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ESGM students and faculty
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ESGM students and faculty
The main activity of the new Center in Ronzano will be that of hosting the courses of the European School of Genetic Medicine (ESGM).
Thanks to the funds of the European Commission (e.g. Eumedis programme) the European Genetics Foundation (EGF) managed to provide more than 700 fellowships to graduate and post-graduate students and to launch a series of projects aimed at transferring knowledge to the countries of the Southern Mediterranean rim.
Most of the students come from Europe (62%), the Southern Mediterranean rim (18%) and the Middle East (17%).
The European School for Genetic Medicine started its activity in March 1988, with the 1st Course in Medical Genetics. In its 20-year-history, more than 800 Faculty members and about 5,300 students coming from all over the world took part in its courses.
Since 2005 the school organizes not only Residential Courses in Main Training Centers but also Hybrid Courses that can be virtually attended through the Internet from Remote Training Centers.
ESGM's Students (both Residential and Hybrid Courses)
Students came from 75 different countries. The most represented countries are: Italy 21%, Iran 10%, Egypt 7.7%, Germany 6.5%, The Netherlands 5.5%, Turkey 4.6%, Tunisia 3.9%, Spain 3.7%, United Kingdom 2.9%, Sweden 2.8% Cyprus 2.6%, Malta 2.2% and Finland 2%.
The students of Residential Courses come mainly from European countries, but also from countries of the Southern Mediterranean rim and the Middle East.
In the graph only the countries with more than 10 representatives are reported.
ESGM courses are made available to additional groups of students at Remote Training Centres (RTCs, Hybrid Courses) across Europe and the Mediterranean, as well as to registered remote users who cannot travel to the Course venue, i.e. to the Main Training Centre (MTC) located in Ronzano or Bertinoro. The students of the various RTCs follow the so-called hybrid Courses, consisting in live-streaming classes diffused through the web, with the possibility of asking questions and participating in the discussions (on average 350 students each year).
In the Hybrid Courses graph only the RTCs students are represented.
The main RTCs are located in Tehran (Iran), Cairo and Alexandria (Egypt), Tunis (Tunisia), Istanbul (Turkey), Salamanca and Valladolid (Spain), Nicosia (Cyprus) and Msida (Malta).
On May 2007, on the occasion of the 20th Course in Medical Genetics, two distinguished Faculty members of the School - Prof. Victor A. McKusick and Prof. Mario R. Capecchi - were conferred a Honorary Degree in Medical Biotechnologies by the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, the oldest University of the Western world.
The faculty members come mainly from a limited number of European countries (especially from France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and United Kingdom) as well as from North America.