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International reasearch masters program - Second call

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Published on Wednesday, 15 June 2022 15:26
The Department of Biotechnology is happy to announce that applications are now open for its international research master's program "Biotechnology for the Life Sciences" for students wishing to begin in October 2022. Interested students should download and complete the application form and submit it to us, along with the other documents requested in it, to us by email (life.sci@biotech.uniri.hr) by 16th July 2022.

This second call is open to students that can travel to the Republic of Croatia without a visa (such as citizens of the EU, UK or neighbouring countries). More information can be found in the Call for Applications. Please feel free to email us (life.sci@biotech.uniri.hr) if you have any questions.

1st Roadshow of established INNOVAMARE innovation ecosystem in blue technologies and development of new project concepts in blue economy

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Published on Friday, 22 April 2022 09:24
Innovations achieved so far will be presented together with a newly conceived DIH
 
Robotic and submarine innovations to preserve the Adriatic Sea will be under the spotlight during a 3-day roadshow to take place in Dubrovnik. The event (April 27-29, 2022) is part of the InnovaMare strategic project activities to promote cross-border cooperation between Italy and Croatia and implement the Blue Economy by increasing the transfer of knowledge amongst partners and stakeholders.
 
The roadshow’s first stage is organized by the Croatian Chamber of Economy as leader partner of the project together with the University of Dubrovnik. It will bring to the public attention the results of almost two years of activities aimed at building a shared stakeholders ecosystem of innovation through a multidisciplinary approach to foster Adriatic sustainability. The roadshow is also expected to continue this summer with further appointments scheduled in Venice (June 2022), Bari (July 2022) and Rijeka (September 2022).
 
According to the Croatian Chamber of Economy, “successful cross-border cooperation so far has been proving to be very effective in strengthening the partners’ consortium team work and allow it to reach valuable results in terms of technological, market-oriented innovations”. Scheduled events in Dubrovnik include a series of workshops and practical demonstrations of new industrial applications against marine pollution based on robotic solutions.
 
In the 3-day roadshow, it will be also lunched the first Innovamare innovation interactive platform, a shared web space amongst project’s key players where private sector, public institutions, research centers and experts from different countries will keep in touch to further promote innovations based on specific knowledge transfer. Together with the Interactive Platform it will be also presented the most ambitious result of InnovaMare Project: the Digital Innovation Hub (DIH), a digital place for networking, exchanging knowledge and connecting supply and demand for highly innovative underwater anti-pollution technologies. DIH will also offer to potential users a wide range of services like specific advices in legal, strategic and financial fields.
 
On Friday, 29 April 2022 - at 10.00, the"BLUE EVENT 2" will be organized inBistrina, for presentation and demonstration of new models/solutions for the application of marine technologies within the Interreg projects InnovaMare and MARLESS & SeaClear project. It is planned to present a system of unmanned underwater and surface vessels for finding and collecting waste from the seabed, a robot that identifies, collects and sorts waste from the sea surface, an autonomous vehicle that can map congested water areas.
 
Activities in Dubrovnik represent an important opportunity for networking, developing joint innovative projects and building new consortiums to apply for future calls in the Blue economy sectors.
The program of the initiative and registration form are available on Innovamare platform https://innovamare.org/

Call for Applications - Biotechnology for the Life Sciences International graduate/masters research program, academic year 2022/2023.

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Published on Friday, 10 December 2021 10:13
The Department of Biotechnology is happy to announce that applications are now open for students wishing to begin the graduate/research program "Biotechnology for the Life Sciences" in October 2022. Biotechnology for the Life Sciences is a research focussed program, taught entirely in English, aimed at students aiming to pursue a career in life sciences research, either in academia or industry. Notably, the first year includes two 8-week long research apprenticeships in research laboratories, while the entire second year is dedicated to an in depth original research project.

Interested students should download and complete the application form  and submit it to us, along with the other documents requested in it, to us by email by 31st March 2022. This call is open to students from any country, and of any nationality. More information can be found in the Call for Applications as well as on our course website . Please feel free to email us if you have any questions.

Depending on applicant numbers, a second call may be issued with a deadline of July 2022, however this second call will only be applicable for students that do not need a visa to travel to the Republic of Croatia (such as EU citizens). 

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

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Published on Thursday, 06 May 2021 09:29
Call for applications for the graduate/masters program
“BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR THE LIFE SCIENCES”
for academic year 2021/2022

Study program

“Biotechnology for the Life Sciences” is a graduate/masters research program, being run by the University of Rijeka, Department of Biotechnology. The program runs for two years (four semesters) and begins at the start of October each year.

The requirements for the course are completion* of an appropriate undergraduate degree course
(minimum three years full time or equivalent), in which 60% of the content is in biology, chemistry
and/or relevant subdisciplines (including, but not limited to, molecular biology, biochemistry, cell
biology, microbiology or pharmacology). Students must have a strong command of the English
language, which will be assessed at the interview.

Tuition fees for the course are 8,500 EUR per year**.

Applications
 
Students interested should complete the “Application form for Biotechnology for the Life Sciences”
and sent it to life.sci@biotech.uniri.hr, along with copies of all the documents requested by this form.
Deadline for the first call for applications must be submitted before midnight on 31st March 2021.
Deadline for the second call for applications is 20th June 2021.

Applicants from any country and of any citizenship may apply.

Applications will initially be assessed based on the applicant’s previous degree and grades, personal letter of motivation and letters of recommendation (see application form for details). The 20 students whose applications are rated most highly will then be invited to interview (to be conducted by video conferencing software) which will focus on student motivation and English language skills. All applicants will be informed of the results of their applications, at the latest by 31st June 2021. Results will also be published on the webpages of Biotechnology for the Life Sciences (biotech4lifesci.uniri.hr, in English) and the Department of Biotechnology (www.biotech.uniri.hr, in Croatian)
 
In total 10 students will be enrolled in the academic year 2021/2022.

Enrolment
 
Enrolment for successful applicants is on 30th September 2021, from 10:00 to 14:00, at the University of Rijeka, Department of Biotechnology, Radmile Matejčić 2, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia. Please note that there is a standard enrolment fee, normally of approximately 40-50 EUR. Once this has been set by the University for academic year 2021/2022, applicants will be informed.
 
Further information can be found at biotech4lifesci.uniri.hr, or by contacting life.sci@biotech.uniri.hr

APPLICATION FORM
 
Students from countries outside of the European Union should contact their local Croatian
Embassy as soon as possible, to confirm whether or not they will need a visa to travel to and study in the Republic of Croatia.
While every effort will be made for the course to begin in person on October 2021, this may be affected by national and international restrictions caused by the current COVID-19 outbreak.
 
* Students who expect to graduate by 30th June 2021 may still apply. For students studying at institutions within the
Republic of Croatia, this date is extended to 15th September 2021. In these cicumstances, enrolment to the program will
only be possible if they subsequently send a copy of their degree certificate.
** To be paid before 1st October each year. Payment of the first year’s fees will be required in order to enrol.


 

48th Symposium "Post - COVID Era: The New and Unknown Field"

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Published on Tuesday, 23 March 2021 12:54
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, University of Rijeka, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Faculty of Health Studies in Rijeka and Croatian Medical Association Rijeka are organizing the 48th symposium "POST - COVID ERA: THE NEW AND UNKNOWN FIELD" which will be held April 7 and 8, 2021.
 
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