International Online Master in Agribusiness Management
Program start date | Application deadline |
2025-04-01 | - |
Program Overview
The International Online Master in Agribusiness Management equips professionals for global careers in agribusiness, covering production, marketing, and sustainability. Through experiential learning, including bootcamps and industry collaborations, students develop skills in managing sustainable systems, identifying business models, and leveraging green technologies. The program offers career advancement opportunities and a network of experts and industry professionals.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The International Online Master in Agribusiness Management aims to train professionals for successful global careers in the agribusiness field. This includes roles in production, seed and crop management, harvesting, agricultural stock, commodity markets, food supply chains, and the food and wine business. The program develops skills and knowledge to manage sustainable production systems or start one's own business. The Master provides significant exposure to companies and industry professionals, specializing in the agribusiness industry through an experiential journey. Students participate in agribusiness fairs such as Made in Italy: Fiera Agricola, Fiera Cavalli, Vinitaly, Cibus in Parma, Prowein in Germany, Sol&Agrifood, Festival del Giornalismo Alimentare Torino, and Taste Firenze. Learning outcomes include recognizing the entire value chain from production to sales, understanding the international agribusiness sector, identifying new business models, recognizing updated European regulations on sustainability and environmental strategy, and recognizing the agribusiness startup ecosystem related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The program shapes professional paths through four pillars: real links with companies, internationality (including bootcamps in various locations), professional impact (career services, company meetings, coaching), and higher purpose (CSR and sustainable business approaches). The program is designed to help both newcomers and experienced leaders leverage green technologies, understand markets and customers, and advance their careers. The program is structured with 10% managerial core, 35% focusing and specializing in agribusiness, 10% on innovative and responsible leadership, 10% electives, 15% business in action, and 20% capstone project.
Outline:
Module 3: Developing Skills to Transform the Agri-Food Sector:
This module explores new technologies and innovation in agribusiness (agro-pharmaceutical innovation, technological green innovation, artificial intelligence, consumer and new consumption trends from the Future Food Institute), sustainable agribusiness and the green economy (sustainable organic farming, livestock systems, circular bio and green economy, multifunctionality in agriculture, UN sustainability goals, European frameworks and strategies for sustainability, building ethical and responsible organizations).
Electives:
Students can choose electives from seven main areas of interest: Innovation & Growth, AI4 Business, Tech & Digitalization, Industry Business Excellence, International Business, Global Electives with RBS international partner Business Schools, and Introduction to preparation for professional certifications.
Business in Action:
This includes a Business Practice Lab with UNIDO (creating sales strategies, business canvas models, and 360-degree company analyses) and a Capstone Project (working on a real business challenge of a company in the industry or one's own company).
Program Content Highlights:
The program covers creating and analyzing business canvases, presenting agribusiness products or ideas, food supply chain management (oil and wine focus), digital communication and sales tools for agricultural products, carbon farming, superfoods, alternative products, poultry supply chains, farm-to-fork strategies, and European research programs for agriculture.
Assessment:
The provided text mentions several assessment methods: self-assessments, tests, practical assignments, a capstone project, and class activities. The program uses a combination of synchronous and asynchronous activities for assessment. Modules end with Q&A sessions with the professor and presentations of assessments based on professor-provided activities.
Teaching:
The program uses the Flexon Online Disruptive Learning Model, which is based on Planeta Formacion y Universidades online model of learning. This model incorporates:
- Faculty-centered learning: Module starts with professor-guided learning through digital pills, weekly wrap-ups, and live lectures. Module ends with Q&A sessions and assessment presentations.
- Team-centered learning: Collaborative learning through group work on case studies, using synchronous and asynchronous activities, class forums, and live classes. The teaching methodology is based on learning by doing, with a student-centered approach. The online methodology includes live, interactive lectures, discussion forums, chats, emails, breakout sessions, whiteboards, and audio and video sharing. The program is self-paced for pre-master courses, using pre-recorded interactive sessions, PPT presentations, exercises, and self-assessments. The program adheres to EFMD's highest standards of teaching methodology. The faculty includes experts from various fields within agribusiness, including entrepreneurs, researchers, and industry leaders.
Careers:
The program aims to increase students' salaries by an average of 22% after one year. Alumni work at companies such as Future Food, CEJA, and XFARM. The master is suitable for roles such as project manager in food organizations, agronomist, international business development, food producer, marketing and communication manager for agri-food activities, responsible for policies for agri-food organizations, entrepreneur in the food tech agri-food market, food processing industry, food retail, sales or key account manager, sustainable development manager, and farmer. The average salary increase for students after completing the program is stated as 15%.
Other:
The program includes a one-week bootcamp on tourism, food, wine, and experiential luxury in Tuscany, visiting wineries such as Sting Farmil Palagio, Borro's Winery, and Salcheto Castel Volognano. Eleven additional bootcamps are available across four continents (Silicon Valley, Paris, Barcelona, Qatar, China, London, Lagos, Rome, Grand Tour of Italy, Porto, and Dublin). The Corporate Advisory Board (CAB) composed of 103 leaders, managers, and professionals from national and international businesses plays a key role in the quality assurance process and continuous improvement of the program. The Rome Business School Career Services team supports students in developing their careers and starting businesses. The program also mentions partnerships with organizations like UNIDO and WFP.
Rome Business School is one of the leading Business Schools in Italy which offers Master and MBA programs both on campus and online, as well as Executive Education training programs. We always maintain an international vision, and our mission is to train global leaders equipped to manage companies all over the world from an innovative and sustainable perspective.
Rome Business School is the most international Business School in Italy with more than 2.100 students per year coming from 161 countries, counting also with 269 university partnerships and agreements in 26 countries and 4 continents worldwide. Rome Business School is strongly connected with the world of work: +616 companies partner for networking, job opportunities and Master lectures. The School has students coming from more than 150 countries.
Accreditation, Membership & Ranking
The Rome Business School and its programs are accredited and has membership with the following institutions and organizations:
EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development)
ECBE (European Council for Business Education)
ASFOR (The Italian Association for Management Training)
PMI (Project Management Institute)
EADL (European Association For Distant Learning)