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PIAZZA DEL MERCATO, 15
25121 BRESCIA
ITALY
WWW.UNIBS.IT
WELCOME
from the Chancellor
of the University of Brescia
“The University of Brescia is a
medium-size university, modern and
productive like the region of Italy in which
it is located. It offers quality programs and
competitive research in areas related to
Health, Law, Engineering and Economics.
The University’s aim is to continuously
improve the quality of life of people and
the environment of Brescia, Italy, and the
world at large, by generating integrated
cultural and technical knowledge and by
providing training and tools to address
the challenges of our times.
The University of Brescia is engaged
in various collaborative networks, both
nationally and internationally”.
Sergio Pecorelli
FACTS 14,600 students
562 academic staff
516 technical
JULY 2014
administrative staff
24 undergraduate
programs
4 single-cycle programs
17 postgraduate programs
25 residency programs
1 school of specialization
7 doctoral programs
8 departments
127 classrooms
ABOUT
BRESCIA
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BGY
LIN
VBS
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VCE
Dating back to the
Roman period,
Brescia (originally
Brixia), and its
province lie almost
at the heart of the Po
Valley, between Milan
and Venice, enclosed
by three lakes: Lake
Garda, Lake Idro and
Lake Iseo.
In 2008 Brescia had a
population of about
200,000 inhabitants.
The town is served by
an excellent bus and
subway system and a
motorway and railway
network; distances
to Milan and Verona
are 92 km and 67 km
respectively.
The nearest airports
are Montichiari
(VBS), Verona (VRN),
Bergamo (BGY), Milan
Malpensa (MXP),
Milan Linate (LIN), and
Venice (VCE).
A BRIEF
HISTORY
of the University of Brescia
The University of Brescia was officially
established in 1982, building on previous
courses given by the nearby Universities of
Milan, Milan Polytechnic, and Parma.
When it was founded, the University gathered
three Schools: Economics, Engineering, and
Medicine. The School of Law was added
in 1996.
As a result, since
November 1, 2012,
the University of
Brescia comprises 8
departments.
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The University of Brescia offers a wide
range of educational programs with
Bachelor and Master of Science (MSc)
degrees, postgraduate technical courses,
specialization schools and Ph.D. programs
in most areas: business and economics,
engineering and technology, law, medicine
and surgery, dentistry. The University of
Brescia is an important university in a city
of art and culture (recognized by UNESCO)
with an excellent quality of life, in one of the
most important industrial and productive
regions in Italy. The University of Brescia
provides high quality services to its students,
including international students: counselling
services, scholarships financial aids, tutoring,
computer and multimedia rooms, wireless
zones, libraries, on-line services, laboratories
and centers of advanced scientific research.
Moreover, it offers: accommodation services,
dining halls, cultural activities and sports
facilities, Italian language courses for foreign
students.
www.unibs.it /education
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THE ITALIAN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
In Italy higher education consists of university courses lasting 5 years (or 3+2 years with an
intermediate 1st level bachelor’s degree); these courses follow the 13 years of primary and
secondary education.
PROGRAMS
Undergraduate
Postgraduate
Single - cycle
Doctor (Ph.D)
OTHER UNDERGRADUATE &
POSTGRADUATE TECHNICAL
PROGRAMS
Master Universitari di I livello
(admission with bachelor degree)
Master Universitari di II livello
(admission with master degree)
Schools of Specialization
Residency Programs
DEGREES
Bachelor’s degree
Master of Science degree
Master of Science degree
Doctoral degree (Ph.D)
CREDITS
180
120
300/360
-
YEARS
3
2
5/6
2+
Certificate
60+
1+
Certificate
60+
1+
Specialization diploma
60/300
1/5
In 2005, the Ministers of Higher Education of the Bologna Process signatory countries decided to
develop the Qualifications Framework for the European Higher Education Area - QF for the EHEA.
The Framework comprises the three main cycles of Higher Education, as defined by the Bologna
Process, and offers an overview of all qualifications awarded at the end of each cycle, with reference
to the number of ECTS credits collected and to the learning outcomes (DublinDescriptors).
For further information: www.quadrodeititoli.it
The University of
Brescia achieved
immediate success
as well as strong
growth, thanks to: the
nature of the Brescia
industrial district (the
1st one in Italy in terms
of surface and the
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to maintain deep
roots in its territory
while opening up
to globalization.
Local public and
private enterprises
and institutions
offer interesting and
fruitful traineeships
for students, as
well as good
opportunities
for scientific
collaboration and for
technology transfer.
