Vita-Salute San Raffaele University ( Also known as UniSR) is a private, not for-profit university in

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. The University was founded in 1996 within the Opera San Raffaele by Don Luigi Maria Verzé, who was its rector until his death in 2011. The University is affiliated with the

San Raffaele Hospital The San Raffaele Hospital, known in Italian as ''Istituto scientifico universitario San Raffaele'' or ''Ospedale San Raffaele'' (HSR), is a university hospital situated in Segrate, in the province of Milan, Italy. It was founded in 1969 by don L ...

, which in 2012 became part of the San Donato Hospital Group. In the Censis Ranking of Italian Universities, the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University has often ranked first in the ranking for the degree course in Medicine and Surgery.

History and profile

The Vita-Salute San Raffaele University was first established in 1996 with the Department of

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

stemming from the Department of

Cognitive Science Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary, scientific study of the mind and its processes. It examines the nature, the tasks, and the functions of cognition (in a broad sense). Mental faculties of concern to cognitive scientists include percep ...

founded by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini with

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in 1993. The program follows the general-cognitive and the experimental-clinical lines of thought. The San Raffaele College and University was fundamentally born as the offspring of an internationally renowned research hospital structure, where students attend basic research laboratories in many research fields, including neurology, neurosurgery, diabetology, molecular biology, AIDS studies among others. It has expanded since then to include research fields in Cognitive Science and Philosophy. Among the issues that are being studied in this university, beside clinical issues, are:

philosophy of science Philosophy of science is the branch of philosophy concerned with the foundations, methods, and implications of science. Amongst its central questions are the difference between science and non-science, the reliability of scientific theories, ...

perception Perception () is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the presented information or environment. All perception involves signals that go through the nervous syste ...

biolinguistics Biolinguistics can be defined as the Biology, biological and Evolutionary linguistics, evolutionary study of language. It is highly interdisciplinary as it draws from various fields such as sociobiology, linguistics, psychology, anthropology, math ...

generative grammar Generative grammar is a research tradition in linguistics that aims to explain the cognitive basis of language by formulating and testing explicit models of humans' subconscious grammatical knowledge. Generative linguists, or generativists (), ...

and

vision Vision, Visions, or The Vision may refer to: Perception Optical perception * Visual perception, the sense of sight * Visual system, the physical mechanism of eyesight * Computer vision, a field dealing with how computers can be made to gain und ...

. The Faculty of

Medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

and

Surgery Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (e.g., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery s ...

proposes courses in

and

and in

Biotechnology Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and Engineering Science, engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms and parts thereof for products and services. Specialists ...

, both with strong scientific connotations, where the students go on ward rounds from their very first year. Moreover, the University Courses in

Nursing Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alle ...

and in

Physiotherapy Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is a healthcare profession, as well as the care provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through patient education, physical intervention, disease preventio ...

offer advanced teaching together with intense practical clinical training. In addition to these courses the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University also houses a number of Medical Training Programmes. From 1999 a new Department has been created: the Department of

Philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

. A new medical course was commenced alongside the Italian medical course in 2010. The International MD Program at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University has been designed to foster a new kind of doctor. This doctor will possess the necessary human, cultural, and professional values to provide healthcare and share ideas in today’s globalized world. The course is entirely in English and offers an innovative curriculum. Half of the seats are reserved for EU citizens while the other half for Non-EU citizens, making it truly international. On July 18, 2011, the Italian national newspaper

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published a general ranking of Italian universities. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University was awarded the top placement among Italian private universities. The University has two student residences on campus; Cascina Melghera and Cassinella.

Departments

Medicine

*Advanced Degree Course of

and

(in Italian) *International MD Program (in English) *Degree Course in

*Degree Course in

*Degree Course in Dental Care *Degree Course in

*Advanced Degree Course of Medical, Molecular and Cellular Biotechnology

Psychology

*Degree Course in Psychological Sciences *Advanced Degree Course of Clinical Psychology *Advanced Interdepartmental Degree Course in

Cognitive Neuroscience Cognitive neuroscience is the scientific field that is concerned with the study of the Biology, biological processes and aspects that underlie cognition, with a specific focus on the neural connections in the brain which are involved in mental ...

(including dept. of Medical Studies and Philosophy) *Degree Course of Sciences of Communication

Philosophy

*Degree Course in

*Advanced Degree Course in

*PhD Program in

and Cognitive Sciences

References

External links

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University Website

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University WebsiteSan Raffaele International MD Program
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