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Overall-Programme Overview

The INNOTISSUE Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Programme is a two-year (120 ECTS), full-time international Master’s programme designed to deliver advanced, interdisciplinary training in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering. The programme integrates biomedical science, engineering, and translational innovation through a structured multi-country learning pathway across Türkiye, Spain, and Romania, providing a research-driven and mobility-based educational experience aligned with the European Higher Education Area.

🎓Duration and Credits

  • Duration: 2 academic years (4 semesters)
  • Total workload: 120 ECTS, fully compliant with the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS)
  • Language of instruction: English

🌍Mobility Scheme (Integrated and Mandatory)

INNOTISSUE is implemented as a fully integrated joint curriculum with mandatory mobility periods across partner institutions. Students complete their studies through a coherent mobility pathway that ensures academic progression, complementary infrastructure access, and joint training culture:

  • Year 1 (Semester 1–2): Yıldız Technical University (YTU), Türkiye — common core curriculum, foundational laboratory modules, and integrated research-oriented training.
  • Year 2 (Semester 3–4):Mobility across the two EU partner institutions:
    • Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), Spain — advanced bioengineering/clinical integration, cell-based technologies, and translational perspectives.
    • National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest (UNSTPB), Romania — advanced materials processing, surface engineering, and functional biomaterials design.

This mobility model ensures that students study in multiple countries and benefit from the complementary strengths of each partner institution within a single, jointly delivered programme framework. 

Curriculum Highlights

The curriculum includes:

  • Core Theoretical Courses: advanced biomaterials, tissue engineering/regenerative medicine, biomaterials–tissue interactions, advanced cell culture
  • Applied & Lab-Based Modules: nanomaterials for medical applications, characterization techniques, bioreactor design, computer/AI-assisted tissue engineering
  • Thematic / Multidisciplinary Modules: biofabrication, advanced immunological techniques, entrepreneurship and innovation, regulations and clinical trials
  • Specialisation & Master’s Thesis: research-intensive thesis phase supported by the host institution(s) and, where relevant, co-supervision within the consortium

Degree Awarded and Recognition

Upon successful completion of the programme, graduates are awarded three separate but mutually recognised Master’s diplomas (triple-degree model), one from each partner university, in accordance with the respective national legislation and institutional degree-awarding procedures. In addition, a Diploma Supplement issued in English accompanies the diplomas, providing transparent documentation of the joint curriculum structure, achieved learning outcomes, ECTS credits, grading systems, and completed mobility periods.

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