Master in Biotechnology for The Bio-Based and Health Industry

Biotechnologies are called upon to solve many of the current challenges concerning human health, nutrition, quality of life, and the environment. Industrial biotechnologies represent the most advanced and applied aspect of this field.

The professional figure formed by the Degree Course possesses the know-how for the exploitation of organisms, cells, or biomolecules to produce bio-goods (innovative drugs, nutraceuticals, bioplastics, novel renewable energy sources) and bio-services (sustainable industrial processes, innovative agriculture practices, bioremediation, and circular economy processes) with the ultimate goal to improve the human and animal welfare and the environment quality. The biotechnology sector shows constant growth in terms of turnover and number of highly specialized employees and is characterized by extremely large investments in R&D.

The biotechnologist is a professional figure able to play high-responsibility roles in the development, management, and control of research and production processes in different areas, such as the pharmaceutical industry, the green chemistry, the agri-food and livestock sector, the environmental sector, and the production of renewable energy.

The employment rate of graduates in Biotechnology for the Bio-based and Health Industry is very high, also because Lombardy is the Italian district with the highest concentration of biotechnological companies and thanks to the proximity of the biomedical cluster of the Canton Ticino (Swiss Confederation).

In addition, an international and up-to-date preparation, highly appreciated by the employment market, is reached through several collaborations with Italian and foreign research groups, the Erasmus+, and the Double Degree programs (in collaboration with the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague).

The three seats of the University of Insubria, Varese, Como, and Busto Arsizio, are located in the Lombardy region, in the northern part of Italy. We are a young and dynamic university, founded in 1998, that offers interdisciplinary education, quality services, and facilities and focuses on cutting-edge research to develop innovative solutions and technologies. We deeply care about our students and their dreams. We aim to broaden their horizons while helping them develop skills for the national and international job market.

Our Values

• Freedom: we are a laic and pluralist University free of ideological, political, and economic conditioning. We sustain scientific research freedom, we engage in the development of critical thinking and we believe in culture as having an essential role in the society's progress.
• Respect: we recognize the value of diversity and we offer the same opportunities to everybody without discrimination caused by race, gender, opinion, language, or religion. We consider students' success our main goal; we help them gain high-level knowledge, skills, and competencies and enter the job market.
• Excellence: we rely on the excellence of our teachers and our staff to offer our students high-quality education and facilities, to obtain brilliant results in research both on the national and international stage. We promote the development of high-level collaborations and the inter-disciplinarity of research projects.
• Motivation and merit: we reward our students for their commitment and for their capability in building the future. We promote the permanent education of our staff to constantly improve the quality of our University.

Our Vision

Developing knowledge, skills, and attitudes today for the job of tomorrow

Our Mission

High-quality education and high-quality facilities in a student-friendly environment, combined with high-level research performed by international groups to develop innovative technology and solutions

Our Goals

• High-quality education to develop key competencies for entering the national and international job market
• Top-level research in national and international groups and in inter-disciplinary fields
• Third mission activities to facilitate our engagement with society, industry, schools