The Master in Metabolic Health and Longevity provides advanced training on the relationship between food, metabolism and physical activity, focusing especially on their role in promoting a healthy and active lifestyle. The Course provides biology, physiology and nutrition foundations to understand the molecular mechanisms behind energetic metabolism, muscle health and cellular processes responsible for ageing.
Moreover, the program deepens the role of nutrition and lifestyle in preventing metabolic disorders and age-related diseases.
Through a multi-disciplinary approach based on scientific evidence, the Master trains professionals who can design and apply nutritional strategies and intervene on lifestyles to improve health and quality of life, by addressing the growing demands in the nutrition, prevention and wellness promotion sector.
The Master in Metabolic Health and Longevity offers an educational course with different modules, focusing on metabolic biochemistry, nutritional physiology, the relationship between diet, physical exercise and metabolic health, and ageing-related biological and molecular mechanisms. It focuses especially on metabolic flexibility, energy regulation, the role of nutrients and lifestyle effects on cellular processes and on muscle health. It also provides an insight on epigenetics, longevity and prevention of metabolic disorders. With its multidisciplinary approach, it integrates theoretical lectures, hands-on activities and insights on case studies and protocols based on scientific evidence. Lectures are mainly held online and the program is complemented by a project work or hands-on activities aimed at developing practical skills in planning nutritional paths and health promotion programs, focused on prevention and life quality improvement.
The Master in Metabolic Health and Longevity is addressed to graduates interested in deepening the topics of nutrition, metabolism, and physical activity, and their role in promoting health and active ageing. The course is especially suited to graduates in biological, biomedical, nutritional, sport and health sciences, and to professionals working, or looking to work, in the prevention, wellness promotion, and applied nutrition sectors.
The Master trains professionals who can understand the biological and metabolic mechanisms that govern muscle health, metabolic efficiency and ageing processes, to help them develop useful skills to plan nutritional paths and healthy lifestyle promotion programs, based on scientific evidence.
Career opportunities concern clinical and preventive nutrition, food education, collective catering, wellness and health promotion, and research and consultancy services in the public and private sector. Master graduate will be able to plan and implement integrated strategies to improve life quality and prevent ageing-related diseases.
The Master in Metabolic Health and Longevity provides specific training on the following modules:
AREA 1 – METABOLISM, NUTRITION AND BIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR AGEING
Biological and biochemical bases of metabolic processes and cellular mechanisms.
- Module 1 – Metabolic flexibility in health and disease, and class of nutrients
Energetic metabolism processes and role of nutrients in metabolic regulation and prevention of metabolic disorders. - Module 2 – Mitochondria, inflammation and biology of ageing
Mitochondria and inflammatory processes in cellular metabolism and in biological mechanisms. - Module 3 – Biological basis for ageing
Cellular and molecular processes of biological ageing. - Module 4 – Recognising biological ageing
Biomarkers and biological indicators of ageing processes. - Module 5 – Role of intestinal microbiota in ageing
Interactions between intestinal microbiota, metabolism, immune system and ageing.
AREA 2 – LONGEVITY-RELATED NUTRITION AND METABOLIC STRATEGIES
Role of diet and nutritional strategies in preserving metabolic health and promoting longevity.
- Module 6 – Ketogenic diet, fasting and dietary plans
Nutritional approaches and dietary plans to improve metabolic health.
Module 7 – Supplements to contrast ageing
Nutraceuticals and supplements with potential anti-ageing effects and assessment of scientific evidence available.
AREA 3 – PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, BODY COMPOSITION AND METABOLIC HEALTH
Role of physical activity and body composition to preserve metabolic and functional health during ageing.
- Module 8 – Definition of ageing and additive effects of nutrition and physical activity for successful ageing
Theoretical concepts and integrated role of nutrition and physical activity. - Module 9 – Physical activity and neuromuscular ageing
Effects of physical activity on the neuromuscular system and on sarcopenia prevention. - Module 10 – Body composition and metabolic health
Assessment methods and their clinical and metabolic meaning. - Module 11 – Cardiovascular wellbeing and “real ageing”: assessments and physical tests
Health indicators and validation instruments in clinical and preventive practice.
AREA 4 – EPIGENETIC REGULATION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF AGEING
Biological and behavioural dimensions of ageing, role of lifestyles and psychological aspects.
- Module 12 – Resilient ageing: mechanisms, inflammation and prevention strategies
Biological and environmental ageing resilience factors. - Module 13 – Epigenetics, ageing and lifestyles
Epigenetic mechanisms and impact of lifestyles on gene expression. - Module 14 – Psychological aspects of successful ageing
Psychological dimensions and strategies to promote well-being, motivation and lifestyle changes.
The program, provided entirely in English, falls within an international academic framework, and is addressed to professionals and graduates belonging to different disciplinary fields. This heterogeneous nature is a fundamental added value, promoting intercultural exchange between students from different countries, and a concrete comparison between different professions. This interaction reflects and anticipates the dynamics of team work in the health sector, where different skills need to be integrated to tackle the challenges related to metabolism, nutrition and ageing effectively.
The presence of professors involved in international scientific projects and the direct contribution of field professionals help students get in contact with multiple perspectives, innovative approaches and actual cases. Thanks to this academic and professional network, the Master offers a dynamic and international training experience, strongly oriented to the latest research development and to hands-on health promotion applications.
The Master combines a theoretical approach with hands-on practice and learning, to develop operational skills. During the Course, there will be a project work and several projects where students will be asked to put the knowledge gained on nutrition, metabolism and health promotion to use.
A special focus will be devoted to workshop activities and hands-on sessions, developed alongside our healthcare, movement and wellness technology partners. Our pool of partners includes innovative companies and enterprises, active in the body composition assessment, physical activity, and health technology fields, such as Technogym.
Through these sessions, students will engage with tools, methods and protocols used in professional practice, promoting the acquisition of application skills useful for prevention, nutrition and promotion of a healthy lifestyle.
The Master’s interdisciplinary approach integrates competences from different scientific sectors, including biochemistry, physiology, nutrition, genetics and epigenetics of ageing. This approach fosters a complete and up-to-date knowledge of metabolic health and biological ageing processes, combining basic skills and hands-on applications.
The Master’s curricula is based on the latest development of international scientific research on metabolism, nutrition, and physical activity physiology, and provides students with the proper tools to interpret scientific evidence in a critical way and turn them into concrete health prevention and promotion strategies.
In a global context with an increasing life expectancy and growing incidence of chronic lifestyle-related diseases, being competent in metabolic health and healthy ageing is a rising requirements. The Master prepares professionals who can work in the prevention, applied nutrition, health promotion and wellness technology fields, developing innovative plans to improve life-long quality.
The general ranking of merit for the academic year 2026/27 will be published on the Italian page of this Master according to the timing provided in the Call.
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Yes, the lessons are mainly held on Friday and Saturday, and part of them are provided online.
Lessons are mainly held online, through real-time lectures and educational materials available on digital platforms. With this format, students can attend the Course even remotely, while interacting directly with their professors and colleagues.
Yes. The Master includes a project work, practical activities, hands-on sessions, and insights developed also in partnership with companies and enterprises in the health and physical activity sector – such as Technogym and other field partners. In-person classes are scheduled well in advance, to allow non-resident students to organise in time and take part in the activities.