The Master’s Degree Course in Industrial Bioengineering belongs to the LM-21 degree class (Biomedical Engineering). The course is entirely taught in English, lasts two years and the achievement of the title requires passing 12 exams, including the final degree exam.
The training path is based on the themes of industrial engineering applied to the biomedical field. In general, the course illustrates and analyzes the information flows that occur between biological and artificial entities. Knowledge of the molecular and biophysical signals underlying this exchange of information is of crucial importance for the design and creation of innovative devices for therapy and diagnostics.
Further information regarding the training path, courses, entry requirements, final exam are reported in the teaching regulations of the Degree Course.
The course is devided into 3 directions plus the final exam, deliveres in 4 semesters:
General direction
I year– I semester
- Biochemistry (BIO/10 – 6 CFU) + Cell and Molecular Biology (BIO/11 – 6 CFU)
- Design of biomedical devices (IBIO-01/A – 9 CFU)
- Analysis and Simulation of Structures in Biomechanics (CEAR-07/A – 6 CFU)
I year– II semester
- Bioinformatics and Data Analysis (IBIO-01/A – 9 CFU)
- Microfluidics for Lab-on-Chip (ICHI-01/C – 6 CFU)
- Track Teachings (12 CFU)
II year– I semester
- Tissue Engineering and Organ-on-Chip-Technologies (IBIO-01/A – 9 CFU)
- Track Teachings (9 CFU)
II year– II semester
- Nanomedicine (IBIO-01/A – 9 CFU)
- Track Teachings (6 CFU)
- Autonomous choices (15 CFU)
- Other Activities (3 CFU)
- Thesis (15 CFU)
Data Driven Design and Modeling in Theranostics direction
I year– II semester
- Diagnostic Devices (IBIO-01/A – 6 CFU) + Machine Learning Methods for Biomedical Data (ICHI-01/C – 6 CFU)
II year– I semester
- Engineering and Modelling of Biosystems (IBIO-01/A – 9 CFU)
II year– II semester (one of…)
- Neuroengineering (IBIO-01/A – 6 CFU)
- Organic bioelectronics (IBIO-01/A – 6 CFU)
Design and Technologies for Biomedical Devices direction
I year– II semester
- Thermodynamics in Living Systems (ICHI-01/B – 6 CFU) + Transport Phenomena in Living Systems (ICHI-01/B – 6 CFU)
II year– I semester
- Endoprostheses and Artifical Organs (IBIO-01/A – 9 CFU)
II year– II semester (one of…)
- Bioprinting and Biofabrication (IBIO-01/A – 6 CFU)
- Continuum modelling in Mechanobiology and Lab (CEAR-06/A – 6 CFU)
Click HERE to download the Study Plan form in editable PDF version. After completing it, send it to the coordinator.
The study plan provides for the selection of track courses (27 CFU) and autonomously chosen courses (15 CFU).
The autonomously chosen courses can be divided according to one of the following methods or a combination of these:
- All the courses of the two tracks are eligible as autonomously chosen courses provided they are not already included in the curricular study plan.
- The following courses are also considered to be automatically approved:
- Foundation of Robotics (ING-INF/04) 9 CFU
- Sustainable Materials (ING-IND/22) 6 CFU
- It is possible to use the 15 CFU reserved for autonomous choices in the Minor in Applied Machine Learning
- It is also possible to include among the autonomously chosen courses any course activated by the University provided that it is in English and consistent with the training track. The consistency is assessed in an unquestionable manner by the Teaching Coordination Commission.
The indication of choices, of track or autonomous, is carried out according to an online procedure that is activated at the beginning of the academic year.
It is possible to earn 3 CFU (equivalent to approximately 75 of individual work or 24 hours of classroom teaching) relating to the “Other Activities” area by carrying out training activities consistent with the training track, intra moenia, at a DICMAPI laboratory or another University laboratory, or extra moenia at other institutions or companies.
By way of example, activities recognized in this area may be:
Training courses on safety in the workplace;
- MOOCs provided by Federica web learning and consistent with the training track;
- Seminars consistent with the training track, organized by the University Departments or by the Polytechnic and Basic Sciences School;
- Training internships at public or private research laboratories, or company internships.
Thesis activities, equivalent to 15 CFU, concern an important research activity. Usually the student chooses a supervisor professor in charge of one of the courses of the Degree Course and together they agree on a thesis project consistent with the training track. The supervisor professor can avail himself of one or more co-supervisors to complete the thesis project. The project can be carried out in a DICMAPI laboratory or another University laboratory, or at other research institutions or companies, where it will be necessary to appoint an external supervisor. Alternatively, the student can participate in the Erasmus+ and Erasmus Traineeship calls and carry out theses abroad at universities, research centers or companies.