The University of
Brescia aims at
enhancing research
and addressing the
educational needs
3rd one in terms of
of the European and
economic relevance); global communities,
its geographical
by promoting
location (between
collaboration and
Milan and Venice and integration. The wide
near other important teaching program
and historical towns
is designed to
of Northern Italy); the equip students with
presence of one of
interdisciplinary
the largest and most
skills in order to
efficient hospitals in
gain a high degree
Italy, and the great
of professional
entrepreneurial ability specialization and
of its population.
preparation in
research, so that
One of the main
they can contribute
features of the
to innovation and
University of
development in a
Brescia is the wish
global society.
INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS
The University of Brescia promotes initiatives
aimed at internationalization, European and
international exchange agreements and
cooperation programs to encourage student
and researcher mobility. The result is a wide
choice of dual award programs, courses
taught in English, international summer
schools, together with highly-recognized
scientific research and important international
awards.
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10 Dual-degree programs
8 International summer schools
4 University courses taught in English
250 Agreements with European
and non-European Universities
WORLD MAP
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HEALTH&WEALTH
the strategic plan 2014-2016
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Health&Wealth is the
new thematic project
of the University of
Brescia, grounded
in new knowledge,
research, culture,
health, wellbeing,
technology, legality
and progress: these
will all become
integrated into a
vision of sustainable
economic
development in
which the person
and their values are
the central objective.
Health&Wealth is a
project aimed at the
transformation of
both our way of living
and of thinking, such
that economic and
industrial systems can
thrive while respecting
culture, people and
the environment.
smart, sustainable and
inclusive growth, in
a modern industrial
society in which
wellbeing does not
result solely from
wealth but it is also
ascribed to a blend of
culture, environmental
quality, sustainable
urban choices and
healthy lifestyles.
This common
vision shared by its
faculty, researchers,
and employees, is
transmitted to the
students and to the
community at large.
Research and
education priorities
at the University
of Brescia will be
directed towards
the development
of activities of the
Health&Wealth
The Health&Wealth
framework, with
strategic plan adopted a collaborative
in 2014 is aimed
effort of our areas
towards developing
of Economics,
Engineering and
Technology, Law
and Medicine on the
following four major
topics:
• longevity,
• environment,
• lifestyles,
• health and
wellbeing
technologies.
THE NEW
EDUCATIONAL
PROJECT
Training is a crucial
transversal issue of
the Health&Wealth
project developed
by the University of
Brescia. This new and
innovative educational
project offers cultural
and multi-disciplinary
HEALTH&WEALTH
health and well being technologies
longevity
environment
lifestyles
medicine
engineering
economics
law
courses of different
levels aimed at
preparing a new
generation of
educated and skilled
citizens who will lead
development in the
academic world,
business, institutions
and society.
The Master’s Degree
in “Science and
technology for
population health
and wealth” and
the PhD course
in “Technology
for Health” will be
available from the
start of the academic
year 2014/2015.
These new
proposals
for specific
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AREAS
8 DEPARTMENTS
educational
courses created
by the University
of Brescia with the
strategic thematic
Health&Wealth
project, aim to attract
students
from all
over Italy
and
abroad.
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For further information
http://healthandwealth.unibs.it
social challange
applications
science
NETWORK
University of Brescia
is a member of:
OUR
DEPARTMENTS
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Association of European institutions
of higher education (EUA)
www.eua.be
Economics
and Management
Asean European University
Network (Asea - Uninet)
www.asea-uninet.org
Civil Engineering,
Architectural
Engineering and
Mathematics
CIDD Consortium for International
Double Degrees
www.cidd.org
Network for the University research
improvement (NETVAL)
www.netval.it
Agency for the promotion
of the European Research (APRE)
www.apre.it
Uni - Italia, Center for the accademic
promotion and orientation of study in Italy
www.uni-italia.it/en/
Honors center of Italian Universities
(H2CU) - College Italia
www.h2cu.com
Consejo interuniversitario
nacional de Argentina (CUIA)
www.cuia.net
University Network for
Development Cooperation (CUCS)
www.dabacu.polimi.it
Law
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Mechanical and
Industrial Engineering
Information
Engineering
Molecular and
Translational Medicine
Clinical and
Experimental Sciences
Surgery, Radiology,
and Public Health
ECONOMICS and
MANAGEMENT
Dipartimento di Economia
DEM
e Management
ADDRESS
Via S. Faustino 74 B
25122 Brescia (Italy)
PH. +39 030 2988701-2
FAX +39 030 2988703
direzione.dem@unibs.it
www.dem.unibs.it
DIRECTOR
Prof. Carlo Marco Belfanti
DEM
Department of
DEM Dipartimento di Economia
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DIRECTOR
Prof. Carlo Marco
Belfanti
The Economics and Management Department
(DEM) gathers different subject fields that
share common research interests and
integrated educational activities.
