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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

Unibo
student

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.

La Repubblica
Luca Mazzei, Barbara Zambelli, Francesco Musiani, Stefano Ciurli

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...

Innovation and Research
foto di Sara Aloisi e Suleman Khan Zadran

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.

Unibo Web site
PhD students

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.

About us

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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2,701

Students enrolled on degree programmes in the 2024/2025 academic year

92

Competitive research projects in the three-year period 2022–2024

1,072

Research outputs in the three-year period 2022–2024

92.4%

Graduates in employment three years after graduation in 2023

Laboratory consultancy

In addition to research and teaching activities, the laboratories carry out experimental activities relating to consultancy and agreements with companies, companies, public bodies and other clients.

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Teaching laboratories

FaBiT students have access to laboratories with individual workstations.

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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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