A short course on Drug Delivery Systems and Their Importance in Health
(Blended Intensive Programme ID: 2025-1-TR01-KA131-HED-000320753-1)

Target Group: Students

Priorities Addressed (choose): Participation in democratic life/ digital transformation/ environment and fight against climate change/ inclusion and diversity/ other

Objectives and Description: This course is designed to explore the role of modern drug delivery systems in healthcare and biotechnology. Drug delivery systems are essential for ensuring that active ingredients are transported safely, effectively, and in a controlled manner to the target tissues. Throughout the course, participants will examine innovative delivery technologies, such as nanotechnology-based carriers and biomaterials, and their impact on medical treatment.

Methods and outcomes:

• Students will gain foundational knowledge of nanomedicine, including how nanoscale materials interact with biological systems for medical applications.
• Participants will learn about advanced biomaterials and their applications in promoting tissue regeneration through innovative multifunctional properties.
• Students will develop skills in various elemental analysis techniques, such as spectroscopy and microscopy, to characterize nanomaterials and their interactions with biological systems.
• Participants will gain an understanding of key processing methods for fabricating and synthesizing nanomaterials, as well as their applications in industrial and medical contexts.
• Learners will analyze the use of nanomaterials in diagnostics, medical imaging, targeted drug delivery, and theranostics (integrated diagnostic and therapeutic solutions).

By the end of the course, participants will be able to evaluate the design and application of nanomaterials in healthcare, conduct basic analysis of biomaterial properties, and understand the role of nanotechnology in personalized and preventive medicine.

Field of Education: 0988: Health and Welfare, inter-disciplinary Programmes

Level of Study: Bachelor, Master, PhD

Physical start date: 12.07.2026

Physical end date: 17.07.2026

Online start date: 06.07.2026

Online end date: 10.07.2026

Evaluation start date: 03.08.2026

Evaluation end date: 07.08.2026

Virtual Component Timing (choose): Before/ After/ Before and After /Before and During/ Before, During, and After/ During/ During and After

Virtual Component Description: This course aims to explore how drug delivery systems enable effective treatment and their crucial role in modern healthcare practices.

Planned number of learners: 32

Partner Institutions

University of Aveiro, Polytechnic University of Coimbra, Comenius University Bratislava, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Instituto Politecnico da Guarda.

Lecturers

Assoc. Prof. Muhammet Emin Cam
Asst. Prof. Ece Guler
Prof. Manuel Pedro Graça
Dr. Svitlana Kopyl
Prof. Fernando Mendes
Prof. Diana Martins
Dr. Radana Gurecká
Assoc. Prof. Martin Kopáni
Prof. Joanna Bauer
Prof. Pablo Hernandez Gomez

Assessment Method: Examination and project evaluation.

A certificate will be provided upon successful completion of the course. 

Accommodation

• 4-person rooms at thecentralhousehostels.com (İnönü Mah, Papa Roncalli Sok. No:34, Şişli İstanbul) has been rezerved and purchased by Istanbul Kent University.

Also;

• Lunch will be provided in the course days.

Communication address: erasmus@kent.edu.tr