The DEM carries out research and teaching
activities that are focused on the complexity
of the economic trends. These activities
combine the analysis of macroeconomic
and microeconomic elements of the
general economic background and the
study of business management, enterprise
organisational structures as well as strategic
planning. It also promotes and fosters
teaching and research with a multidisciplinary
and interdisciplinary approach which is
theoretical and practical at the same time.
The Department recognises its grounding
subjects areas and considers them as a
common valuable patrimony of knowledge
and methods. The main research and teaching
areas of the Department are: Economics,
Management, Economic History, Economic
Sociology, Economic Geography, Statistics,
Operations Research, Calculus and Applied
Mathematics, Law, English.
DEM
e Management
UNDERGRADUATE • Banking and Finance
PROGRAM
BACHELOR’S DEGREE • Economics and Business Administration
Laurea Triennale
• Economics
(3 years)
POSTGRADUATE • Management (International
PROGRAM MASTER
degree taught in English)
OF SCIENCE DEGREE • Business consulting
Laurea Magistrale
(2 years)
and professional services
• Money, finance and risk
management
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DOCTORAL PROGRAM • Business and law
Ph.D.
(3 years)
Dual award programs with: Fachhochschule Mainz (Germany), Nottingham Trent Business
School (UK), Coventry University (UK).
Department of
DIGI
LAW
Dipartimento
DIGI
di Giurisprudenza
ADDRESS
Via S. Faustino 41
25122 Brescia (Italy)
PH. +39 030 2989605
FAX +39 030 2989613
direttore.digi@unibs.it
www.digi.unibs.it
DIRECTOR
Prof. Saverio Regasto
Giurisprudenza
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DIRECTOR
Prof. Saverio Regasto
Established in 2012 as a continuation of the
former Department of Legal Sciences, the
Department of Law is committed to excellence
in research and teaching in higher education.
The research and teaching carried out at the
Department cover all areas of legal knowledge
and range from Constitutional, Administrative
and Fiscal Law to Civil, Commercial and Labour
Law, Criminal Law, Criminal and Civil Procedure,
International and European Law, Canonical and
Ecclesiastical Law, Roman Law, Comparative
Law, Legal History and Jurisprudence. The
publications of the academic staff and the
frequency of congresses and workshops
held at the Department illustrate the high
scientific achievements of the Department.
It publishes two monographic series: the
first, entitled “Collana del Dipartimento di
Giurisprudenza”, is edited by Giuffré, and
the second, entitled “Quaderni brevi del
Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche” was
edited by Promodis until 2012 and then by
Bibliofabbrica. The teaching activities of the
Department consist in a Single-cycle program
in Law (Corso di Laurea Magistrale a ciclo unico
in Giurisprudenza), an undergraduate program
in Labour and Industrial Relations, designed
for future company advisors (Corso di Laurea
in Consulente del Lavoro e Giurista d’impresa),
and a Second Level Master’s Degree Program
in Legal Dispute Mediation. Moreover, the
Department hosts the Specialization School for
Legal Professions (Scuola di Specializzazione
per le professioni legali), organises a Ph.D.
program in Business and Law and is associated
with other Ph.D. programs in various legal areas.
Finally, it is worth mentioning the organisation of
the International Summer School in European
Law, Competition and Protection of Social
Rights and the development of the first Italian
course in Clinical Legal Education within the
framework of the Single-cycle program in Law
(Corso di Laurea Magistrale a ciclo unico in
Giurisprudenza).
DIGI
DIGI Dipartimento di
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UNDERGRADUATE • Labour and Industrial Relations Consultant
PROGRAM
BACHELOR’S DEGREE
Laurea Triennale
(3 years)
SINGLE-CYCLE • Law
BACHELOR’S AND
MASTER OF SCIENCE
DEGREE
Laurea Magistrale
a ciclo unico
(5 years)
DOCTORAL PROGRAM • Business and Law
Ph.D.
