Curricular Plan

GENERAL PROGRAMME (for the programme with specialisation in Neurobiology click here)

1st YEAR – 1st SEMESTER

COURSETYPESCIENTIFIC AREAECTS
Cellular RegulationCompulsoryCellular and Molecular Biology6.0
Lab. Rotation ICompulsoryCellular and Molecular Biology6.0
Biology of ReproductionOptionalBiology6.0
BiomaterialsOptionalBiochemistry6.0
Molecular BiotechnologyOptionalBiochemistry6.0
Neuronal Circuits and BehaviourOptionalNeurobiology6.0
Biomedical NMR and Molecular ImagingOptionalBiochemistry6.0
Toxicity and DiseaseOptionalBiology6.0
Molecular and Cell NeurobiologyOptionalNeuroscience6.0

Each student should choose three out of the nine optional courses to complete 30 ECTS.

1st YEAR – 2nd SEMESTER

COURSETYPESCIENTIFIC AREAECTS
Biostatistics and Study DesignCompulsoryMathematics4.0
Scientific WritingCompulsoryTransversal4.0
Research plan in Cellular and Molecular BiologyCompulsoryNeurobiology4.0
Lab Rotation IICompulsoryCellular and Molecular Biology6.0
Computational BiologyOptionalMathematics6.0
Molecular Biology of CancerOptionalCellular and Molecular Biology6.0
Bioentrepreneurship and the creation of new venturesOptionalEntrepreneurship6.0
AgeingOptionalBiology6.0
Drugs and AdditivesOptionalBiochemistry6.0
Functional LipidomicsOptionalBiochemistry6.0
Molecular MicrobiologyOptionalBiochemistry
Neurobiology and DiseaseOptionalNeurology6.0

Each student should choose two out of the ten optional courses to complete 30 ECTS.

2nd YEAR – 1st SEMESTER

COURSETYPESCIENTIFIC AREAECTS
Research Challenges in Cellular Biology and BiomedicineCompulsoryCellular and Molecular Biology3.0
Dissertation in Cellular and Molecular Biology (Year-long)CompulsoryCellular and Molecular Biology57.0

The work to be carried out during a school year, according to the indicative plan of the cycle of studies and on a full-time basis, corresponds to 60 ECTS.

Optional course units are offered annually according to the availability of the Organic Unit.