Humanitas University: An International Hub Attracting Young Healthcare Enthusiasts And Students From Across The Globe
Marco Montorsi, Professor of Surgery and Rector
With a long tradition of well-reputed universities, Italy has always been a premium educational abode for various students across the globe owing to its international exposure, cultural experience and financial flexibility. Situated in Milan, a well-known district of the life sciences, Humanitas University adorns 6 years of history against the over 100 years of other institutions. Working hard and attracting a high percentage of international students (40% are non-Italians), the University has been significantly contributing to the spread of interactive teaching methods and the use of simulation in the life sciences and medical schools. Attracting young people from Italy as well as across the world, Humanitas University offers the students an opportunity to engage in a unique kind of education concerning clinical and research careers, in Italy and overseas. With a vision to train students and to prepared them for any careers, in Italy or abroad, Humanitas University has emerged as an international hub for the training of doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and researchers capable of dealing with the future.
Offering Premium Theoretical Knowledge and Clinical Skills
An international University dedicated to the Life Sciences in Milan, Humanitas University is highly focused on the growth of its students, their training as well as their clinical and research careers across the globe. Offering education and training programs fully integrated with Humanitas Hospital and Scientific Research, the various courses offered by the university include Post-graduate studies with Medical Specialty Schools, Master's and advanced training programs along with PhDs. "With a smart Campus technologically advanced in its infrastructure and its services, we ensure an innovative simulation center where students have the opportunity to integrate theoretical knowledge with practical skills, thanks to its emergency room, operating theatres, ambulatories, clinical and surgical skill rooms and multimedia booths. All our courses are inspired by the concept of active learning, carefully balancing theory and practice to ensure that our students develop critical and autonomous thinking skills alongside specific professional competencies. Our undergrad curriculum encompasses four undergraduate courses including MD medicine, Bachelor's degree in nursing, Bachelor's degree in physiotherapy. With our Medtec school offering MD in medicine and bs in biomedical engineering, the various postgraduate courses offered by us include Masters' degrees, 2 PhDs, and 19 specialty schools," states Marco Montorsi, Professor of Surgery and Rector, Humanitas University.
“Humanitas university help future students experience, learn and interact to help choose the best career path to follow”
Adopting an integrated teaching approach, Humanitas University ensures that its future doctors acquire theoretical knowledge alongside clinical skills. The university also highly emphasizes that students should learn in a safe and controlled environment under the supervision of tutors, whose role is to facilitate the learning process as the objectives become progressively more challenging, ranging from history taking and procedural skills, to a high-fidelity simulation of patient management in complex clinical scenarios. "Apart from organizing many small group activities, to encourage interaction with professors and with other students, we offer a range of undergraduate and postgraduate orientation activities - before enrolment on our degree programs to attract highly motivated Italian and international students and after graduation to explore postgraduate training and career opportunities. We also do have services to help students to adapts to campus and university life: when they arrive, the first year, we organize special induction weeks where they can meet with their colleagues, study new subjects along with discovering Milan and its surroundings with special events and meetings. We welcome Indian students can come and live in a real international environment. The Mario luzzatto student house, with 240 beds inside the Campus, where Indian students can safely live and meet new friends," quotes Marco Montorsi.
Helping Students to Choose the Best Career Path
Apart from offering free Italian courses to students to help them learn the language as well as the Italian culture, Humanitas University offers merit-based scholarships for its students comprising of 4 partial scholarships are available for Non-EU students, worth 16.000 per year each. "During their course, they can participate to exchange programs, like Erasmus plus and the EU program that allows students to perform courses, exams, theses, research, laboratory and clinical experience in European partner universities with subsequent academic recognition of these activities in the student's career. We also have travel grants, scholarships offered by HU aimed at funding thesis, research or clerkships projects abroad. Students will be considered eligible from the 2nd year and projects can be developed by students with foreign institutions directly or institutions proposed by Humanitas University. The students, teaching staff and professionals of Humanitas University help future students experience, learn and interact to help choose the best career path to follow," says Marco Montorsi.
