Although micro and nanotechnologies have developed over a still relatively short period of time, they are universally recognized as being able to ensure a significant potential future impact on all scientific and technological disciplines as well as on industrial and agri-food manufacturing processes.
This discipline is extremely pervasive, which reflects on the areas of application and professional opportunities for graduates. Its impact on biology and medicine is ground-breaking. New nanotechnology-based methodologies, instruments and materials with innovative properties have been designed to improve detection, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Over the next ten to twenty years, nanotechnology will represent a great opportunity to improve human health in new ways, in particular by enabling early diagnosis of disease and effective therapies tailored to the patient.