Fondazione ITS Biotecnologie

Who we are

The Higher Technical Institute Foundation “Biotechnology and New Life Sciences” is a non academic tertiary high education school, founded in 2016, which trains highly specialized young  technicians in the fields of chemistry, bioeconomy, biotechnology, mechanical technologies and ICT  applied to the medical field. 

The ITS trains highly skilled technicians with the competencies needed to turn scientific discoveries into  commercial products. Strong scientific foundations combined with entrepreneurial and technological  transfer skills, ability to work for project groups and knowledge of the English language are therefore  required. 

The training offer is characterized by a practical and laboratory component, in which teaching involves  alternating practical exercises, theoretical lessons, laboratory activities, visits and/or internships in  companies and the development of project work. 

The courses have a duration of two years (4 semesters), equal to a total of 1,800 hours including the  internship, with a duration of 640 hours, which takes place in the second semester of the second year  at companies of the ITS network operating in Italy and/ or abroad. They are aimed at unemployed young  people and adults with a five-year upper secondary school diploma. 

After successfully passing the final exam, you will receive the title of Diploma of Superior Technician  issued by MIUR (V Level of the European Qualifications Framework – EQF).

What we do

The training courses are designed with companies operating in the fields of sustainable chemistry,  biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, biomedicine and medical devices, innovative materials and ICT  technologies applied to the sector. In line with the constant technological evolution of the area of New  Technologies of Life, they foresee the development of knowledge on “Industry 4.0” technologies  contextualized to the reference production sector. Currently, in Colleretto Giacosa and Torino sites, the  following courses are provided: 

✓ Senior technician for the quality system of products and processes based on biotechnology – Industrial chemical and biotechnological productions (1st and 2nd year) 

✓ Senior technician for research and development of biotechnology-based products and  processes – biotech industrial applications for the circular economy, sustainability and  innovative materials (1st and 2nd year) 

✓ Senior technician to produce diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitation devices – Mechatronics  Medical 4.0 (1st and 2nd year) 

✓ Senior technician for the production of diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitation devices – Digital applications for biomedicine and biotechnology – Life Sciences 4.0 (1st and 2nd year)

✓ Senior technician for the quality system of products and processes based on biotechnology – technical-commercial management and customization of products in the chemical,  biotechnological and biomedical industry (Product & Sales Specialist – new start course for the  first time in 2023 – 1st year is ongoing) . For the academic year 2024-26 we are planning to activate at least one additional course on the site of  Colleretto Giacosa, corresponding to one of the following profiles: 

✓ Senior Technician for research and development of biotechnological and chemical-industrial  products and processes – Formulation of chemical-industrial preparations

✓ Senior technician for the management and maintenance of chemical, biochemical, chemical pharmaceutical and biotechnology plants – Management of chemical and biotechnological  industrial plants  

In addition to the courses, the Foundation receives funding from the ERASMUS+ Programme for student  mobility and its staff.

Collaborations with Universities 

Among the Foundation’s Founding Partners we cite the Department DIST of Università del Piemonte  Orientale and the Molecular Biotechnology Center of Università di Torino. Moreover, ITS signed  collaborations with the following university departments: 

• 2021, Department of Clinical Biology of Università di Torino to develop curricular stages. 
• 2022, Department of Biomedicine (DTU Bioengineering), Technical University of Denmark, to  exchange expert teachers. 
• 2023, School of Company Administration, for collaboration and development of joint projects. – 2023, Università Cà Foscari of Venice – Department of Management of Innovation for the  development of ITS projects 4.0 
• 2023, BOKU Institute for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life  Sciences in Vienna, for Erasmus+ mobility and the exchange of expert teachers. – 2023, Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, for Erasmus+  mobility. 
• 2023, Department of Chemical Science and Technology (CTQ), Universitat De Les Illes Balears – 2024, Department of Environmental Engineering and Microbiology GEMMA, Universitat  Politècnica de Catalunya, for mobility Erasmus+.