Humanitas University
| Università Humanitas | |
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| Type | Private |
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| Established | June 20th, 2014 |
| Rector | Prof. Marco Montorsi |
| Students | 1000 |
| Location |
Rozzano, Milan, Italy |
| Colors | Green |
| Nickname | Hunimed |
| Affiliations | Humanitas Research Hospital (Istituto Clinico Humanitas) |
| Website | hunimed |
Humanitas University (Italian: Università Humanitas ), also known as Hunimed, is an Italian private university dedicated to the medical sciences. The campus is based in the municipality of Rozzano, a part of the Metropolitan City of Milan, and is located within the Humanitas Research Hospital campus.
Humanitas University provides a six-year course in Medicine taught in English. They also provide a three-year course in Nursing and a three-year course in Physiotherapy, which are taught in Italian. As part of their speciality school degree programs, the university offers 11 courses. Including an advanced postgraduate course in Cardiovascular MR Imaging, a Master's in Endoscopy and a Master's in Urology.
The University was founded in 2014.
"Humanitas would like to attract and train people and professionals of high value, from Italy and abroad. It aims at becoming an international reference for the education of physicians, nurses and researchers capable to cope [sic] with the future scientific, technological and social evolution."
The Institute was established and legally recognized on the 20th of June 2014 by way of a decree signed by the Italian Minister of Education.
Medical students greatly benefit from studying on the Humanits group's flagship hospital campus.
"Humanitas University is built by the hospital, inside the hospital. All the tutors are specifically trained and work as medical doctors or nurses in the hospital. All campus facilities are located within the hospital area."
Thanks to an investment of more than 20 million euro, a new campus is under construction that will be ready for the 2017/18 academic year. The new campus will cover a total area of over 20.000 square meters. Allowing students to train in low risk situations, the campus will include a Simulation Center of about 1.000 square meters. It will also house 4 operating rooms, 3 multimedia rooms, 2 ambulatories, 1 emergency room, 4 rooms for clinical and surgical skills, 1 microscope room and 1 wet lab.
The University is part of the Humanitas Group, a private hospital group that also operates the Humanitas Research Hospital in Milan. Humanitas Group is part of a larger company, Techint Group.
In 2016 Humanitas University has signed an agreement with Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, United States, to facilitate admission of Benedictine College pre-med students into its Medicine and Surgery degree program.
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