Biology at the Università degli Studi Roma Tre.

Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms in their great complexity and diversity. As such, Biology embraces a very wide cultural area, starting from the Chemistry of proteins and DNA to reach the monitoring of ecosystems and human health, with numerous practical applications in Medicine, Biotechnology and Environmental management.
The academic staff of the biological area of Roma Tre University (around forty professors and tenured researchers, belonging to two Departments, Biology and Environmental Biology respectively) carry out investigations and teaching activities in many sectors, at the molecular, cellular, organismic and ecosystem level, through an evolutionary and experimental approach that is the basis for many applications to drug industry, the protection from serious diseases, environmental conservation, the safeguard of cultural heritage and food production. This scenario of research and teaching expertise offers students the opportunity to direct their training towards different career paths. At the same time, research teams working in the thirteen thematic and polyfunctional laboratories of the biological Departments are peaks of excellence in their areas of specialization, as evidenced by the numerous publications that they produce each year since 1992 on scientific journals with high impact factors.
The cultural training for the students starts from a first level degree (bachelor) in Biological Sciences, then branches into two well-differentiated second level degrees (MSc), and ends with a PhD. The first level degree in Biological Sciences allows a very broad training in all areas of biology to provide a comprehensive overview of possible career paths. The MSc in Biology for the molecular, cellular and patho-physiological research offers the possibility to deepen various aspects of laboratory research, to find job opportunities in the pharmaceutical industry, in hospitals and in public and private research institutes. Instead, the MSc in Biodiversity and ecosystem management provides the theoretical and technical knowledge to address the environmental research and management, including the study of evolutionary mechanisms.
To obtain the most advanced academic degree, students can access the Doctoral School in Biology in order to organize and carry out directly their own project of scientific research together with a Faculty tutor. The training program of the School has three doctoral courses: 1 – Cell and biomolecular sciences, 2 – Biology applied to human health, 3 – Biodiversity and ecosystem analysis. The numerous contacts between our academic staff and foreign colleagues from all continents will facilitate international cooperation and cultural exchanges with foreign research institutions, including the visit of important areas for biodiversity conservation.