The multi-disciplinary teaching methods of Humanitas University include problem-based and experience-based learning which encourages students to develop analytical and reflective skills required during clinical practice and focuses on independent research, decision making and teamwork. Through the 6 years of journey since its inception, Humanitas University has managed to open 4 undergraduate courses and rich postgraduate courses as its offering. Apart from the President of the Italian Republic, who visited the brand-new campus of the University inaugurated in 2017, several Nobel Prize Winners are also among the visiting faculties of Humanitas University such as Rolf Zinkernagel, Jules Hoffman and more. Focused on innovation in methods, use of its simulation center, services and structures, Humanitas University continues to invest and implement novel technologies to enrich its offerings.
Offering Premium Theoretical Knowledge and Clinical Skills
An international University dedicated to the Life Sciences in Milan, Humanitas University is highly focused on the growth of its students, their training as well as their clinical and research careers across the globe. Offering education and training programs fully integrated with Humanitas Hospital and Scientific Research, the various courses offered by the university include Post-graduate studies with Medical Specialty Schools, Master's and advanced training programs along with PhDs. "With a smart Campus technologically advanced in its infrastructure and its services, we ensure an innovative simulation center where students have the opportunity to integrate theoretical knowledge with practical skills, thanks to its emergency room, operating theatres, ambulatories, clinical and surgical skill rooms and multimedia booths. All our courses are inspired by the concept of active learning, carefully balancing theory and practice to ensure that our students develop critical and autonomous thinking skills alongside specific professional competencies. Our undergrad curriculum encompasses four undergraduate courses including MD medicine, Bachelor's degree in nursing, Bachelor's degree in physiotherapy. With our Medtec school offering MD in medicine and bs in biomedical engineering, the various postgraduate courses offered by us include Masters' degrees, 2 PhDs, and 19 specialty schools," states Marco Montorsi, Professor of Surgery and Rector, Humanitas University.
“Humanitas university help future students experience, learn and interact to help choose the best career path to follow”
Adopting an integrated teaching approach, Humanitas University ensures that its future doctors acquire theoretical knowledge alongside clinical skills. The university also highly emphasizes that students should learn in a safe and controlled environment under the supervision of tutors, whose role is to facilitate the learning process as the objectives become progressively more challenging, ranging from history taking and procedural skills, to a high-fidelity simulation of patient management in complex clinical scenarios. "Apart from organizing many small group activities, to encourage interaction with professors and with other students, we offer a range of undergraduate and postgraduate orientation activities - before enrolment on our degree programs to attract highly motivated Italian and international students and after graduation to explore postgraduate training and career opportunities. We also do have services to help students to adapts to campus and university life: when they arrive, the first year, we organize special induction weeks where they can meet with their colleagues, study new subjects along with discovering Milan and its surroundings with special events and meetings. We welcome Indian students can come and live in a real international environment. The Mario luzzatto student house, with 240 beds inside the Campus, where Indian students can safely live and meet new friends," quotes Marco Montorsi.
Helping Students to Choose the Best Career Path
Apart from offering free Italian courses to students to help them learn the language as well as the Italian culture, Humanitas University offers merit-based scholarships for its students comprising of 4 partial scholarships are available for Non-EU students, worth 16.000 per year each. "During their course, they can participate to exchange programs, like Erasmus plus and the EU program that allows students to perform courses, exams, theses, research, laboratory and clinical experience in European partner universities with subsequent academic recognition of these activities in the student's career. We also have travel grants, scholarships offered by HU aimed at funding thesis, research or clerkships projects abroad. Students will be considered eligible from the 2nd year and projects can be developed by students with foreign institutions directly or institutions proposed by Humanitas University. The students, teaching staff and professionals of Humanitas University help future students experience, learn and interact to help choose the best career path to follow," says Marco Montorsi.
The multi-disciplinary teaching methods of Humanitas University include problem-based and experience-based learning which encourages students to develop analytical and reflective skills required during clinical practice and focuses on independent research, decision making and teamwork. Through the 6 years of journey since its inception, Humanitas University has managed to open 4 undergraduate courses and rich postgraduate courses as its offering. Apart from the President of the Italian Republic, who visited the brand-new campus of the University inaugurated in 2017, several Nobel Prize Winners are also among the visiting faculties of Humanitas University such as Rolf Zinkernagel, Jules Hoffman and more. Focused on innovation in methods, use of its simulation center, services and structures, Humanitas University continues to invest and implement novel technologies to enrich its offerings.