(3 years)
SCHOOL OF • School of Specialization for Legal Professions
SPECIALIZATION
CIVIL
ENGINEERING,
ARCHITECTURAL
ENGINEERINGand
MATHEMATICS
DICATAM
Dipartimento
di Ingegneria Civile, Architettura, Territorio,
ADDRESS
Via Branze 43
25123 Brescia (Italy)
PH. +39 030 3711212
dicatam@cert.unibs.it
www.dicatam.unibs.it
Ambiente e di Matematica
DIRECTOR
Prof. Giovanni Plizzari
DICATAM
Department of
DICATAM Dipartimento
Environmental Engineering, Architectural
Engineering as well as an international
program on Civil and Environmental
Engineering for Italian and foreign students,
with all courses taught in English. In addition,
the Department offers a Ph.D. program, about
forty Ph.D. students are currently enrolled
in it. The Department are also includes four
specific research centers. The Department has
several international research and teaching
collaborations.
di Ingegneria Civile, Architettura,
Territorio, Ambiente e di Matematica
DIRECTOR
Prof. Giovanni Plizzari
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UNDERGRADUATE • Civil engineering
PROGRAM
BACHELOR’S DEGREE • Environmental engineering
Laurea Triennale
(3 years)
POSTGRADUATE • Land and Environmental engineering
PROGRAM MASTER
(International degree taught in English)
OF SCIENCE DEGREE • Civil engineering
Laurea Magistrale
(2 years)
• Environmental engineering
SINGLE-CYCLE • Architectural
BACHELOR’S AND
engineering
MASTER OF SCIENCE
DEGREE
Laurea Magistrale
a ciclo unico
(5 years)
DOCTORAL PROGRAM • Civil and
Ph.D.
Environmental
(3 years)
Engineering
DICATAM
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The department of Civil, Environmental,
Architectural Engineering and Mathematics
is home to a total of about 70 academic
members.
Research is carried out on architecture,
restoration of historical and modern
buildings, building technology, structural
analysis and design, seismic engineering,
seismology, structural mechanics, geotechnical
engineering, transportation, environmental
engineering and waste management, fluid
mechanics, hydraulic structures and hydrology,
partial differential equations, mathematical
models, numerical methods, algebraic and
geometrical structures.
The Department has hydraulics, geotechnical
and structural laboratories with testing
machines and facilities allowing the
performance of a great number of tests.
The Department has also an official testing
materials laboratory, authorized by the Italian
ministry of infrastructures and public works.
The Department offers undergraduate and
postgraduate programs in Civil Engineering,
Department of
MECHANICAL
and INDUSTRIAL
ENGINEERING
Dipartimento
DIMI
di Ingegneria Meccanica e Industriale
Via Branze, 38
25123 Brescia (Italy)
PH. +39 030 3715485
dimi@cert.unibs.it
www.dimi.unibs.it
DIMI
ADDRESS
DIRECTOR
Prof. Rodolfo Faglia
laboratories work on basic and applied
research. DIMI is part of the Lombardy Regional
network “Questio” for technological transfer.
The number of patents born from research
carried out at the DIMI is constantly increasing.
The Department was granted the “Italia degli
Innovatori 2011” (“Innovations Italian Prize
2011”) award.
Ingegneria Meccanica e Industriale
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DIRECTOR
Prof. Rodolfo Faglia
The Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Department (DIMI) of the University of
Brescia includes more than 70 professors and
researchers, divided into 14 research groups.
Chemistry for Technologies, Design and
Methods for Industrial Engineering, Basic
and Applied Nuclear Physics, Industrial and
Environmental Technical Physics, Industrial and
Mechanical Plants, Economic and Managerial
Engineering, Fluid Machines and Systems
for Converting Energy, Applied Machine
Mechanics, Metallurgy, Mechanical and
Thermal Measures, Mechanic Design and
Machine Construction, Science and Technology
of Materials, Sociology of Economic and Work
Processes, Technologies and Work Systems.
The main research projects are developed in an
international context (more than 60
co-operation agreements are active with
European and extra-European institutions),
however the local industry very often
cooperates with the Department (more than
one hundred contracts are signed yearly with
companies located in the Brescia area) and
this trend has been increasing; 9 scientific
(3 years)
POSTGRADUATE • Industrial Engineering
PROGRAM MASTER • Industrial Automation Engineering
OF SCIENCE DEGREE
Laurea Magistrale • Mechanical Engineering
(2 years)
of Materials
• Mechanical Engineering
DOCTORAL PROGRAM • Mechanical and Industrial
Ph.D.
