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The MSc programme in Olive Growing and Olive Oil Technology closes its 14th edition
CIHEAM > AGENDAS > The MSc programme in Olive Growing and Olive Oil Technology closes its 14th edition

The University of Cordoba has hosted this morning the closing ceremony of the Master in Olive Growing and Olive Oil Technology, which this year is holding its 14th edition. The Master is a two-year programme and the Specialization Course that began last September is now drawing to an end. It is followed by a second course in which the students carry out their Master's Thesis in different national or international research organizations.

The closing ceremony was presided over by a large group of institutional representatives, namely, the general coordinator of Graduate Studies of the UCO, Álvaro Martínez Moreno; the local representative for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Junta de Andalucía, Juan Ramón Pérez Valenzuela; Ramzi Belkhodja –on behalf of the director of CIHEAM Zaragoza, Raúl Compés López; the head of the Olive Growing and Olive Oil Technology and Environment Unit of the IOC, Lhassane Sikaou; the managing director of the FPCO Foundation, Iñaki Benito Otazu; the director of the Institute of Sustainable Agriculture-CSIC of Cordoba, Leire Molinero Ruiz; and the director of the master's degree, Ricardo Fernández Escobar.

The current edition of the master's program has had 17 students –selected from 134 applicants–from 10 countries: Albania, Algeria, Croatia, Spain, Iran, Italy, Morocco, Montenegro, Tunisia and Turkey.

Within the Master's program, the University of Cordoba offers its own courses and degrees for professionals in the sector who are unable to complete the full Master's program. Two students from Italy and Brazil participated in this year's edition of the Diploma of University Expert in Olive Oil Technology, and another two from Spain and Brazil in the Diploma of University Expert in Olive Growing.

A total of 16 MSc Theses were defended by students from previous editions from Algeria, Argentina, Egypt, Spain, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Tunisia and Turkey.

As for teachers, a total of 145 professors from UCO, CSIC, IFAPA, AGAPA and companies in the sector have been involved.

The Master is organized by different international, national and regional institutions, such as the University of Cordoba (UCO), the Dep. of Agriculture and Fisheries of Junta de Andalucía, the IFAPA, the CSIC, CIHEAM Zaragoza, the International Olive Council (IOC) and the FPCO Foundation.