Four universities in three countries across two continents have partnered to create one revolutionary masters degree program in 3D bioprinting. Together, Queensland University of Technology and the University of Wollongong in New South Wales in Australia, along with University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands and the University of Würzburg in Germany, have created the world’s first masters degree program that will allow students to claim boldly and proudly that they are masters of biofabrication.
QUT’s Associate Professor Mia Woodruff with a model of a bone scaffold.
The two year program gives students one
QUT’s Professor Dietmar Hutmacher with a 3D printed breast scaffold.
Australian students will study for nine to twelve months at one of the European schools, while European students will do the same at the Australian universities. Hutmacher adds, “Graduates of the new higher degree will gain an international career and have the ability to lead this exciting medical revolution which is going to be particularly important for our ageing populations.”
After seeing how QUT has already used 3D printing to benefit patients, in the video below, I can’t help but think of the droves of students who’d apply to the new program. The program is interdisciplinary, fusing medicine and technology in such a way that any budding scientists would want to attend. As we’ve seen the boom of bioprinting breakthroughs to take place in the past few years, I think that this initiative will inspire other universities to follow suit.
Source: Golden Age of Gaia
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