Engineering
(3 years)
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DIMI
DIMI Dipartimento di
UNDERGRADUATE • Industrial Engineering
PROGRAM
BACHELOR’S DEGREE • Industrial Automation Engineering
Laurea Triennale • Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Department of
INFORMATION
ENGINEERING
Dipartimento di Ingegneria
DII
dell’Informazione
Via Branze, 38
25123 Brescia (Italy)
PH. +39 030 3715469
dii@cert.unibs.it
www.dii.unibs.it
DII
ADDRESS
DIRECTOR
Prof. Emilio Sardini
Ingegneria dell’Informazione
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DIRECTOR
Prof. Emilio Sardini
The Department was established in the academic
year 1982/83, in conjunction with the foundation
of the University of Brescia. It was initially named
“Department of Industrial Automation”, and later
“Department of Electronics for Automation” so
as to address, through its research activities, the
needs of the local manufacturing industry.
It gradually brought innovation to their
production process thanks to the introduction
of electrical components and algorithmic
methods for automation and control.
The Department, through the years, has
consolidated its role and image as a unique
environment for conducting studies and
research for Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) in a multidisciplinary and
interdisciplinary way including also fundamental
research and it is now called Department of
Information Engineering (DII). The Department’s
main competences range in the following
fields: Automation, Electromagnetic fields,
Electronics, Physics of Fundamental Interaction,
Information Technology, Electric and Electronic
Measurements, Condensed Matter Physics
and Telecommunications. Research activities
are carried out within several research and
development laboratories and they are oriented
to improve both fundamental and application
oriented research. Effort is also devoted to
technology transfer to the manufacturing and
service industry, whether public or private. In
this context, the DII has signed a large number
of contracts to conduct both fundamental and
applied research, expert assessments and
exploratory development, supported by private
companies and/or national, European and
international funding agencies. The commitment
of all researchers enabled the Department
to deposit numerous patents, filed both
nationally and internationally. In recent years, the
Department has also acted as an incubator for a
few spin-off companies, which are now operating
successfully on the market place. The Department
promotes and coordinates research investments
as a whole; it provides adequate facilities, thanks
to the maintenance of high quality laboratory
equipment and an advanced computing and
networking infrastructure. The careful allocation of
available space, the intense interaction between
different complementary research teams, and
the tight support
by its administrative
personnel ensures
that all available
human resources can
operate at best to
handle successfully any
contractual research
whether publicly or
privately funded.
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UNDERGRADUATE • Computer Science and Engineering
PROGRAM
Electronics and Telecommunication
BACHELOR’S DEGREE • Engineering
Laurea Triennale
(3 years)
POSTGRADUATE • Communication Technologies e Multimedia
PROGRAM MASTER
(International degree taught in English)
OF SCIENCE DEGREE • Electronics Engineering
Laurea Magistrale
(2 years)
• Computer Engineering
DOCTORAL PROGRAM • Information Engineering
Ph.D. • Technology for Health
(3 years)
DII
DII Dipartimento di
Department of
MOLECULAR and
TRANSLATION
MEDICINE
Dipartimento
DMMT
di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale
ADDRESS
DIRECTOR
Prof. Silvano Sozzani
DMMT
Viale Europa, 11
25123 Brescia (Italy)
PH. +39 030 3717403-405
silvano.sozzani@unibs.it
www.dmmt.unibs.it
DMMT Dipartimento
the understanding of
the causes of human
diseases and to
develop therapeutic
and preventive
medicine in order
to contribute to a
better lifestyle and
environment for future
generations.
di Medicina Molecolare
e Traslazionale
DIRECTOR
Prof. Silvano Sozzani
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UNDERGRADUATE • Biomedical Laboratory Technician
PROGRAM
BACHELOR’S DEGREE • Biotechnologies
Laurea Triennale
(3years)
POSTGRADUATE • Science and Technology for Population
PROGRAM MASTER
Health and Wealth
OF SCIENCE DEGREE
(International degree taught in English)
Laurea Magistrale • Medical Biotechnologies
(2years)
DOCTORAL PROGRAM • Biomedical Sciences and Translational
Ph.D.
Medicine
(3years)
• Molecular Genetics, Biotechnologies,
and Experimental Medicine
DMMT
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The Department of Molecular and Translational
Medicine, founded in 2011, includes
more than 70 professors and researchers
and encompasses different areas of basic
research, diagnostics, translational and clinical
medicine. Their interests span from Agri-food,
Biochemistry, Biology and Genetics, Clinical
Biochemistry, General Pathology, General
Surgery, Histology, Immunology, Microbiology,
Molecular Biology, Pathological Anatomy,
Pharmacology, to Physics and Statistics.
