Mestrado em Biomateriais e NanoMedicina

Education

Master’s in Biomaterials and NanoMedicine

Revolutionize Health with Cutting-Edge Science

In the near future, the application of Biomaterials and Nanotechnology in the health sector will elevate Medicine to a new level. Nanomedicine refers to the combination of three scientific areas that share the common goal of exploiting the often unique physical, chemical, and biological properties of materials at the micro and nanoscale. These areas are: nanodiagnostics (in vitro diagnostics and in vivo imaging); nanotherapeutics (targeted delivery and controlled release of drugs); and regenerative medicine (tissue engineering and cell therapies).

The importance of using Biomaterials and Nanotechnology in the development of platforms for advanced therapeutics is recognized by the European Medicines Agency in its strategic reflection for 2025, highlighting the significance these emerging technologies will have in future healthcare.

The Master’s in Biomaterials and Nanomedicine will enable you to work in fields with the potential to revolutionize medicine, offering innovative solutions for a variety of diseases and medical conditions.

Impulso Mestre Scholarship

These scholarships, worth 450 euros, are available to all students from the School or other Higher Education Institutions who are applying for the first time to the first year of a Master’s programme at NOVA FCT and have a final undergraduate grade of 15 or higher.

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Why this Master's?

  • The Master’s in Biomaterials and NanoMedicine is a unique program in Portugal and features uncommon characteristics in the international context;
  • It provides advanced training in the three areas of Nanomedicine: Nanodiagnostics, Nanotherapy, and Regenerative Medicine;
  • It has a strong practical focus, with real case studies;
  • It enables the acquisition of a unique set of knowledge and skills essential for training professionals vital both in research groups dedicated to these fields and in industries with high economic impact.

Applications 2025/26

1st Phase: FEB. 3 to MAR. 22, 2025

2nd Phase: 6JUN. 6 to JUL. 18, 2025

Vacancies: 24

Duration: 2 years(120 ECTS)

Format: In-person / Daytime

Language: Portuguese

DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS?

Course Coordinator: Luís Branco, mbnm.coordenador@fct.unl.pt

Academic division: mestrados@fct.unl.pt

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Program

The Master’s in Biomaterials and Nanomedicine is a joint initiative of the Departments of Life Sciences, Materials Science, Physics, and Chemistry. The multidisciplinary nature of the program’s scientific area has led these four departments to provide their faculty members, research groups, and infrastructures in Biomaterials and Nanomedicine to support the students of this Master’s program.

The faculty team is composed of experienced professors affiliated with research centers of recognized merit, with extensive experience in coordinating research teams and projects, as well as supervising Master’s and PhD students.

Curriculum

For whom

  • Holders of a Bachelor’s degree, or legal equivalent, in the fields of Engineering Sciences, Exact Sciences, or Natural Sciences;
  • Holders of a foreign higher academic degree awarded upon completion of a first cycle of studies organized in these fields, according to the principles of the Bologna Process, by a country participating in this Process;
  • Holders of a foreign higher academic degree recognized by the Scientific Council of NOVA FCT as meeting the objectives of a Bachelor’s degree, in the scientific areas referred to in the first point;
  • Holders of an academic, scientific, or professional curriculum in the areas mentioned in the first point, recognized by the Departmental Council of Materials Science as demonstrating the capacity to undertake this cycle of studies.

Career opportunities

  • Medical Device Industry;
  • Pharmaceutical Industry;
  • Cosmetics Industry;
  • Bio-synthetic Tissue and Organ Industry.

About the Department of Materials Science

The Department of Materials Science (DCM) of NOVA FCT has unique laboratory infrastructures in Portugal, internationally recognized, which, together with the excellent teaching for which we strive, have allowed us to train Materials Engineers with high scientific and technical quality.

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