This MSc in Medical, Veterinary or Forensic Biotechnology will provide top-level skills and competence in the science, technology and production that underlie applied biotechnology programming and development in the fields of human health, veterinary medicine and forensic science.
The course has three curricula, covering the following areas:
- Medicine and advanced molecular diagnostics. Subjects include Haematological Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases, Oncology, Infectious Diseases;
- Veterinary Medicine, focusing on animal production and reproduction, veterinary diseases and diagnostics, development and use of animal models for bio-medical studies;
- Forensic medicine focusing on legal medicine, law and criminology. Subjects include Legal Medicine, Private Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Law Procedures (prevalently forensics oriented).Common subjects: All students will study the human body and the principal cellular and molecular pathogenic mechanisms of human diseases. They will acquire knowledge of advanced molecular biology techniques and their applications in the fields of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human diseases. Teaching is based on formal lectures and laboratory practicals. Subjects include Genetics, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Pathology, Anatomy, Microbiology and Pharmacology."