PhD Programmes at the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences

The Faculty of Biomedical Sciences awards a single degree of PhD in Biomedical Sciences with the following specialisations:

• Immunology and Cell Biology
  The programme is run by the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), affiliated to the Faculty.
• Cancer Biology and Oncology
  The programme is run by the Institute of Oncology Research (IOR), affiliated to the Faculty.
• Neurosciences / Human Neurosciences
  The programme is run by the Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland (NSI - EOC), partner of the Faculty.
• Cardiovascular/ Human Cardiovascular Sciences
  The programme is run by the Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino (ICCT-EOC), partner of the Faculty.
• Drug Sciences
  The programme is run by the USI Faculty of Biomedical sciences, LRG.
• Public Health
  The programme is run by the Institute of Public Health of USI.
• Computational Biomedicine
  The programme is run by the Euler Institute.
• Musculoskeletal Sciences and Regenerative Medicine
  The programme is run by the Service of Orthopedics and Traumatology (SORT-EOC), RMT Lab.

Doing a PhD at any of the affiliated or partner institutes of the Faculty entails full immersion in a challenging and intellectual community of international students. The PhD programmes provide solid scientific education, including general and specific skills, seminars, lectures, and retreats. The cooperation with the Clinical Trial Unit EOC (CTU-EOC) guarantees qualified and specialised support in all areas of clinical research for PhD theses Servizi di supporto alla ricerca - CTU EOC. Moreover, students have the opportunity to attend classes of the PhD programme "Biomedicine" offered in Zurich (ETH-UZH).

Open calls

Trial work shall be organised and financed at the institute or partner where the programme is run. Open positions are published on the respective websites. Doctoral positions are not funded directly by USI.

• Open positions communicated to USI

Structure

The structure of doctoral studies is indicated in the relevant regulations below.

Regulations

• Regulations for the degree of PhD (pdf)
• PhD Study regulations (pdf)

PhD Doctoral courses

• USI PhD complete course programme 2024-2025 (last update: 25.09.2024)
• Mandatory and recommended courses for each PhD specialisation
• Detailed programmes of internal lectures: IOR PhD programme, IRB PhD programme, Neurocentro PhD programme, Biomedical Sciences programme, IOSI programme