The Department hosts multiple research
facilities (such as electronic and confocal
microscopy, a laboratory for the handling of
genetically modified micro-organisms, image
analysis, zebrafish husbandry, etc.) and is about
to implement novel technological platforms for
Next Generation Sequencing and proteomics.
The main objectives of this Department are:
1. educating and training the future leaders
in biomedical research by providing a
rich intellectual environment for both
undergraduate and graduate students as well
as for postdoctoral fellows;
2. promoting a bidirectional integration
between basic and clinical research for the
progress of medical sciences;
3. developing and strengthening the field of
biotechnologies as a converging point for
academy and the local industry;
4. further developing and improving
diagnostics. The general goal of the activities
carried out in the Department is to improve
Department of
CLINICALand
EXPERIMENTAL
SCIENCES
Dipartimento
DSCS
di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali
ADDRESS
DIRECTOR
Prof. Enrico Agabiti Rosei
DSCS
Viale Europa, 11
25123 Brescia (Italy)
PH. +39 030 3717202-425
enrico.agabitirosei@unibs.it
www.dscs.unibs.it
DSCS
Dipartimento di Scienze
Cliniche e Sperimentali
DIRECTOR
Prof. Enrico Agabiti
Rosei
international scientific
societies thus providing
many collaborative
research opportunities.
UNDERGRADUATE • Physiotherapy
PROGRAM
BACHELOR’S DEGREE • Social worker
Laurea Triennale • Psychiatric Rehabilitation
(3 years)
Techniques
• Obstetrician
• Dietician
• Sports sciences
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POSTGRADUATE • Preventive and adapted
PROGRAM MASTER
physical activity
OF SCIENCE DEGREE
Laurea Magistrale
(2 years)
SINGLE-CYCLE • Medicine and surgery
BACHELOR’S AND
MASTER OF SCIENCE
DEGREE
Laurea Magistrale
a ciclo unico
DSCS
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The aim of the Department is the implementation
of the principles of modern academic
medicine being involved in all the scientific
and teaching aspects of numerous clinical
areas, related to diseases that are in continuous
epidemiological and clinical evolution. They
include cardio and cerebrovascular, oncological
and haematological, respiratory, endocrine
and metabolic, neurodegenerative, infectious
and psychiatric diseases. In fact, they represent
the main causes of fatal and non fatal events at
present time and will be even more common
and important in future years.
The Department is organised in 5 sections
1. Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology;
2. Internal - Specialist Medicine;
3. Neurosciences;
4. General - Specialist Surgery;
5. Maternal and paediatric diseases.
Cross-cutting research on these themes and
the study of disease mechanisms at a molecular
level are key strengths of the Department. In the
Department clinical trials are conducted with
both industries and non-commercial partners,
where insights from basic science are translated
to novel diagnostic technologies and medical
treatments.
We value inter-disciplinary collaborations
between different groups with a total of about
80 academic members. Innovative teaching
strategies devoted to improve professional
quality in all health areas will be applied, in
order to reach the best holistic approach to
physical, mental and psychological wellness. Our
research teams play leading roles in national and
(6 years)
RESIDENCY PROGRAMS • Cardiac Surgery
(Postgraduate programs)
• General Surgery
• Geriatrics
• Gynaecology
and Obstetrics
• Respiratory
Diseases
• Infective Diseases
• Medicine for sports
• Emergency-urgency
Medicine
• Internal Medicine
• Child
Neuropsychiatry
• Paediatrics
• Psychiatry
Department of
Viale Europa, 11
25123 Brescia (Italy)
PH. +39 030 3717494
piero.nicolai@unibs.it
www.dsmc.unibs.it
e Sanità pubblica
DIRECTOR
Prof. Piero Nicolai
DSMC
ADDRESS
MEDICAL and
SURGICAL
SPECIALTIES,
RADIOLOGICAL
SCIENCESand
PUBLIC HEALTH
DSMC
Dipartimento di Specialità
medico-chirurgiche, Scienze radiologiche
Specialità medico-chirurgiche,
Scienze radiologiche e Sanità
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DIRECTOR
Prof. Piero Nicolai
The Department of Medical and Surgical
Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and
Public Health encompasses Anaesthesia
and Critical Care Medicine, Public Health
Medicine in addition to the medical
specialties of Cardiology, Nephrology and
Medical Oncology.
