35 Life Sciences MSc Degree Programs in Italy

MSc in Biological Sciences the second-level degree in Biological Sciences (LM-6 class Biology) aims to train graduates with advanced knowledge and expertise in updated biomolecular and biotechnological methodologies for application in diagnostic, nutritional, and environmental fields. These curricula, in combination with core courses, give students flexibility to tailor their degree to their background, interests, and career goals.

The Master in Food Systems programme is developing top talent for the food sector, by training the leaders of the future. Organised by leading academic institutions and industrial partners from across our Partner network, this programme aims to prepare you to drive a future transformation of the food system and increase the competitiveness of the companies you chose to work for.

The focus of the Second Cycle Master’s Degree in Sustainable Industrial Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (SIPhaB) is on the industrial biotech-pharma sector, where Italy ranks first in Europe for export and production and first in the world for innovative contracts.

MSc Biobanks and Complex Data Management. In the dynamic landscape of the life sciences, biobanking has emerged as an essential domain encompassing the collection, storage and processing of biospecimens - whether human, animal or plant tissues and fluids - to support research objectives. The effective management of biobanks, coupled with the sensitive handling of the complex data associated with them, is the cornerstone of modern healthcare and the quest for personalized medicine.

In Europe, precision agriculture and, more generally, the integration of digital technology in the agricultural sector is set to become the most influential trends in the near future. By attending the highly multidisciplinary master's degree course in AgriTech Engineering, you will become an engineer capable of managing and generating technological innovation in Agriculture 4.0.

The Master's in Management of Food Systems of Quality and Gastronomy (Food Quality) is part of a process of enhancement of the Italian agri-food industry that recognizes Parma as one of the most important industrial clusters in Italy, known as the “Italian Food valley”.

MSc in Environmental Hazards and Risks Management. The MSc environmental hazards and risks management provides skills in risk management, and more particularly in risk modeling, to better predict and manage environmental hazards and risks. The program combines recent research with GIS and remote sensing technologies to train a generation of thinkers capable of anticipating and mitigating a wide range of natural hazards in a multi-disciplinary approach.

European MSc Molecular Pathology. Personalized medicine presents new opportunities for patients with various diseases. Patient care and safety through tissue and biofluids investigation to the correct diagnosis and subsequent therapy is the mission of Molecular Pathology. However, many patients do not receive the most effective personalized treatments because of challenges associated with integrating predictive biomarker testing into clinical care.

MSc in Sustainable Viticulture and Enology aims at deepening the knowledge of students having some background in Viticulture & Enology in terms of new technologies and practices that are breaking into the Wine Value Chain to increase integral sustainability. Biotechnologies, precision approaches, adaptation to climate change, biodiversity, care for vineyard soil health, and conservation are only some of the major topics that the new curriculum will cover.

MSc in Agricultural and Food Economics boasts one of the world’s most renowned teams of Agriculture academics, scientists, and researchers; a team at the forefront of food innovation and technology whose expertise extends to developing tracking systems for any product transported across the European Union. Joining the degree in Agricultural and Food Economics is to prepare for the world’s fastest-growing industry in a beautiful city in the heart of the Italian food valley.

The MSc Sustainable Food Systems (European Double Degree Programme) is a strong basis in sustainable food production and an international profile, graduates of this program enjoy a wide range of career opportunities globally and are well placed to obtain managerial positions in SMEs in the food industry, in fields such as: Supply chain, Quality and safety, Production and processes, Sustainable development, Food system innovation.

This English-taught master's degree yields professionals capable of intervening with multidisciplinary expertise in the prevention, diagnosis, evaluation, management, and resolution of environmental problems locally, internationally, and globally with a focus on climate change.

The Master of Science in Agrifood Sustainability provides a preparation in agricultural sciences and technologies, through a multidisciplinary vision, aimed at achieving high production, attentive to the health of the environment, agricultural producers and consumers, focusing on sustainability.

The Master’s Degree in Food Safety and Food Risk Management is a Second Cycle (MSc) Degree Course, fully taught in English, jointly offered by the University of Parma in collaboration with the University of Bologna, Catholic University of Piacenza, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, University of Ferrara.

With the steady advancement of Quantitative and Computational Biosciences and analytical tools, all branches of Biological sciences are being swamped with a deluge of data that is calling out for analyst professionals. The QuaCBio Master’s degree combines courses from the biological and hard science realms, with a strong emphasis on hands-on bioinformatics trainings. Through this approach, students with a comprehensive STEM background are expected to get together and cross-contaminate when dealing with Big Data in omics, evolution, ecology and physiology and become the next generation of Computational Biologists.

Aim of the course is to prepare graduates with good biomedical culture, with in-depth knowledge of biotechnology, acquired and consolidated on an important practical experience in laboratory.