Master's in Biotechnological and Chemical Sciences in Diagnostics

The University of Turin has a strong tradition of excellence in teaching and research, offering a wide range of undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs across diverse fields such as humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and law. With its commitment to fostering intellectual growth and innovation, the University of Turin provides students with a dynamic and stimulating learning environment that encourages critical thinking and interdisciplinary collaboration. Distinguished by its distinguished faculty and cutting-edge research facilities, the University of Turin remains dedicated to providing students with a comprehensive and holistic education that prepares them for the global workforce. The university's emphasis on internationalization and cultural diversity is reflected in its various exchange programs and collaborations with institutions worldwide, fostering a global perspective and enhancing students' cultural awareness. Through its commitment to academic excellence and societal engagement, the University of Turin continues to uphold its reputation as a leading institution for higher education and research in Italy and beyond.

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 in two main sub-fields differing 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 background, including chemistry, physics, biology, biotechnology, pharmacology, informatic, 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 graduates to operate in multidisciplinary and international work environment, interacting productively with professionals operating in the engineering, physical, ICT, and medical sectors.