Magna Graecia University

Overview

Magna Graecia University

Magna Graecia University (Università degli studi Magna Græcia di Catanzaro or UMG) is a public university located in Catanzaro, Italy. It was established in 1998 and is recognized by the Ministry of Education, University, and Research. UMG is acknowledged as one of the best educational institutions in the country with contributions in the fields of medicine, biology, and surgery.

Magna Graecia University Key Statistics

UMG is composed of four departments and two schools including the School of Medicine and Surgery, School of Pharmacy and Nutraceuticals, and the Department of Law, Economics, and Sociology. The university offers a wide variety of undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs.

Other Magna Graecia University key statistics include its campus offering facilities such as residences with 240 beds and has a fitness area, TV room, reading room, and an outdoor area. There are also computer labs equipped with multimedia stations for various functions, canteens, a women’s listening center, and the sports center containing a tennis court, soccer field, football pitch, and a multipurpose field.

The university also has libraries that hold collections of ancient books, modern books, and electronic resources. UMG’s library system is also composed of divisions such as the Biomedical Pharmacological Sector, Health Professions Sector, and the Historical, Legal, Economic, and Social Sector.

Magna Graecia University Research

The university conducts research on numerous areas including audiology and phoniatrics, cardiac surgery, and gynecological surgery from the Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, orthopedics and traumatology from the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, and medicinal chemistry from the Department of Health Sciences. Funding for its projects comes from various Italian and European agencies, including various E.U. framework programs.

Medicine, biology, and surgery are the top fields of Magna Graecia University research. Their work output has been presented at conferences such as the Bioinformatics and Biomedicine conference in 2012, European Control Conference in 2009, and the Conference on Decision and Control in 2006.

The most cited article from the university is Klionsky et al.’s (2021) “Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition),” which appeared in Autophagy and has more than 8,200 citations to date. The second most cited publication is Klionsky et al.’s (2012) “Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy” featured in Autophagy and has over 8,000 citations. In addition, the third most cited work is Klionsky et al.’s (2016) “Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)” published in Autophagy with close to 7,600 citations so far.

Research centers and laboratories from UMG include the Green Chemistry Laboratory, Biomedical Applications Technologies and Sensors Laboratory, Vascular Diagnostics Laboratory, Laboratory of Medical Genetics, and the Molecular and Cellular Toxicology Laboratory from the Department of Health Sciences.

In addition, the Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine has the Research Center for Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Laboratory of Nanotechnologies in Pharmaceutical, Cosmetic and Food, Laboratory of Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry, and the Laboratory of Science of Physical Exercise and Sport. There is also the Laboratory of Internal Medicine from the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences.