On behalf of the Scientific Committee, I am pleased to inform that the second edition of the Master on Large Marine Vertebrates is open at University of Bologna. You can find a short description of the Master below and the link to the webpage, where you can find more details. Please feel free to contact me (annalisa.zaccaroni@unibo.it<mailto:annalisa.zaccaroni@unibo.it>) or the tutor (master.lmvs@unibo.it<mailto:master.lmvs@unibo.it>) for more information. The first level Master in Large Marine Vertebrate Sciences is an International Master, held in English, specifically designed to give professionals and young graduates theoretical and practical knowledge on a large variety of aspects of large marine vertebrate management and conservation, starting from the basics (physiology, biology, anatomy, etc.) and including also more specific competencies, like welfare, diseases and pathology, legislation concerning marine vertebrates, monitoring, management in the wild and under human care, as well as communication and scientific writing skills. The special strength of this Master Course is its practical approach, allowing the participants to immerse into the current work of different entities involved in the study and management of large marine vertebrates, both in the wild and under human care, with a 20 CFU (500 hours) internship and with a mandatory, immersive field research trip with the Dolphin Communication Project (DCP) to the DCP Director’s research field site on Roatan, Honduras. Admission requirements The Master is open to a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 15 students, possessing one of the following titles: a) Three-year degree achieved under the terms Decree no. 270/04 to following classes: L-13 (Biology), L-32 (Science and Technology for Environment and Nature), L-38 (Animal Husbandry) or first cycle degree in an equivalent disciplinary area, achieved under the previous terms (DM 509/99 and to the old title); b) Master degree achieved under the terms Decree no. 270/04 to following classes: LM-6 (Biology), LM-42 (Veterinary Medicine) or second cycle, single cycle degree/Combined Bachelor and Master degree in an equivalent disciplinary area, achieved under the previous terms (DM 509/99 and to the old title); c) Any other foreign degree equivalent to one of the above listed requirements. Following a positive evaluation by the Admission Board, candidates with Master degrees not listed above may also be admitted to the selection process, provided they are in possession of a curriculum vitae et studiorum proving to have competencies qualifying for this Master program. Teaching topics: The Master program is an 18 months program, dedicated to lectures from December to September plus a second period dedicated to the internship. Teaching will be by international experts and will be given partly at University of Bologna and partly at University of Calabria. Cost The tuition fee of 4.000 € (four thousand Euros) does not include the cost for the immersive, mandatory field trip to Roatan with DCP (Dolphin Communication Project). For more information, please visit the Master description page: https://www.unibo.it/it/didattica/master/2021-2022/large-marine-vertebrates-..., where you can also find the call text, and the Master web page: https://master.unibo.it/large-marine-vertebrates-sciences Prof. Annalisa Zaccaroni Director of Master in Large Marine Vertebrates Sciences Dep.ment Veterinary Medical Sciences University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum [cid:image002.png@01D756FE.496B9C30] Viale Vespucci 2 47042 Cesenatico (FC), Italy [Titolo: Cellulare - Descrizione: icona-cellulare] +393475951709 [Titolo: Telefono - Descrizione: icona-telefono] +390547338944 [Titolo: Email - Descrizione: icona-email] annalisa.zaccaroni@unibo.it<mailto:annalisa.zaccaroni@unibo.it> [Titolo: sito Web - Descrizione: icona-sitoweb] https://master.unibo.it/large-marine-vertebrates-sciences/en [Titolo: Facebook - Descrizione: Icona di Facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/lisa.zaccaroni> [Titolo: LinkedIn - Descrizione: Icona di LinkedIn] <https://www.linkedin.com/in/annalisa-zaccaroni-57616119/> [Titolo: Twitter - Descrizione: Icona di Twitter] <https://twitter.com/zaccaroni68>