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Molecular Biology

Award Attendance Study Duration Start Domestic fees International fees
MSc On-Campus Full-time 2 October find out €2739 per year
Course fee notes

Our tuition fees will not exceed 3000 euros per year. Scholarship and fee waivers are available for international students, for more information visit our website: Scholarships | Università di Padova (unipd.it)

About Molecular Biology, MSc - at University of Padua

The Master’s degree provides solid theoretical knowledge and practical expertise in bench-work procedures, instrumental operations and analytical methodologies involved in data acquisition and analysis. The programme imparts a thorough command of the scientific investigation process, providing graduates with the competence to work independently and to take on the organisation and responsibility of projects.

Programme structure

Common Path: Cellular Biology; Applied Statistics; Molecular and Cell Biology of Plants; Molecular Biology of development; Genomics; Structural Biochemistry and Biophysics

Path 1 – Molecular Biology: Advanced Biochemistry; Molecular Genetics; Structural Biochemistry and Biophysics; Genomics;

Path 2 – Bioinformatics: Fundamentals of information systems, Integrative Biology and Network Analysis, Computational Anthropology.

Path 3 – Integrative Plant Biology: Plant molecular adaptation, Plant Biotechnology, Plant genetics and Genomics

Path 4 – Bioenergetics and Metabolism: Advanced Biochemistry, Organelle dynamics, Metabolic disorders,

Career opportunities

Graduates work as researchers within public or private organisations in the pharmaceutical, agro-industrial and biotechnological sectors; and as project managers or counselors within the public administration, in the human health or public hygiene divisions.

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