Master in Industrial Nanobiotechnologies for Pharmaceuticals
Pavia, Italy
Master degree
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
14 Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 400 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* 1st call dedicated to EU and NON-EU applicants
** students may be eligible to apply for a flat rate or to tuition fees calculated according to their family income
Key Summary
Starting from academic year 2023/24, the Department of Drug Sciences is introducing a master's degree in Industrial Nanobiotechnologies for Pharmaceuticals (LM8 administrative class)
The educational goal of the Industrial Nanobiotechnologies for Pharmaceuticals master's degree is to create highly specialized professionals able to satisfy the needs of research, manufacture and quality control in the area of nanotechnologies applied to industrial pharmaceutical biotechnology that merge into nanomedicine. This interdisciplinary science combines knowledge in the physical, biological and pharmaceutical and medical areas with the goal of treating human pathologies at the atomic and molecular levels by exploiting the peculiar nanomaterial properties.
First Year
- One of the following 3 courses:
- Biology
- Organic chemistry
- Analytical chemistry
- Advanced biology
- Preformulation and pharmaceutical technology (2 modules)
- Preformulation and biopharmacy
- Pharmaceutical technology (6CFU)
- Traditional and innovative dosage forms (2 modules)
- Traditional and controlled-release dosage forms
- Innovative dosage forms and introduction to nanomedicine
- Nanotechnology-based medicines
- Immunology, Biotechnological drugs and vaccines (2 modules)
- Immunology
- Biotechnological drugs and vaccines
- Other activities*
- Traineeship
- Italian language for foreign students
**In alternative to this training activity, EU, equivalent and non-EU students who hold an entry degree obtained abroad, who do not have adequate knowledge of Italian (art. 8 paragraph 6) must include in the study programme the ‘Italian language for foreign students’ (3 CFU) – TAF ALTRO – Other languages activity.
Second Year
- Statistics applied to Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Industrialization process and methodologies (2 modules)
- Analytical methods for nanobiopharmaceuticals
- Industrialization and regulatory aspects
- Advance pharmacology
- Elective courses:
- Experimental pharmacology
- Specific applications of nanomedicines
- Advanced biochemical approaches for high complexity samples
- Tissue Engineering
- Specific applications of Inorganic nanomedicines
- Genomics and epigenomics in the medical and pharmaceutical fields
- Translational approach for nanomedicines (Università nei Collegi – Collegio Santa Caterina Biomedica)
- Final exam (30CFU)