
Overview
The Master Degree in Genetic Counsellors from University of Siena will be divided into lectures and practical activities.
Genetic counsellors are non-medical health figures that work closely with medical geneticists in both public and private medical genetics services.
Career Opportunities
Genetic counsellors works closely with medical geneticists in both public and private medical genetics services. They support the medical geneticist in the main areas of genetic counseling and independently conduct genetic counseling whenever a clinical evaluation/diagnosis of the patient is not required. Among the various areas of activity are the prenatal, pre-conceptional and infertility settings, and the cancer genetics setting.
Programme Structure
Courses include:- Clinical Genetics Approaches And Personalized Medicine
- Counselling In Fetal Disorders And Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
- Ethical, Legal And Social Implications In Genetics
- Formal Genetics, Statistics, Probability And Risk
- Human Genetics
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
Language
Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Molecular Sciences Health Sciences Genetics View 22 other Masters in Health Sciences in ItalyAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any academic requirements for this programme.
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- Declaration of Value
- Passport with Visa
- A passport Picture
- Codice Fiscale issued by Agenzia delle Entrate
- Original of your High School Diploma
- Certificate released by the competent University declaring the exam transcripts (with translation), as well as, for each subject,detailed programmes for the completion of said qualifications; the study programme can be certified by the DiplomaSupplement,where in place
- Certificate declaring the pass grade of an eventual special academic competence exam eventually required for entry to University in the Country of origin
- Pdf of Dream Apply
- Pdf of Universitaly
- All original documents and a copy of everything divided in two separate folders (one for originals, one for copies).
Tuition Fee
The amount of tuition fees is based on both the student’s family income, as declared in the ISEE certification.The ISEE values for the calculation of contribution range from a minimum of € 16.000,00 up to a maximum of € 90.000,00 in order to properly consider the real economic conditions of the family. For ISEE less than € 16.000,00 no contribution is expected.
Living costs for Siena
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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