and processes
• Safety, with a focus on chemical safety management
• Regulation of chemical processes and products
• Sustainability of chemical processes and products

The course units, their credits and teaching periods are published each year in the course structure diagram on the degree website, together with the timetable and the faculty list. We check the 2027/28 version before you apply, as units can change from one year to the next.

How the programme is taught

The University of Bologna lists the degree as delivered entirely in English and as a joint degree, and the degree page carries the Erasmus Mundus label with a link to the programme's consortium website. A joint degree is designed and awarded together with partner universities, so we read the consortium pages alongside the Bologna admission notice for the partners, any mobility periods and any consortium scholarships.

Career paths

The university highlights two sets of skills: chemical safety management, and the design of innovative products and processes. Both point to work on chemical products and processes where innovation has to meet safety rules and regulation. A laurea magistrale also gives access to PhD programmes, and the university's job placement service publishes job offers and career events for students and graduates.

Fees and scholarships

For students enrolled at Bologna in 2026/27, fees are a fixed €157.04 plus a contribution set by family income. With a family ISEE up to €27,000 only the fixed part is due, so this programme can be tuition-free for eligible students. Income earned abroad is declared to ER.GO, the Emilia-Romagna right-to-study body, which also awards regional scholarships. Non-OECD citizens can apply instead for a flat €1,200 plus €157.04. As this is a joint degree, we check its call for any consortium fees or scholarships.

How to apply from outside the EU

We start with the admission notice on the degree website: for a joint degree it states where you apply, the windows, the curricular requirements and the English level. The 2027/28 notice has not been published yet. As an open access degree, it sets no numerical limit on places.

Once you are admitted, we file the Universitaly pre-enrolment, which the university validates before you apply for a study visa; validation takes longer in August. You then enrol online, pay the first instalment, have your original documents checked by the international student office on arrival and apply for a residence permit within eight days.

How ApplyAZ helps

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