Pavia, Italy
DEGREE TYPE
Master degree
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 4,500 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* The Application Period for 2024-25 intake is 13th November 2023 – 6th June 2024.
** for EU students, fees are based on students' family income. They range from about 156 euro to 4000 euro per year. For non-EU students a flat rate is determined according to the citizenship and range from 400 euro to 4500 euro
Key Summary
Introduction
The Master’s Degree program in Medical and Pharmaceuticals Biotechnologies prepares highly skilled graduates in the biomedical and pharmaceutical biotechnology fields
During the first year, the students acquire skills and knowledge on the fundamentals of biotechnology, particularly on the following topics:
- Stem cells and their use in various research fields
- The genetic basis of pathological conditions
- Protein engineering and RNA technologies, as well as their dynamic interaction (system biology)
- Biotechnological applications in biochemical/biomolecular diagnostics and the development of biological markers
- The biochemical and physiological aspects of human cells, tissues, and organisms
- The basis of human pathological processes of infectious, metabolic, cancer, and degenerative diseases.
In the second year, the student will choose between two tracks:
The Biomedical track focuses on the pathogenetic mechanisms of human diseases, non-pharmaceutical (vaccines, biological drugs, gene and cell therapies), and pharmaceutical therapies.
The Pharmaceutical track focuses on biotechnologies applied to the design, research and development, and analysis of innovative biotechnological drugs.
Career Opportunities
The degree program will allow graduates to research, analyze, and produce biotechnologies in the following fields:
- Biochemical, genetic, and anatomy-functional of human cells, tissues, and organisms;
- Engineered proteins and RNA technology for the development of applications in the biomedical field;
- Stem cells and their use in various fields of research and therapy;
- Diagnostic, molecular, and genetic applied to the biomedical field;
- Human cellular and molecular pathological processes of an infectious, metabolic, degenerative, and tumor type;
- Design, production, analysis, and formulation of innovative drugs and biopharmaceuticals
- Analysis, processes, and quality controls applied to biopharmaceuticals;
- Nanotechnologies in the biopharmaceutical field and their applications in industry and research;
- Business, management, and marketing activities related to biotechnological products and patents.
Graduates of this master’s degree course can be hired in:
- Universities, public and private research institutes
- Hospital laboratories
- Pharmaceutical industries
- Research and development laboratories and industrial production departments
- Biotechnological service centers
- Biotechnological companies
Curriculum
1st Year | Common track
- Cell technologies
- Genetic foundations (Genes and genomes; RNA Technologies & Protein Engineering & System Biology)
- Chemical and biochemical foundations (Drug discovery & biotechnological drugs; Biomarkers & biochemical diagnosis)
- The roots of disease I (Genetic)
- The roots of disease II (Physiological; Biochemical)
- The roots of disease III (Infectious; Metabolic; Degenerative & Cancer)
2nd Year Medical Biomedical track
- Non Pharmaceuticals Therapies I (viruses & Vaccines; Immunotherapy; Gene Therapy
- Nonpharmaceuticals therapies II (Cell Technologies & Cell Therapy)
- Pharmaceuticals therapies (Drugs & Diseases)
- From Bench to beside (Intellectual property law and Agencies and law; Essentials of preclinical and clinical trial monitoring)
- Techniques in Pathology
- Up to 3 subjects chosen from the list: Medical devices / Imaging / Biomolecular survey techniques in forensic genetics laboratory / Tissue engineering / Vaccines technologies / Bioinformatic / Medical statistics / Translational and molecular cardiology / Tossicologia forense (ita) / riproduzione umana (ita)
- Other activities
- Dissertation
2nd Year Pharmaceutical track
- Biotechnological Drugs Formulation & Patents
- Medicinal Chemistry & Drug Design
- Biotechnological drugs ( Analytical techniques for biotechnological drugs; Analysis and quality control of biotechnological drugs)
- Nanobiotechnology
- Up to 3 subjects were chosen from the list: Bioinformatics / Biopharmaceutics and formulation development / Design of Experiments / Biomacromolecules analysis Laboratory / Modelli experimental in biopharmaceutical (ita) / Veicolazione e Direzionamento dei Farmaci (ita)
- Other activities
- Dissertation
Admissions
Program Tuition Fee
Scholarships and Funding
EDiSU Pavia (Ente per il Diritto allo Studio Universitario) is an Agency for the Right to Higher Education, which was established by the University of Pavia and is under its direct control.
Edisu scholarship benefits include:
- Accommodation in a Residence (“Collegio”);
- One meal per day at the Canteens;
- A sum of money, according to the student’s economic situation.
Edisu scholarship for off-site students can consist of:
- Accommodation in a Collegio + One meal per day at the Canteens + Up to 3.967,00 euros;
- One meal per day at the Canteens + Up to € 6.370,00 euros.
English Language Requirements
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