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First Term

TRACK 1: SOFT MATTER & BIOPHARMACEUTICALS
& TRACK 2: CONDENSED-MATTER & PHARMACEUTICALS

COURSE NAME

ECTS

COMPULSORY/OPTIONAL

RECOMMENDATION OPTIONS A/B

QUANTUM PHYSICS OF MATTER

6

COMPULSORY
for students with no strong “quantum mechanics” background

SOLID STATE PHYSICS 

6

COMPULSORY
for students with strong
“quantum mechanics” background

DISORDERED AND OFF-EQUILIBRIUM SYSTEMS

6

COMPULSORY

MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF MATERIALS

6

POLYMER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

6

OPTIONAL
(6 ECTS to be chosen)

TRANSPORT PHENOMENA IN MATERIALS

6

INTRODUCTION TO OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY

6

OPTIONAL

(6 ECTS to be chosen)

BIOFLUIDS AND MATERIALS INTERACTIONS

3

MANUFACTURING OF POLYMERS AND NANOCOMPOSITES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION

3

RHEOLOGY

6

COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE

6

GREEN CHEMISTRY FOR MATERIALS AND PROCESSES 6  

TOTAL

30

 

Legend of BIOPHAM Tracks & Options:
1A= Track 1: Soft Matter & Biopharmaceuticals; Option A: Modelling & Simulation
1B= Track 1: Soft Matter & Biopharmaceuticals; Option B: Advanced Experimental Techniques
2A= Track 2: Condensed-matter & Pharmaceuticals; Option A: Modelling & Simulation
2B= Track 2: Condensed-matter & Pharmaceuticals; Option B: Advanced Experimental Techniques

 

Second term

TRACK 1: SOFT MATTER & BIOPHARMACEUTICALS
& TRACK 2: CONDENSED-MATTER & PHARMACEUTICALS

COURSE NAME

ECTS

COMPULSORY/OPTIONAL
OPTIONS A&B

LARGE FACILITIES : SYNCHROTRON AND NEUTRON SOURCES

5

COMPULSORY

MOLECULAR AND SOFT CONDENSED MATTER

4

MATERIALS SCIENCE OF DRUGS

4

BIOPHAM SHORT INTERNSHIP (Introduction to research projects)
The internship should last 1 or 2 months, and take place in one of the 27 European Union (EU) countries in academicor industry laboratory, large scale research facility or computer center.

5

COMPULSORY

TRANSFERABLE SKILLS: ROSETTA STONE LANGUAGE COURSE
To be chosen in a list of courses such as English C1 level or a basic level in Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, or other foreign language course

4

COMPULSORY

BIOPHYSICAL AND MATERIALS SCIENCE CHARACTERIZATION

4

COMPULSORY 1B, 2B

OPTIONAL 1A, 2A

STOCHASTIC METHODS FOR OPTIMIZATION/SIMULATION

4

OPTIONAL (RECOMMENDED FOR TRACKS 1A, 2A)

COMPLEXITY IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

4

OPTIONAL (RECOMMENDED FOR TRACKS 1B, 2B)

MACHINE LEARNING WITH NEURAL NETWORKS

4

OPTIONAL

TOTAL

 

30

 

Legend of BIOPHAM Tracks & Options:
1A= Track 1: Soft Matter & Biopharmaceuticals; Option A: Modelling & Simulation
1B= Track 1: Soft Matter & Biopharmaceuticals; Option B: Advanced Experimental Techniques
2A= Track 2: Condensed-matter & Pharmaceuticals; Option A: Modelling & Simulation
2B= Track 2: Condensed-matter & Pharmaceuticals; Option B: Advanced Experimental Techniques

Third term

TRACK 2: CONDENSED-MATTER & PHARMACEUTICALS

COURSE NAME

ECTS

COMPULSORY/OPTIONAL
OPTIONS A&B

THERMODYNAMICS AND PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS

3

COMPULSORY

DYNAMICS IN THE AMORPHOUS MATERIALS

3

PHYSICAL STATE MANIPULATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND FORMULATION OF PHARMACEUTICALS

6

INTRODUCTION TO DRUG PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND PARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY 3  

ATOMISTIC MODELLING : FROM THE GAS PHASE TO SOLIDS

6

COMPULSORY 2A

ADVANCED CHARACTERIZATION METHODS (I+II)

6

COMPULSORY 2B

 

 

 

 

 

TRANSFERABLE
SKILLS

SCIENTIFIC WRITING & COMMUNICATION

3

OPTIONAL
(9 ECTS to be chosen)

 

ENGLISH / FRENCH FOREIGN LANGUAGE

3

PROJECT DESIGN MANAGEMENT

3

Courses offered by the “Health Entrepreneurship Program” Degree (intellectual property protection, marketing, economic and strategic intelligence, regulatory affairs, technology transfer, start-up creation,…)

9

TOTAL

30

 

Legend of BIOPHAM Tracks & Options:
2A= Track 2: Condensed-matter & Pharmaceuticals; Option A: Modelling & Simulation
2B= Track 2: Condensed-matter & Pharmaceuticals; Option B: Advanced Experimental Techniques

TRACK 1: SOFT MATTER & BIOPHARMACEUTICALS

COURSE NAME   

ECTS

COMPULSORY/OPTIONAL
OPTIONS A&B

MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS

5

COMPULSORY

APPLICATION OF VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY IN THERAPEUTIC SUBSTANCE STUDIES

4

 

 

TRANSFERABLE
SKILLS

LANGUAGE COURSE : SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH

4

COMPULSORY

PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, HEALTH AND SAFETY, ERGONOMICS

1

SUBJECT IN THE FIELD OF HUMANITIES

3

INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP

1

FUNDAMENTALS OF MOLECULAR MODELING

5

COMPULSORY 1A

COMPUTER MODELING

4

SPECIALIZED LECTURE

3

SPECIALIZED LABORATORY

2

COMPULSORY 1B

DRUG CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY OF DRUG FORMS

3

PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACOGNOSY

5

SELECTED ISSUES FROM BIOMATERIALS TOXICOLOGY

2

TOTAL

30

 

Legend of BIOPHAM Tracks & Options:
1A= Track 1: Soft Matter & Biopharmaceuticals; Option A: Modelling & Simulation
1B= Track 1: Soft Matter & Biopharmaceuticals; Option B: Advanced Experimental Techniques

Syllabi

University of Pisa (BIOPHAM-syllabus-UNIPI.pdf)
Polytechnic University of Calalunya (BIOPHAM-syllabus-UPC.pdf)
University of Lille (BIOPHAM-syllabus-UNILILLE.pdf)
University of Silesia in Katowice (BIOPHAM-syllabus-USK.pdf)