It also embodies Audiology, Dentistry,
Radiology, Radiation Oncology, and
Nuclear Medicine in addition to several
surgical specialties including Neurosurgery,
Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics and
Traumatology, Otorhinolaryngology-Head
and Neck Surgery and Urology. The three
principal objectives of this newly formed
Department comprise:
1. enhancement of scientific cooperation
between various disciplines through the
development of new interdisciplinary
research programs;
2. integration of didactic activities intended
to offer students a multidimensional
professional view of the topics included in
the curriculum and improved educational
opportunities;
3. improvement of clinical knowledge
and further development of expertise in
diagnostic, therapeutic, preventive, and
rehabilitation activities. This will lead to a
substantial refinement in the evaluation
and prevention of professional and
environmental risk factors, diagnostic
algorithmic processes, and therapeutic
strategies for different acute and chronic
diseases (oncologic and non-oncologic).
It will also include an evaluation of the
ensuing disabilities after treatment,
assessment of patient’s social integration,
and guidelines for follow-up. This will result
in improvement of overall health care and,
in general, life-style and environment.
UNDERGRADUATE • Nursing
PROGRAM
BACHELOR’S DEGREE • Dental Hygienist
Laurea Triennale • Medical Radiology
(3 years)
Technologist
• Health care assistant
• Technician for health
and safety in working
environments
POSTGRADUATE • Nursing and obstetrics
PROGRAM MASTER
OF SCIENCE DEGREE
Laurea Magistrale
(2 years)
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SINGLE-CYCLE • Dentistry
BACHELOR’S AND
MASTER OF SCIENCE
DEGREE
Laurea Magistrale
a ciclo unico
(6 years)
RESIDENCY PROGRAMS • Anaesthesia and
Postgraduate programs
Critical Care
Medicine
• Cardiovascular
Diseases
• Hygiene
Epidemiology
and Public Health
• Occupational
Medicine
• Ophthalmology
• Orthodontics
• Orthopaedics and
Traumatology
• Otorhinolaryngology
• Radiodiagnostic
• Radiotherapy
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Urology
DSMC
DSMC Dipartimento di
OUR SERVICES
OUR
SERVICES
Erasmus students remain enrolled with their
home university. They can attend courses
listed in their program. For all relevant details,
you can contact the International Relations
Office. Erasmus students are also exempted
from registration fees. Their arrival is generally
scheduled a few months before the start of
each semester. At the end of the study period,
a transcript of records is sent to their home
university.
ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSES FOR
ERASMUS STUDENTS
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At the University of Brescia most courses are
offered in Italian, though some seminars may
take place in English.
Erasmus granted students are required to
have a basic knowledge of Italian. To provide
students with adequate language skills, the
University of Brescia organises every year a
two-level free course of Italian at the beginning
of the 1st semester (September) and at the
beginning of the 2nd semester (February).
At the end of the course each student who has
attended at least 90% of the classes receives
a certificate of attendance Students who are
interested in these courses are requested
to specify this option when filling in their
application form for the University of Brescia.
BEFORE ARRIVAL
Erasmus students are nominated by their
home university, that will provide our
Erasmus Incoming Office with the following
information for each applying student: name
and surname, date and place of birth, e-mail
address, study area and the semester chosen
for their stay at the University of Brescia.
Applying Erasmus Students are required to
complete the Application forms on line, to
print and send all documents by post with two
recent colour photographs (passport-size).
The deadline to return completed forms to the
International Relations Office is June the
30th of each year. They should be sent to the
following address:
University of Brescia
International Relations Office
ERASMUS INCOMING STUDENTS
Via San Faustino, 74/b
25122 Brescia- Italia
E-mail: erasmus.incoming@unibs.it
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The International Relations Office will provide
Erasmus students who have applied for
housing by June30th, with housing facilities.
www.unibs.it/target/international-students
OUR SERVICES
ERASMUS PROGRAM
STUDENT AID, BENEFITS
AND SERVICES
depending on the type
of scholarship and on
the student’s income.
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES
• Part-time appointments: students can provide
HOUSING
SERVICE
several services
related to university
facilities, lasting up to
a maximum of 200
hours and paid by the
University.
• Tutoring is another
form of student
collaboration paid by
the University.
To access it you need
to participate in a
contest and meet the
requirements of merit
and income indicated.
www.unibs.it/teachingactivities/opportunitiesstudents
UNIVERSITY
CANTEEN
A Cafeteria with 400
seats is available to the
students. Moreover,
special prices are
offered to students
in some restaurants,
pizzerias and pubs,
included in a selected
list. Costs: prices vary
The campus offers the
best living conditions
and educational and
cultural support as well
as recreational spaces
and sport facilities,
providing services for
study, university life
and leisure time. All
students can request
accommodation.
