The UEC is the European reference centre for the management of serious paediatric ocular diseases such as congenital cataract, congenital glaucoma, congenital ptosis and hereditary retinal dystrophy.

Here are the other eye diseases for which the University Eye Clinic San Giuseppe is recognized as a centre of excellence:
- Treatment of neuro-muscular disorders and eye motility (from nystagmus to strabismus, both childhood and adult)
