Address: Area Science Park, Padriciano 99, 34149 Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Biomedical Devices, Bioinformatics, Chemical & Pharmaceutical Processes
ITS Volta is a Higher Technical Institute specializing in new life technologies. It offers highly specialized post-diploma courses designed with and for companies in the biomedical, bioinformatics, and chemical-pharmaceutical sectors across its sites in Trieste, Palermo, and Pescara. Established to create super-technicians in high-demand fields.
Domains taught:
Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Data Analytics, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics
Diplomas*:
Diploma
Status:
Public
Partnerships:
Collaborates with universities (Trieste, Udine, Palermo, Pescara), research centers (Area Science Park, Elettra Sincrotrone), hospitals, and over 150 companies in the biomedical and related sectors for internships and projects (e.g., Biofarma, Insiel, TBS Group, Pfizer, GSK).
Research:
Focus on applied research and technology transfer through projects with partner companies in areas like medical device innovation, data analysis in genomics, optimization of pharmaceutical production, and development of new diagnostic tools.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
60
Current students***:
400
Foreign students***:
0%
Cumulative former students***:
700
Pros
Strong industry collaboration (>80% of teaching from professionals), high employment rate (often >85% within 6 months), specialized practical skills, courses tailored to company needs, multiple locations.
Cons
Non-university diploma (EQF level 5), highly specialized focus, less theoretical depth compared to university degrees, varying facilities across different sites.
Best For
Specialized higher technical training in life sciences, biomedical devices, and bioinformatics.
Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of quality, microbiology and genetics and bioengineering can consider Istituto Tecnico Superiore per le Tecnologie per la Vita - Bergamo, and it runs the same diploma programmes, and is smaller, enrolling about 180 students against roughly 400 here.
Istituto Tecnico Superiore per le Tecnologie della Vita - Mirandola follows much the same lines as this institution, with quality, microbiology and genetics and bioengineering as common ground, and it teaches at the same levels, namely diploma, and covers software engineering as well.
Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of quality, bioinformatics and microbiology and genetics can consider Istituto Tecnico Superiore Biotecnologie e Nuove Scienze della Vita - Piemonte, and it is smaller, enrolling about 180 students against roughly 400 here, and is also a public institution.
Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of quality, bioinformatics and microbiology and genetics can consider Istituto Tecnico Superiore per le Tecnologie per la Vita - Viterbo, and it is far smaller, with about 100 students against roughly 400 here, and is also a public institution.
Istituto Tecnico Superiore per le Tecnologie Biologiche e Biotecnologiche - Pomezia takes a similar route through quality, bioinformatics and microbiology and genetics, and it covers nanotechnologies and statistics as well, and is smaller, enrolling about 150 students against roughly 400 here.
Höhere Fachschule für Technik Mittelland in Switzerland pursues a similar profile in quality, project management and process control, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely diploma.
A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on manufacturing, electrical and electronics and materials is Cégep de Sept-Îles in Canada, and it covers geotechnics and automation as well, and is larger, enrolling about 800 students against roughly 400 here.
If this school is on your list for manufacturing, electrical and electronics and materials, Cégep de Baie-Comeau in Canada deserves a comparison, because it is larger, enrolling about 1,000 students against roughly 400 here, and is also a public institution.
Looking internationally, ESPCI Paris - PSL in France is where bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and bioengineering get a comparable treatment; it also offers master's and doctoral programmes and covers nanotechnologies and optics as well.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
Bioinformatics, Biomedical Sensors, Chemical Recycling, Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), Continuous Improvement, Design for Manufacturing (DfM), Medical Devices, Research and Development
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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