The focus of advanced study is nursing education and health care administration with heavy emphasis on theory and research competence. Students work in groups on special research projects. Projects are initiated in the community, i.e. cooperating hospitals. This person is in close contact with the Institute of Nursing Science to coordinate projects. Model projects have the purpose of developing new nursing perspectives for the future and preparing nursing students to improve the quality of care.
Most graduates find employment in nursing research.
There is no central office for exchange students. Individual faculties each have an assistant responsible for foreign students, facilitating easy access to all relevant information. It opened in 1965 with the aim of preparing in two-year master level nurses who already had five years of experience in nursing to teach and administer nursing services. The SDAI School at the University of Rome offers graduate programs in Nursing Education, Administration and Clinical Expertise with a focus on health maintenance and disease management. It has offered intensive courses on culture.