APPLICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS Join us STUDY IN International candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree in an Website ITALY engineering discipline or have an equivalent diploma. Ad- www.bionicsengineering.com equate knowledge of English is mandatory (B1 level). Study Programme Candidates must apply online at applymscenglish.unipi.it. Director Successful applicants must follow the University of Pisa’s stand- Prof. Luigi Landini ard enrolment procedure. [email protected] SEE YOU IN PISA! More details at: www.unipi.it/enrolment. Programme Coordinator SEE YOU IN PISA! and Welcome Officer MSc Programme in Barbara Conte [email protected]
General Information Prof. Giovanni Vozzi Bionics [email protected]
Dr. Leonardo Ricotti [email protected] Engineering
ENROLMENT AND FEES Enrolment instructions are available at matricolandosi.un- ipi.it/en. Fees depend on the student’s country of origin and vary from € 356 euros to € 2,452 for each academic year. Information on fee waivers, extraordinary contribution and scholarships can be found at www.unipi.it/tuition-fees. www.unipi.it http://sssa.bioroboticsinstitute.it/ UNIVERSITÀ DI PISA Study at the Department COME AND THRIVE PROGRAMME OVERVIEW of Information • Enjoy a valuable and multicul- FIRST YEAR ECTS The University of Pisa (UNIPI) is a public institution com- Bionics is a new frontier of bio- Engineering (UNIPI) tural learning experience Biomechanics of human motion 6 posed of twenty departments, with high level research centres medical engineering. Our Bion- and at the BioRobotics • Benefit from great career Statistical signal processing 6 in the fields of agriculture, astrophysics, computer science, ics engineering programme aims Institute (SSSA) • opportunities Bioinspired computational methods 12 engineering, medicine and veterinary medicine. Established • Get involved with cutting-edge Applied Brain Science 12 at integrating robotics and bioen- in 1343, UNIPI is one of the most prestigious Italian higher research Materials and instrumentation for bionics engineering 12 gineering technologies with life education institutions and a modern centre for teaching and The Department of Infor- • Push the boundaries of bioengi- TOTAL 48 sciences, such as medicine and advanced research. mation Engineering has neering ELECTIVE COURSES ECTS neuroscience and materials sci- relevant expertise in the • Integrate advanced robotics and ence with the ultimate goal of Economic assessment of medical technologies and 6 following areas: Biomedical bioengineering technologies robotics for healthcare inventing and deploying a new SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT’ANNA with life sciences Engineering, Electromag- Electronics for Bionics Engineering 6 generation of biomimetic ma- The Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Studi Universitari e di netics, Electronics, Comput- Principles of Bionics Engineering 6 chines, human-centred health- Perfezionamento (SSSA) is a public university, with special er Engineering and Com- Mechanics of elastic solids and bio-robotic structures 6 care and more generally assistive Neuromorphic engineering 6 autonomy, working in the field of applied sciences: Econom- munications. technologies. TOTAL 30 ics and Management, Law, Political Sciences, Agricultural Sciences and Plant Biotechnology, Medicine, and Industrial The BioRobotics Institute is SECOND YEAR ECTS and Information Engineering. SSSA aims at pursuing excel- at the forefront of advanced Lab Training 3 research in biorobotics and lence by experimenting with innovative methods in research Final Examination 15 PROFESSIONAL and education. bioengineering. STUDENTS MAY CHOOSE ONE OF TWO TRACKS It aims at furthering the NEURAL ENGINEERING PROSPECTS knowledge of recent engi- Social robotics and affective computing 12 neers graduates and sup- Neural Prostheses 12 Our graduates develop strong porting them in becoming Bionic senses 6 interdisciplinary skills and learn scientists, inventors and en- Integrative cerebral function and image processing 12 how to use an approach which is trepreneurs who areable to TOTAL 42 oriented towards problem solving. invent and solve problems, BIOROBOTICS By the end of the programme they as well as to create new com- Human and animal models in biorobotics 6 will possess a high quality engineer- panies in high technological Prosthetics and Rehabilitation robotics 12 ing curriculum attractive to many sectors, such as biomedical Robotics for surgery and targeted therapy 12 innovative industries based on engineering, microengineer- Robotics for Assisted Living 12 biomedical engineering, on micro/ ing and robotics. TOTAL 42 nano biotechnologies, and on ad- vanced robotics.