Programme overview

Health Sciences

Education objectives

This MSc programme focuses on training students who are already educated in research methodology, but wish to take a step further in developing a successful career in health science research. This programme is also interesting if you want to enhance your chances of pursuing a PhD.

  • In the course of the programme you will acquire the following competencies:
  • Ability to formulate a clinical or public health problem and translate it into a scientific question;
  • Ability to perform an extensive study of the literature concerning a problem;
  • Ability to translate a scientific question into a research protocol;
  • Acquisition of quantitative skills;
  • Ability to make causal inferences;
  • Ability to critically appraise published research;
  • Ability to conduct the research, collect and analyse data, and draw conclusions;
  • Ability to write a Master’s thesis, including the objective(s) of the investigation, a summary of the literature, materials, methods, results, discussion and conclusions of the research project and to present these findings at scientific meetings. Publication of the research findings in an international peer-reviewed journal is encouraged.

Specialisations

Please see below for information about the specialisation within this Master Programme. Whether a specialisation is offered full-time or part-time, is indicated accordingly.

SpecialisationFull-timePart-time
Clinical EpidemiologyFull-timePart-time
EpidemiologyFull-timePart-time
Genetic & Molecular EpidemiologyFull-timePart-time
Medical PsychologyFull-timePart-time
Health Decision SciencesFull-timePart-time
BiostatisticsFull-timePart-time
Public Health EpidemiologyFull-timePart-time

Curriculum Overview

Research Master in Health Sciences – 70 EC points – 2023 - 2024

Calendar

Course code

Course

EC

Fall 2023

CK001

Review of Mathematics and Introduction to Statistics

1,0

Fall 2023

CK010

Study Design

4,0

Fall 2023

CK020

Biostatistics I

4,5

Fall 2023

CK030

Biostatistics II

4,5

Fall 2023

CK040

Clinical Epidemiology

3,0

Fall 2023

CK050

Principles of Public Health

3,0

Jan 2024

CK060

Selected Topics in Epidemiology

3,0

Fall 2023

CK070

Core competences exam

1,0

Winter-spring 2024

LLS01

Introduction to Medical Writing

2,0

Sep 2023-Jul 2024

LLS04

Portfolio

0,2

Fall 2023-Jul 2023

LLS05

Intervision

0,4

Winter-spring 2024

LLS06

Scientific Integrity

0,3

Fall 2023

LLS07

Intercultural Communication

0,2

Fall 2023-Jul 2024

M-RES

Research

28,7

Jan 2024-Aug 2024

 

Elective courses*

14,2

TOTAL EC points

70,0

* Students are allowed to exceed the amount of elective EX points by max 1.4 EC

This programme runs from September 2023 until August 2024 and can be followed part-time.
Note that some courses need to be followed in a specific order as earlier courses are prerequisites for later courses

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