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Info 2023/2024
- Master degree course
- Duration and credits
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- 2
- Years
- 120
- CFU
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- LM-21
- BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
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- Free access
- GENOVA
- English
- Frontale
- From 0 to 3000 euros per year. Find out if you are entitled to scholarships and exemptions
- Student exchange
- VITTORIO SANGUINETI
- To learn more about the Course visit the dedicated section
Info 2022/2023
- Master degree course
- Duration and credits
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- 2
- Years
- 120
- CFU
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- LM-21
- BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
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- Free access
- GENOVA
- English
- Italian
- Frontale
- From 0 to 3000 euros per year. Find out if you are entitled to scholarships and exemptions
- Student exchange
- VITTORIO SANGUINETI
- To learn more about the Course visit the dedicated section
- Degree programme table a.y. 2022/2023
- Degree programme plan a.y. 2022/2023
- Degree regulations a.y. 2022/2023
Info 2021/2022
- Master degree course
- Duration and credits
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- 2
- Years
- 120
- CFU
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- LM-21
- BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
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- Free access
- GENOVA
- English
- Italian
- Frontale
- From 0 to 3000 euros per year. Find out if you are entitled to scholarships and exemptions
- Student exchange
- VITTORIO SANGUINETI
- To learn more about the Course visit the dedicated section
- Degree programme table a.y. 2021/2022
- Degree programme plan a.y. 2021/2022
- Degree regulations a.y. 2021/2022
Info 2020/2021
- Master degree course
- Duration and credits
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- 2
- Years
- 120
- CFU
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- LM-21
- BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
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- Free access
- GENOVA
- Italian
- Frontale
- From 0 to 3000 euros per year. Find out if you are entitled to scholarships and exemptions
- Student exchange
- VITTORIO SANGUINETI
- To learn more about the Course visit the dedicated section
- Degree programme table a.y. 2020/2021
- Degree programme plan a.y. 2020/2021
- Degree regulations a.y. 2020/2021
Course video
The course in brief
Summary
The degree program aims at training engineering professionals who are capable of operating in numerous application, research and innovation domains in the medical-biological field, which naturally require inter-disciplinary skills.
You will achieve knowledge and skills that are applicable in different domains: neuro-technologies, rehabilitation and assistive technologies, cybernetic and bio-inspired systems, biomaterials, engineered tissues and cells, medical instruments and diagnostic systems, clinical engineering, health information systems, e-health and m-health.
Learning by doing
The course combines lectures with:
- lab activities and development of projects on cutting-edge areas, often in collaboration with external institutions
- internships in research labs, clinical facilities and rehabilitation centers
- seminars and supplementary courses taught by industry professionals.
Career perspectives
In the industrial sector, a bioengineer develops medical and surgical devices, in-vitro diagnostic systems and healthcare technologies. Many bioengineers find employment in innovative start-ups and some become entrepreneurs themselves. In clinical facilities, research institutes and rehabilitation centers, bioengineers can manage technical services and diagnostic laboratories. A significant fraction of graduates enrolls in PhD programs.
What you will learn
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Biomedical instrumentation
Bioimaging and multidimensional signal analysis for diagnostic purposes
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Motor control and rehabilitation engineering
Technologies, methods, models for the analysis and rehabilitation of human performance
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Tissue engineering
Mechanical properties, cell and molecular biology, techniques and gene therapies
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Medical Informatics
Interoperability, continuity of care, reuse of clinical data
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Natural and artificial intelligent systems
perception, cognition and behavior
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Neuroengineering and neurotechnology
Neuro-electronic interfaces, computational neuroscience, and neuromorphic engineering
Did you know that...
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About 40% of students carry out their thesis work in companies or research institutions outside the university.
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About 25% are carried out abroad.
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The Degree Program in Biomedical engineering of the University of Genoa was, together with that of the Polytechnic of Milan, the first to be established in Italy, in 1995.
Contents
Interdisciplinarity as a key to innovation
Application of new technologies and new scientific discoveries requires a dialogue between different disciplines. The Master's degree program in Bioengineering helps to develop a distinctly intersectoral, multidisciplinary attitude, naturally aimed at innovation.
The degree program aims at consolidating physical, mathematical and engineering skills and knowledge in the life sciences field, and to provide specialistic skills in the area of bioengineering.
You will learn to describe, simulate and analyze systems and signals of interest for medicine and biology. You will learn about biomaterials, devices and instrumentation for diagnosis, therapy and rehabilitation and the molecular, cellular and cognitive basis of human perception and behavior. You will learn about the organization of patient management and assistance structures, the information systems used in them and the related ethical implications.
A multi-purpose professional with a solid technical-biological background
The course is aimed at graduates in Biomedical Engineering or in other Industrial and Information Engineering fields, but is also accessible to graduates from the various sectors of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences.
The development of personal skills and abilities will be expressed especially during thesis work, to which the last semester is almost entirely dedicated.
