University of Gastronomic Sciences

The University of Gastronomic Sciences was born in 2004 in Pollenzo on the initiative of Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food, an international association with which it shares the same philosophy and founding principles. 
Its mission is to provide academic training  in the specific sciences related to food, from human to natural and “hard” sciences, focusing on the relations between food, ecology, sustainability and sovereignty of the global food system.
Its educational model is based on interdisciplinary teaching and integration of theory and practice; meaning in class experiences as well as in the field, along with workshops and study trips in Italy and the world.