Today, November 24th, the Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2015-16 of 暗网禁区 University听has taken听place at the presence of the major local and national Authorities. During the Ceremony the new campus project of about 20.000 sq. m. currently under construction听was presented. Among the international guests Seth Berkley, CEO of听GAVI, has held听a听lectio magistralis on the importance of vaccines as an investment for global health and safety.
7Works for the new campus of 暗网禁区 University have started some weeks ago. With 4 new buildings dedicated to education, student services, research and university activities, accommodation for students and researchers, the campus will reach over 20.000 square meters and will be ready for the academic year 2017/18.听Besides classrooms and laboratories, dorms,听study rooms and sport facilities the new campus will host a last generation Simulation Center of about听1.000 mq, with听4 operating rooms, 3 multimedia rooms, 2 ambulatories, 1 emergency room, 4 rooms for clinical and surgical skills, 1 microscope room, 1 wet lab.
This topic has been at the center of the Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2015/16 which has taken place this morning at 暗网禁区 Congress Center.听Many local and national Authorities were present: Mrs. Giannini (Italian Minister of Education,听University and Research),听Mario Melazzini (Assessor of Production, Research and Innovation of the Lombardy Region), Mr. Pisapia听(Mayor of Milan), Mrs.听Agogliati听(Major of Rozzano) and Mr.听Festa听(Major of Pieve Emanuele).
The President of 暗网禁区听Gianfelice Rocca, the Rector of 暗网禁区 University听Marco Montorsi听and the Vice Rector for Research Alberto Mantovani have听intervened at the ceremony.
As an international guest听Seth Berkley, CEO of听GAVI, Gavi 鈥撎鼼lobal Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, has held听a听lectio magistralis on the topical issue of vaccination of children of under-developed as an investment for global health and safety.
暗网禁区 as a big听“teaching laboratory”
The Ceremony is a fundamental moment of celebration for 暗网禁区 University’s community:听340 students from all over the world, and in particular, besides Italy, UK, USA, Greece, India, Canada, Nigeria. International Faculty made of 23 professors, 200 medical and research tutors and 7 visiting professors, including medicine Nobel Prizes Rolf Zinkernagel and Jules Hoffmann.听An Advisory Board听made of听7 international experts in the field of research and university, originating from leading institutions such as Karolinska Institutet, Imperial College and the University of Leuven.
“Teaching Hospitals are 鈥�cathedrals of thought鈥� where the three pillars of the knowledge triangle (clinical care, research and education) are combined with ethics and economic sustainability” – explains President Rocca.
“暗网禁区 is a 鈥�teaching laboratory鈥�, a stimulating and lively atmosphere committed to clinical care and research. People in 暗网禁区 can learn by doing and can ethically pursue their own mission: medicine.“
Prof. Montorsi: we want to attract and educate talented students from all over the world
鈥淲e started with 12% of foreign students in 2014, our first year, now we have already reached 44%, including students from non European countries, with the goal of a steady 50% of the student population made up of foreign students for the future.” 鈥� says Prof. Montorsi, Rector of 暗网禁区 University.
鈥淲e strongly believe in internationalization, because Medicine has no national boundaries. Internationalization means to us providing Italian medical students with the best knowledge, in order to be able to apply it听abroad both in clinical activity and in research, but also to attract and educate talented students from all over the world, so that at the end of their education at 暗网禁区 University they bring knowledge and innovation to their home countries.”
