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Events
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
23 November 2026
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Growing ideas and generating impact
Event Within the Framework of:
Student Entreprenurial Cycle 2026-2027
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
Contributions for health costs for non-resident students
If you are a non-resident student you can apply for the competition to request contributions. Application deadline: 17 December 2026.
FaBiT’s research on nickel featured in La Repubblica
Stefano Ciurli and Barbara Zambelli, principal investigator and deputy principal investigator of the FaBiT-led PRIN 2026 NiXome project, discuss their research on the effects of nickel on human...
FaBiT Research on Neuroblastoma Recognised at the 18th Congress of the Italian Federation of Life Sciences (FISV)
Sara Aloisi received the 2026 FISV Young Researchers Award for a study published in Cell Reports, while Suleman Khan Zadran received the award for best oral presentation.
Call for applications for admission to the Collegio Superiore’s International PhD College
If you are enrolled in a PhD programme at the University of Bologna, you can participate in complementary research activities and obtain the Collegio Superiore Diploma. Deadline: 4 November.
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For over ten years, we have been a reference point at both local and global level in the pharmaceutical, biological and biotechnology sectors.
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Students enrolled on degree programmes in the 2024/2025 academic year92
Competitive research projects in the three-year period 2022–20241,072
Research outputs in the three-year period 2022–202492.4%
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