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Health Research and Training

Medicine and health sciences to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, by integrating research, training and clinical practice.

We are building the future through knowledge

  • Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Diagnostics
  • Oncology
  • Haematology
  • Public health
  • Maternal and child health
  • Translational medicine
  • Prevention
  • Medical devices
  • Biocompatibility
  • Medical physics
  • Antibacterial materials
  • Antiviral materials
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Clinical data

Events

Conference
Courtyard of San Giovanni in Monte

20 – 21 November 2026

“The Individual’s Voice at the End of Life: Between Advance Directives and Assisted Suicide” “Femicide and Trans*icide: The Roots of Gender-Based Violence”

Two days of lectures from the Master’s Programme in Forensic Psychiatry, open to all students and medical residents at the University of Bologna

Meeting

23 November 2026

Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Growing ideas and generating impact

Event Within the Framework of:
Student Entreprenurial Cycle 2026-2027

Meeting

9 December 2026

Presentation of the Call for Startups & Call for Ideas 2026/2027

Shape your ideas!

Event Within the Framework of:
Student Entreprenurial Cycle 2026-2027

News

Awards and Recognitions

New spaces to study diseases of the past

Paleopathology Laboratory handed over in Forlì

Innovation and Research

The call for Great-ER is open!

Take part in the free, 12-month advanced incubation programme, designed to support the development of deep tech research-based business projects. Apply by 23 September.

Innovation and Research

Course: “BEYOND RESEARCH - Tools and strategies for transforming research into innovation”

Learn the tools and skills to develop an entrepreneurial mindset. Join this introductory entrepreneurship course, organised in collaboration with Almacube. Register by 20 September.

From data to decision 2026

A course designed to help you understand data science and data-driven decision-making. Enrol on the course by 7 September

About us

We are the largest healthcare department in any Italian university: an impressive organisation in terms of size, scientific output and clinical excellence, which integrates all aspects of biomedical and translational research and encompasses all areas relating to prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

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6,399

Students enrolled on degree programmes in the 24/25 academic year

92.1

Graduates in employment three years after graduation in 2023

6,331

Research outputs from 2022 to 2024
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Calls for applications, tenders and competitions

Opportunities for growth, training and professional collaborations offered by the department.

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