Safety Assessment of Xenobiotics and Biotechnological Products

Main Campus, Milan, Italy

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24 monthsProgramme duration

156 EURTuition Fee/year

Biological SciencesMain Subject Area

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Programme overview

Main Subject

Biological Sciences

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The aim of the Master Course is to present provision of training program in risk assessment based on common European and international criteria, easily adoptable by institutions across Europe and worldwide and focusing on Risk Assessment methodology and procedure.

The Master provides the methodological background, knowledge and skills necessary to apply current methodologies and generate novel protocols, to acquire competence in problem-solving, to assess risks arising from production and use of chemicals and biotechnological products, with particular attention to the implementation of European Regulations through the integrated development of different areas including legislation, chemistry, toxicology and pharmacology, biotechnology and risk analysis. The graduates will have specific expertise in the areas of:

- community law, national and international legislation on chemicals, risk and safety;

- toxic and eco-toxic properties of chemicals and biotechnological products;

- methods and procedures for the characterization of chemical substances and biotechnological products;

- computational techniques for the estimation of the chemical and toxicological properties of substances;

- procedures for registration of chemicals under various European regulations;

- evaluation of risks inherent to the production and use of chemicals and biotechnological products;

- evaluation of new materials such as those produced by nanotechnologies and new processes;

- strategies of synthesis and production of alternatives to the toxic and/or eco-friendly;

- basis on risk perception and risk communication.

The project focuses on understanding the profile and training requirements of risk assessors in order to design a degree covering a range of disciplines in risk assessment and providing a model to establish a recognition of risk assessors. To this end, the Master degree in "Safety Assessment of Xenobiotics and Biotechnological Products" (SAXBi) has been certified (the first one in Europe), according to the Standard UNI EN 16736 and to the AICQ SICEV Regulation RG 06-1, that well define the formation for risk assessors.

The Master level "Safety assessment of xenobiotics and biotechnological products" (SAXBi) is equivalent to the second- level higher education award that refers to the second cycle in the Qualifications Framework of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), designed by the Bologna Accords (1999) which refers to level 7 of the European Union's European Qualifications Framework. The degree requires 120 European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), and the expected learning outcomes will meet those specific to the second Dublin descriptor.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PROGRAMME IS ENTIRELY TAUGHT IN ENGLISH