Turin, Italy
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Introduction
Diagnostics is one of the basement pillars of biomedicine that is in continuous and breakless evolution from basic research to clinical applications, in terms of developing new concepts, tools and technologies.
Scientific and technical innovations fuel medical progress through the ability to better understand disease biology and the development of new methods to diagnose and treat a disease.
Diagnostics can be divided into two main subfields, differing in whether the procedure is performed in vitro (or ex vivo) or in vivo, directly in a living organism.
However, regardless of this classification, diagnostics is a highly multidisciplinary field that requires expertise and skills from very qualified and well-trained personnel with different and complementary backgrounds, including chemistry, physics, biology, biotechnology, pharmacology, informatics, and medicine.
As it is quite unfeasible to offer all these competences in a single educational pathway, diagnostics is mostly taught in medicine-oriented courses, where the focus is primarily placed on the clinical aspects.
On this basis, the Master’s degree course in Biotechnological and Chemical Sciences in Diagnostics is an innovative educational offer aimed at training a professional figure of researcher/biomedical operator who, starting from a robust general background in chemistry/biology/biotechnology will acquire advanced multidisciplinary skills and competences in both in vitro and in vivo diagnostic field, giving more emphasis to the state-of-the-art chemical and biotechnological approaches in this area.
The theoretical and practical abilities acquired during the course will allow the master's graduates to operate in a multidisciplinary and international work environment, interacting productively with professionals operating in the engineering, physical, ICT, and medical sectors.
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Scholarships and Funding
University corridors for refugees - UNICORE 7.0 - A.Y. 2025-2026
For the A.Y. in 2025-2026, the University of Turin joins for the fourth time the UNICORE project.
The aim of the UNICORE 7.0 project is to promote the right to higher education for refugees, through the creation of university corridors from Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe to Italy.
UNICORE 7.0 is supported by a consortium of international, national and local partners, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), the University of Turin and other Italian universities.
The University of Turin funds 3 two-year scholarships including monetary (7,000 euro per year) and service benefits to international students who are refugees in Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and interested in enrolling for the a.y. 2025-2026 in the first year of one of the postgraduate degree programs without a restricted number of places and held in English.
38 two-year scholarships to international students "Talents 4 UniTo"
For the first time, the University of Turin funds 38 two-year scholarships to international students "Talents 4 UniTo" interested in enrolling in the first year of a postgraduate degree program without a restricted number of places, held in English, for the A.Y. 2025-2026.
Total amount of the scholarship value: 20,000 euros (gross amount).
Scholarships awarded by EDISU Piemonte
EDISU Piemonte, the Regional Agency for the Right to Education of Piedmont, awards scholarships and other grants to students who are enrolled in a Piedmontese University and meet the economic and merit requirements specified in the competition notices.
Scholarships awarded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI)
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) awards scholarships to foreign citizens not residing in Italy and Italian citizens living abroad (IRE) in order to foster international cultural, scientific and technological cooperation, to promote Italian language and culture and to support Italy’s economic system in the world.
Scholarships are offered to carry out study, training and research projects in Italian Higher Education Institutes.
Please regularly check the page Study in Italy for updates on the call for applications.
National and international scholarship programs
The University of Turin welcomes international undergraduate and postgraduate students, PhD students, researchers, teachers and academics in mobility within the framework of any national or international scholarship programs.
Currently available opportunities:
- China Scholarship Council –CSC (Chinese students/researchers)
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Career Opportunities
Graduates in Biotechnological and Chemical Sciences in Diagnostics will have acquired advanced professional skills and competences regarding the design, development, and clinical translation of in vitro (ex vivo) and in vivo diagnostic procedures, as well as the production of goods and services, in the main sectors of modern biomedicine.
Specific expertise will deal with molecular and cellular biology, “omics” disciplines, bio-analytical and biotechnological methodologies for in vitro diagnostics, design, synthesis, and validation of probes for medical in vivo imaging technologies (including nanotechnology), and artificial intelligence-based diagnostic tools.
Graduates will also have the skills necessary for the promotion and development of scientific and technological innovation and for technology transfer. Finally, they will possess the communication, organisational and management skills necessary to operate, interact and update themselves in the multidisciplinary work contexts typical of the biomedical field.
Program delivery
The Biotechnological and Chemical Sciences in Diagnostics Master's course will offer the students a rich and diversified educational program, with a good balance between theoretical lessons and practical experiences.
70 % of the ECTS are dedicated to lessons and related practical activities, 20 % of the ECTS are fully devoted to carry on specific research projects in tight collaboration and under the scientific supervision of scientists, academic or from industry, with a great expertise in the main topics of the course, and the remaining 10 % of the ECTS is available to the students for choosing optional courses offered to provide in-depth knowledges on specific subjects strongly associated with the diagnostic field.
Different online tools will be adopted, including remote activities (already available prior to the beginning of the course), to allow students with different backgrounds to acquire and improve their knowledge and fill up the eventual gap. Online tools will also be important to extend the learning experience, thus integrating and making more efficient the traditional learning modalities.
The learning burden is properly distributed over the two years of the Master's to offer the students a facilitated pathway to concentrate the commitment to carry on their lab internship (especially for the Master's thesis project) in the second year of the course.
The students will be accompanied in their educational pathway, providing first, the basics of biotechnological, chemical, and mathematical concepts and methodologies necessary to understand their application in the diagnostic field, and their successive preclinical validation and clinical translation.