Health professionals who combine, in a complementary way, solid care skills with the ability to build empathic relationships with patients and relatives. This is the aim of the new First Level Master's Degree Course in "Medical Humanities and Narration in Medicine" at Milano-Bicocca, conceived and directed by Professors Micaela Castiglioni (Department of Education Sciences) Cristina Riva Crugnola (Department of Psychology) and Maria Grazia Strepparava (School of Medicine). 

The ranking of the 180 selected excellent university departments has been published by the Ministry of University and Research and Anvur. Milano-Bicocca has been awarded no fewer than eight out of the university's 11 rankings and 14 total departments.