The course will also provide you with an ability to relate and interact with professionals with a variety of skills and cultural backgrounds.
The course is organized into two tracks. Each track offers two curricula:
- Track T1: Neuroengineering (in English)
- Curriculum T1C1: Neuroengineering and Neurotechnologies
- Curriculum T1C2: Rehabilitation Engineering and Interaction Technologies
- Track T2: Engineering for Personalized Medicine (normally taught in Italian; may be taught in English on request)
- Curriculum T2C1: Materials and Devices for personalized medicine
- Curriculum T2C2: Information and Communication Technologies for Personalized Medicine
Coordinator
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Welcome to the master's degree program in Bioengineering. Our community-students, faculty, mentors, and all staff-is strongly committed to blending teaching with their research activities. You will build your skills to apply engineering tools and techniques to solving biomedical and life science problems, live and study in a friendly atmosphere, and share your passion for bioengineering with us.
Where we are
Department of Computer Science, Bioengineering, Robotics and Systems Engineering - DIBRIS
Administration and Teaching Secretariat
Viale Francesco Causa 13
16145 Genova
Lecture Rooms, Laboratories and Teachers' Offices
Via All'Opera Pia 13
16145 Genoa
How to Reach Us
From Cristoforo Colombo Airport
From Genoa Brignole train station
From Genoa Principe train station
From the Genoa West freeway tollbooth
From the Genoa Nervi freeway tollbooth
Success stories
My studies in bioengineering were instrumental in finding work in the field of medical informatics; they facilitated me in dealing with physicians, thus enabling me to develop a better product.
Choosing to take this course for me proved to be crucial. I learned notions of a purely engineering nature, others with a biological-medical slant, accompanied by a basic smattering of economics. This somewhat hybrid background meant that I was able to place myself professionally in the field of medical informatics, where the bio component gave me an edge over fellow electronic or computer engineers because it allowed me to interface with physicians by better interpreting their requests and thus developing a better product. I appreciated the courses that included exercises to put theoretical knowledge into practice and especially both internships in medical informatics, which allowed me to leave the university ready for the working world.
The computer science and computer vision skills acquired during my undergraduate studies enabled me to earn a PhD in vision neuroscience, which was carried out between London and Boston. I graduated in Bioengineering from the University of Genoa. I am currently a researcher at the University of Giessen, Germany, where I recently won a Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions European research grant.
During my undergraduate studies at UniGe, I became particularly passionate about neuroscience. The computer science and ccomputer vision skills I acquired during my undergraduate studies enabled me to pursue a PhD in vision neuroscience, carried out between London and Boston. My current research project is aimed at understanding how humans use vision to grasp objects. To understand how the brain transforms the visual signal into motor command, I use motion tracking technologies to measure the movements of human subjects. Then through computer simulations and machine learning I make artificial intelligence systems capable of acting like humans.
After graduating with a master's degree in Bioengineering, I was hired as the person responsible for quality system development, product technical dossier writing, and subsequent CE marking in a start-up company that deals with systems for planning, guiding, and verifying via augmented reality minimally invasive procedures.
I graduated in Bioengineering from the University of Genoa in 2015 with a thesis on the quantitative assessment, with accelerometer-integrated electromyograph, of ankle motion and the study by fMRI of its neural correlates. I had the opportunity to perform this thesis at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, which was a unique educational and human experience. In the two years after graduation, I was involved in regulatory affairs at a medical device manufacturer, mainly in the dental field. Although I was not aware of the existence of the quality & regulatory specialist, I was given the opportunity to learn and become passionate about this type of work. These are figures, in high demand in the biomedical market, who are responsible for interfacing with agencies and ministries to obtain the necessary certification to market products.
I began my undergraduate studies in Genoa, and after earning bachelor's and master's degrees, I now work as a delivery engineer at a company that develops biomedical software. I finished my undergraduate studies in October 2017, earning my master's degree in Bioengineering.
Subsequently, I took the state exam for professional certification and participated in several job interviews and then was hired at a company that develops biomedical software, where I carry out the activity of delivery. I am very proud of the choices I made, especially with regard to my engineering studies, because they formed me both on a human level and on a professional level: the course I took allowed me to acquire basic knowledge that is fundamental for being able to do my job, but also soft skills such as problem solving or the ability to work in a team. During a demanding course such as a university one also learns how to organize one's time and use it in the best possible way, and one gets used to dealing with stressful and tense situations.
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Student Desk
Via Montallegro 1
inside Villa Cambiaso Park - in front of Aula A7
16145 Genova
+39 010 353 2148
sportello.ingegneria@unige.it
Reference for teaching
Elena Tortora
+39 010 353 2945
+39 334 1074229
Education Staff (for pre-registration, enrollment and study plans)
Daniela Peghini
+39 010 353 6051
didattica.politecnica@dibris.unige.it