INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITIES
- create value in health support through scientific research, dissemination of knowledge, collaboration with eternal academic and business partners, and society as a whole;
- provide health and support services through affiliation with the University Health Service for the Giulia Isonzo area;
- supervision to protect health and prevent accidents at work;
- start of training and professional preparation in the fields of medicine, dentistry, bio-medicine, nursing and other health professions;
- initiatives of the Rector’s Delegate for Working conditions, workers’ health and safety.
In 2020, UniTS realised procedures during the Covid-19 pandemic to limit the spread of infection (tracking and limitation of access, installation of sanitizing devices, smart working, online teaching) within the academic community and society in general. Furthermore, the University encouraged uptake among its staff of the ‘flu and, in the academic year 2020-2021, Covid-19 vaccines, while also contributing through the work of medical school specialisation students who were involved in the programmes to vaccinate the general public.
TEACHING
The teaching programmes of the first-degree courses, Master’s degree courses, doctorates and specialisation schools, and, in general, postgraduate programmes in the areas of Life Sciences and Health (Clinical Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health, Department of Life Sciences, Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences) reference the specific topics of Goal 3.
RESEARCH AND THIRD MISSION
Research, third mission, knowledge transfer and public engagement work undertaken by various departments, in particular the Clinical Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health, the Department of Life Sciences, the Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (ArTS – Archivo della ricerca di Trieste (Trieste Research Archive)) address specific topics of Goal 3.
| The Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences – Research field: “Progettazione, Sintesi e Formulazione di Farmaci”(Drug Development, Synthesis and Formulation). |  |
UniTS contributes to Goal 3 objectives with:
- Patents, Spin-offs and Start-ups within the University’s technology transfer system:
- Participation in two inter-university centres:
- Inter-university Healthcare Research and Pharmacoepidemiology Centre.
- Centro interuniversitario di ricerca sull’influenza (Inter-university Centre for research on influenza – CIRI).
The Clinical Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health has been recognised by the Ministry of Research as a Department of Excellence for the five-year period 2018-2022..
