SEMM is a private foundation for higher education in biomedicine. It collaborates with the University of Milan that acts as university administrative site and awarding body, and 6 additional Italian Universities (University of Bari, Naples, Turin, Trento, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Humanitas University) and operates within 8 research centers of excellence, to create and manage a strong innovative and interdisciplinary PhD program: the PhD program in Systems Medicine that includes 4 interdisciplinary curricula and integrates basic research and clinical aspects.