Study location	Italy, Pavia
Type	Graduate, full-time
Nominal duration	2 anni (120 ECTS)
Study language	Italian

Tuition fee	€4,500 per year Tuition fee for non-EU students who enter Italy with a study visa is based on flat rate and depends on the citizenship. If non-EU students come from a family with limited financial resource, they can choose to have their tuition fee calculated according to their family income (from €156,00 to €3.985,00 per year). For more info please consult this link
Application fee	€35 one-time

Entry qualification

Undergraduate diploma (or higher) Terms and conditions to access to the Degree Course in Biotecnologie Mediche e Farmaceutiche are indicated in the annual ANNOUNCEMENT to the Course. For further information please contact the Welcome Point The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: Italian. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. Please note If you have obtained your diploma outside of Italy, you should provide a declaration of its value (dichiarazione di valore in loco), issued by the Italian authorities (usually Italian Embassy or Consulate) in the country where the qualification was awarded. Please note that the “Dichiarazione di Valore in Loco” should state that the student has completed at least 12 years of pre-university education. If you are a non European student residing abroad, you need to do a pre-enrollment via Italian Consulate and start the visa procedures. The official admission at the University of Pavia will be possible only after you will have done this pre-enrollment. Please get in contact with the Italian authority in your country as soon as possible (deadline 24 July).

Language requirements

Italian Non-eu students residing abroad who would like to enroll in a study course completely taught in Italian, have to prove their knowledge of the language through an Italian language test. The following are excluded from this obligation: 1. students who intend to enroll in degree courses in English; 2. students in possession of an Italian language certification of level B2 or higher (such as CILS, CELI, Roma3 or CLIDA) For further information, consult the Pavia Linguistic Center website .

Other requirements	Please attach the following documents during your application procedure: 1. A scan of your official university transcript and/or bachelor diploma; 2. A scan of the receipt of payment of an application fee of 35 euros; 3. A scan of your passport; 4. A scan of your Italian language certificate (optional).

More information	www-med.unipv.it

Overview

The specialized degree course in “Biotecnologie Mediche e Farmaceutiche” is aimed at training specialist graduates with high levels of skills in the various areas of human health.
Graduates in this course of study have in-depth knowledge with a strong interdisciplinary connotation on the morphology and function of the human organism in normal and pathological conditions; in particular, they will have competences on the cellular and molecular pathogenetic mechanisms and then deepen those situations in which it is possible to intervene with a biotechnological approach. Furthermore, graduates shall deepen and complete the knowledge of biotechnological techniques with particular reference to their application in the field of research, development and production of drugs.
In particular, graduates will have a solid knowledge on structure, function and analysis of biological macromolecules and skills for the analysis of biopharmaceuticals.
Graduates of this course will know the fundamental aspects of the design of innovative drugs, also using specific technologies such as molecular modeling, as well as the industrial development of biotechnological drugs for gene therapy and cell therapy.
In this way, graduates in medical and pharmaceutical biotechnologies will also be able to direct and coordinate activities with a prevalent biotechnological and pharmaceutical characterizations.

Programme structure

Study plan and further information are available at this link

Career opportunities

Graduates in Biotecnologie Mediche e Farmaceutiche can aspire to positions in the following institutions:
- Universities, public and private research institutes;
- Hospital laboratories;
- Pharmaceutical industries;
- Research and development laboratories and industrial production departments;
- Biotechnological service centers;
- Biotechnological companies.