Health Informatics

About this programme

Health Informatics is a joint Master's Degree course resulting from the strategic collaboration between Vita-Salute San Raffaele University and Politecnico di Milano , two institutions of excellence in medical and technical-informatics education. This two-year program, taught in English, aims to develop the most advanced informatics skills applied to the field of medicine , preparing highly sought-after professionals for today's and tomorrow's job market. The current and future development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be the most significant advance in medicine since the invention of antibiotics . Dr. Lloyd B. Minor, Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine and former Rector of Johns Hopkins University, in an October 2023 interview with "The Wall Street Journal." The realization of this revolution in medicine and biomedical research necessarily involves training new talents capable of integrating advanced computer science skills with a solid and broad understanding of the specific healthcare context . Health Informatics is designed to train tomorrow's professionals through a targeted, integrated, multidisciplinary, theoretical-practical program where the blend of different worlds becomes a fundamental value for gaining a competitive edge in the job market. UniSR offers financial aid opportunities to provide students with financial support throughout their studies. The study plan is personalized during the first semester of the first year with two alternative courses: “Software Systems Design and Operations” and “Biology, Genetics, Anatomy, and Physi