Medical Biotechnologies
Italy, Padua
| Study location | Italy, Padua |
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| Type | Master's degree, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 2 years (120 ECTS) |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | (Master of Science in Medical Biotechnologies) |
| Course code | ME1934/000ZZ/2012 |
| Tuition fee | €2,739 per year For further information please visit: www.unipd.it/en/tuition-fees |
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| Application fee | €30 one-time This fee is non-refundable. |
| Deposit | €205 one-time In order to accept your place at the University of Padua, the payment of the admission fee is required. This fee is non-refundable. |
| Entry qualification | Bachelor diploma (or equivalent)
Online entry test to be sat Call for Admissions - For EU or equated students, please check the relevant Call for Admission (TBD). The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Italian. You can often get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. You must take the original entry qualification documents with you when you finally go to the university. If you are admitted to the degree course, you will have to submit other documents including original and translated/legalised copies of your previous qualifications, etc. No legalised documents are required at application stage. |
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| Language requirements | English B2 level (CEFR) or equivalent certificate. Please check out this link for the full list of accepted certificates, minimum scores and exemptions |
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| Other requirements | Specific requirements for Non-EU applicants: Places for non-European candidates residing outside Italy: 10 (1 Marco Polo Project) |
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Overview
The Master’s Degree provides deep biomedical knowledge concerning the connections between the structure and function of biomolecules and biosystems operating at cell or tissue level, and of the organism in physiological and pathological conditions. Practical training in laboratory represents a relevant part of the programme.
Programme structure
1st Year: Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: Design and Analysis of Biopharmaceuticals; Proteomics and Bioinformatics; Laboratory Medicine Technologies and Molecular Diagnostics; Seminar; Cell and Organ Physiology and Medical Pathophysiology; Genetics and Epigenetics; Immunology
and General Pathology; Nanobiotechnology. Optional course units Advanced Biomedical Technologies; Advanced Technologies for Biomedical Data; Antibiotic Therapy: Discovery, Development and rationale Clinical Use; Biology of Ageing; Laboratory Activities.
2nd Year: Experimental Models in vivo and vitro; Pharmacology and Molecular Therapies; Stem Cell Biology and Molecular Biology of Development
A double degree in collaboration with the University of Ulm (Germany) is also available that includes a study path in “Molecular Medicine” (upon further selection procedure).
Career opportunities
Graduates work as heads of research laboratories and project coordinators related to biotechnologies applied to human beings, with emphasis on pharmaceutical products and vaccines, taking into account ethical, technical, and legal implications. They are able to assist doctors in the diagnosis and in the therapeutic phases implying the manipulation of cells, genes and other bio-systems.
Central European Time
Only for NON-EU applicants residing outside Italy.
If you are a NON-EU applicant residing in Italy, apply in the EU and equated Call for applications by indicating Italy as your citizenship and your actual citizenship as Double citizenship.
Central European Time
Only for NON-EU applicants residing outside Italy.
If you are a NON-EU applicant residing in Italy, apply in the EU and equated Call for applications by indicating Italy as your citizenship and your actual citizenship as Double citizenship.