Features:
• 8 facilities located
near the headquarters
of each department
account for a total of
450 places.
www.unibs.it/education/
international-students/
living-brescia/
accommodation
• 54 places are
reserved to a selected
number of students
with special merit in
a special building
(Collegio di merito: see
website).
www.collegiounibs.it/index.
php/en
• Air-conditioned,
single and double
rooms, with private or
shared bathroom.
• Kitchens,
Laundromats, car,
bicycle, motorcycle
parking.
• Internet connection,
TV rooms and study
rooms.
Study rooms, multipurpose
hall: the
Campus
“B. Boni “
has three study rooms
with about 200 seats,
open weekdays from 8
am to 24, and Saturday
and Sunday from 9
am to 22. There is
also the Multipurpose
Room, which can
accommodate up to
200 people where
students can find, in
addition to educational
activities, cultural and
recreational activities,
such as concerts,
theatre performances
organised by the
students themselves.
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For more information:
diritto-studio@unibs.it
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www.unibs.it/teachingactivities/fees-and-benefits/
scholarships
Through the management of student aid, the
University of Brescia grants partial or total fee
exemptions, providing the most brilliant,
and/or economically disadvantaged
students with housing and boarding facilities.
Scholarships for Master and Ph.D. students
are awarded through open competition,
according to a ranking based on economic
status and merit. They include financial support
as well as housing and boarding facilities.
Applications must be submitted by filling the
form that is available on the University website.
www.unibs.it/education/
international-students/livingbrescia/eating-and-drinking
THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SYSTEM
The University of Brescia has a network of
three libraries (Business & Law, with a historical
Law branch, Medicine and Engineering) which
occupy about 5,000 square meters with 321
seats for students and scholars in their reading
rooms.
SPORTS
FACILITIES
The Brescia University
Sports Center (CUS
Centro Universitario
Sportivo) is an amateur
sport association
federated to C.U.S.I.
agency for sport
promotion of C.O.N.I.
Brescia. CUS has a
variety of facilities
(weight room, tennis
court, baseball field,
basketball and
volleyball facility) and
has an agreement
with some municipal
swimming pools.
Printed library collections include over one
hundred thousand monographs (among which
1,350 early printed books from the XVI Century
to 1830) and 50,000 periodical volumes.
CUS organises many
courses: pilates,
yoga, swimming,
kick boxing, postural
gym, caribbean
dances, basketball,
soccer, volleyball, free
climbing and many
others.
Moreover, Brescia
CUS organises
tournaments and
summer courses, and
regularly participates in
the University National
Championships.
More information on
courses, tournaments,
young activities can
be found on the CUS
website (in Italian).
www.cusbrescia.it
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The digital library offers an array of resources
and services in the university’s buildings (and
outside for authenticated users): over 30,000
electronic journals, thousands of e-books and
45 online databases.
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Here are a few examples
of approximate prices
in Brescia (in euro):
200/250 Shared room in a shared apartment
a month+utilities
30 Food at a supermarket for one week
12 Pizza + beer in a pizzeria
2/2.50 Cappuccino + croissant in a café
3/7 Meal in a University canteen
5/7 Meal in a café (a drink + a sandwich)
4 A beer in a pub
7 Happy-hour
1.40 Bus ticket (90’ validity)
13 “City-pass” (bus ticket for 10 trips)
35 Student monthly bus ticket
7/9 Newly-released film
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HOW MUCH
DOES BRESCIA
COST FOR A
STUDENT?
WHERE
WE ARE
ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
Via San Faustino 74 b
Contrada Santa Chiara 50
LAW
Via San Faustino 41
Corso Mameli 27
ENGINEERING
Via Branze 38 - 43
MEDICINE
Viale Europa 11
UCO
UNIVERSITY CENTRAL OFFICE
Piazza del Mercato 15
STUDENT SERVICES: secretarial service for
Degree and Postgraduate courses
Via San Faustino 74 b
Free parking:
Toll parking:
ENGINEERING
ECONOMICS, LAW, INFO
MEDICINE
UNIVERSITY CENTRAL OFFICE
Via Branze
Viale Europa
Fossa Bagni
Piazza Vittoria
Subway stops
San Faustino
Europa
UCO
Vittoria
orientamento@unibs.it
internationalstudents@unibs.it
UCO
NOTES
NOTES
NOTES
PIAZZA DEL MERCATO, 15
25121 BRESCIA
ITALY
WWW.UNIBS.IT
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