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The Department has two main locations, one in Bologna and one in Cesena, but it also carries out both teaching and research activities in Ozzano, Cadriano and Imola.
Research laboratories
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Research areas
A journey through the areas, projects and research groups where new knowledge is born and developed. Discover the research and scientific innovation activities of the department’s researchers.
News
International
DISTAL at the 32nd International Horticultural Congress in Kyoto
Ten oral presentations, three posters and a wide range of international activities for researchers from the ResCUE-AB group
DISTAL wishes you a wonderful summer! ☀️
See you in September!
Innovation and Research
OpenDISTAL is back!
Join us in Bologna on September 24, 2026!
Meetings and Initiatives
FruitCREWS concludes at the European Parliament with a call for stronger research, innovation and policy action to secure water resilience for European agriculture
Over four years of research, collaboration and dialogue with European institutions to promote integrated strategies for sustainable water management in agriculture
Events
Conference
Sìcura - Settimana della sicurezza
Congress
International Conference on Agriculture Sciences: Agroecology and Sustainable Systems (ICAS 2026)
Viale Fanin 44-46, Bologna.
Seminar
Agro-hydrological modelling: the CRITERIA 1D-3D agro-hydrological models developed by ARPAE’s Climate Observatory
Aula 4, Viale Giuseppe Fanin, 44
Conference
New Proteins, New Scenarios: Innovation and Markets in the Agri-Food Sector
Seminar
Forest inventories in Italy and the new IFNI: historical background, methodology and implementation
Aula 8, piano terra, Viale Giuseppe Fanin, 48
Seminar
Nature-based solutions for the restoration of lowland ecosystems and water quality: LIFE Green4Blue
Aula 4, viale Giuseppe Fanin 44
Festival
Food safety: what research teaches us and the challenges ahead
Biblioteca Malatestiana – Aula Magna, Piazza Maurizio Bufalini 1, 47521 Cesena
Seminar
Training Seminars in the framework of FOCUSER project
piazza G0idanich 60
Calls and competitions
Open calls
First and Second cycle degree programmes
Choose the degree programme, second cycle degree or single-cycle degree programme that suits you best among those offered by the Department
Health and safety
Information on risks, correct behaviour and emergency management in the main places of study, work and research of the Department and of the University