| Code | 5506 |
|---|---|
| Academic Year | 2025-2026 |
| Subject area | Health |
| Campus | Bologna |
| Level | Second |
| Director | Riccardo Schiavina |
| Duration | Annual |
| Teaching methods | Conventional |
| Language | English, Italian |
| Cost | € 1.000,00 |
| Instalments | Total fee 1.000,00 € (to be paid by 19/11/2026) |
| Application deadline |
Oct 15, 2025 |
| Enrolment start and end | From 05/11/2025 to 19/11/2025 |
- Main Department
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Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences - DIMEC
- Professional Profile
- Pursuant to Decree no. 270 of 22 October 2004 of the Ministry of Education, University and Research, for academic year 2025/2026, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Administrative office of Bologna, will run a II-level Professional Master’s Programme in “Pediatric Urology: contemporary strategies from fetal life to adolescence”.
The Professional Master’s Programme has been set up on the proposal of DIMEC Department and in cooperation with Fondazione Alma Mater.
The Professional Master’s Programme aims to sharpen clinical and surgical skills in the management of malignant and benign urological pathologies with particular reference to traditional and minimally invasive reconstructive and demolition techniques (including robotic assistance), thus forming the professional figure of expert surgeon in the management of Urogenital pathologies (antenatal, clinical, traditional and minimally invasive treatment) in the pediatric patient. - Note
- - students with a certified legal disability of 66% or more or with a certification under Law 104/92: No. 2 place for students in excess of the maximum number is provided, subject to passing the selection. Such student will be exempted from paying tuition fees, net of any fixed costs and of the selection procedure participation fee.
- Almae Matris Alumni Association: There will be 2 excess place, with reduced fees (20% less than the registration fee) for Alumni (i.e. former students of the Alma Mater Studiorum) registered with the Almae Matris Alumni Association - Number of participants
- Min: 4 Max: 8
- Credits
- 60
- International Professional Master's programme
- Yes
- Admission qualifications
- Second cycle or single cycle degree obtained under D.M. 270/04 or second cycle degree or single cycle degree obtained under the laws previously in force (DM 509/99 and Old Regulations) in the following fields or classes: LM-41 Medicine and Surgery; second cycle or single cycle degree obtained abroad deemed equivalent to those described in point above by the admission committee, for the purposes of admis-sion to the Master.
It should in any case be noted that the following are required:
a) a 2nd cycle qualification obtained in Italy according to the Bologna Process (degree from the previous system, specialist/2nd cycle degree, single cycle degree)
b) an equivalent qualification obtained abroad under the legal degree system of the country issuing the qualification. - Other requirements
- Specialization in Paediatric Surgery or enrolment in the Specialization in Paediatric Surgery; Professional qualification - Registration in the Italian Medical Register (Albo italiano dei Medici Chirurghi
- Selection criteria
- Selection based on qualifications and interview.
The maximum score given by the Admission Board is 50 points, of which the breakdown is as follows: 20 points allocated for the assessment of the candidates' qualifications and the remaining 30 points allocated for the assessment of the oral examination on urological topics.
The minimum score of 35/50 must be achieved to pass the selection.
In the event of a tie, the candidate with the highest score in the oral exam will rank higher. In the event of a tie also in the oral exam, the younger candidate will rank higher. - Selection date
- Oct 21, 2025
- Place of teaching
- Bologna
- Study plan
- Embriology of kidney and urinary tract - MED/20 – Professor in charge: Lucio Ildebrando Cocco
- Functional aspects of upper and lower urinary tract - MED/20 – Professor in charge: Davide Martelli
- Prenatal diagnosis of urinary malformations - MED/40 – Professor in charge: Giuliana Simonazzi
- Renal transplant - MED/20 - Professor in charge: Matteo Cescon
- Surgical anatomy of kidney and urinary tract - MED/20 - Professor in charge: Lucia Manzoli
- Surgical treatment of horseshoe kidney: indications and tech-niques - MED/20 - Professor in charge: Giovanna Riccipetitoni
- Multicystic kidney and renal cysts - MED/20 - Professor in charge: Boris Chertin
- Urolitias - MED/20 - Professor in charge: Marco Garofalo
- Minimally invasive nephrectomy and partial nephrectomy - MED/20 - Professor in charge: Giovanna Riccipetitoni
- Urinary diversion - MED/20 - Professor in charge: Riccardo Schiavina
- Wilms tumor and other renal tumors - MED/38- Professor in charge: Luigi Tommaso Corvaglia
- Minimally invasive pediatric surgery in urology - MED/20 - Professor in charge: Mario Lima
- Robot-assisted urological approach - MED/20 - Professor in charge: Riccardo Schiavina
Hypospadias: surgical techniques - MED/20 - Professor in charge: Mario Lima
- Compulsory attendance
- 90%