Bioengineering and Medical-Surgical Sciences

• offer capable and motivated students an even more qualified training on the topics of current international research in the fields of Bioengineering and Medical-Surgical Sciences and in the interdisciplinary areas connected to them;
• integrate a solid theoretical-conceptual preparation with full mastery of the most up-to-date quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and techniques;
• combining the specialization of the disciplinary field and the plurality of theoretical and methodological approaches, in order to provide doctoral students with an easily expendable training.

Career opportunities

The Università degli Studi di Torino finances 3 scholarships for each cycle. The Politecnico di Torino financed 14 scholarships on the 36th cycle, 11 on the 35th, 8 on the 34th and 12 on the 33rd. For the 35th, 36th and 37th cycles, thanks to the "Departments of Excellence" project of the Department of Surgical Sciences, there are two additional scholarships per cycle.

The medical device market is constantly growing and becoming comparable to the drugs market. In this area, the space for further technological innovations that result from extensive scientific and medical researches is huge, also thanks to the development of new areas of research as described above and inter-disciplinary contexts, such as nanotechnology.

In this context, the companies that produce medical devices, in particular implantable ones, need to find experts that are able to secure sufficient technological innovation, making their products competitive on the market. Similarly, public hospitals and private clinics need qualified personnel capable of interacting with technology providers to ensure increasingly advanced, competitive and high-quality services. The professional environment must also be characterized by a careful and thorough knowledge of the regulatory frameworks for medical devices, which are increasingly stringent and constantly evolving.

The aim of this PhD is to create professionals able to interact with healthcare structures, companies and universities, and to be able to work driven by initiative and entrepreneurship, such as to support the consolidation processes, the evolution and innovation of the local systems of small and medium enterprises in order to strengthen their competitiveness, especially in the field of new technologies applied to medicine and surgery.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

• Additive Manufacturing in Bioengineering and Surgery
• Advanced Therapies (Nanomedicine, Gene and Cell Therapy) in Surgery
• Clinical indicators for patient care
• In-vitro and in-silico techniques for the chemical-mechanical analysis of materials and devices in the medical-dental field
• Mechanobiology: A new frontier field in biomedical research for advanced clinical strategies
• Materials and applications of robotics in biomedicine

Admission requirements

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

• TOEFL iBT: 72
• IELTS: 5.5

General requirements

• Applicants are required to submit their application for admission online on the Apply@polito platform.
• All applicants must pay a non-refundable application fee (€ 30,00) for each application submitted (one application per each PhD programme).
• After submitting the application, no changes are allowed. It will not be possible to upload any other document.
• Master's degree (Laurea Magistrale) or Laurea specialistica or academic degree belonging to the university system pre-dating M.D. no. 509 of 3rd November 1999, as amended by M.D. no. 270 of 22nd October 2004 – with minimum final grade: 95/110.
• English language certificate – level B2

Fees and funding

Tuition Fees

• International: 261 AUD / year (≈ 161 EUR / year)
• EU/EEA: 261 AUD / year (≈ 161 EUR / year)

Living costs

Torino, Italy: 1,068-1,586 AUD / month. The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

PhD scholarships can be with own research topic or with predefined research topic.

The gross annual amount of the scholarship is usually € 15,343.28, but the Politecnico di Torino has chosen to further enhance and promote the value of PhD programmes, increasing the amount of the scholarships to € 18.854,52.

All candidates compete for scholarships with own research topic, unless they explicitly waive their right to receive them.

The scholarships with predefined research topic are associated to particular research topics for which specific skills are required. Those applicants interested in one or more scholarships shall carefully verify which are the field of research and the competences required, as specified in the scholarship descriptive sheet and contact the relevant scientific referee.