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Health Sciences – (M.Sc.)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (NIHES)
| Application Deadline: | Start in 1 August: March (non-EEA: March). | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 1,771 ≈ € 15,500 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Rotterdam / Netherlands / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | August |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 120 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Erasmus University Rotterdam
Get the research bug: turn problems into questions, into protocols. Come into contact with top faculty and scientists, and pick up the skills to work in public health or quantitative medicine.
Get the methodological, theoretical, and statistical foundation you need to design and carry out your own practical researchâand publish your results. Work in the stimulating environment of the Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (Nihes). Attend lectures by prominent scientists. Choose your own speciality, and do cutting-edge research with the support of a personal tutor. Learn state-of-the-art research methods, and how to study the literature on an issue, analyse data, and publish in respected journals. EUR and Nihes are top-ranked institutions with a strong international dimension. Let them be your springboard to a career in international research, public health, health policy, clinical medicine, or pharmaceutical research.
Contents
Types of teaching (in year 1):
* theory: 0%
* practice: 0%
* self study: 0%
Programme internationalization:
This programme has a workload of 120 ECTS.
Specialities:
Clinical Epidemiology:
Take a quantitative approach to epidemiology, the analysis of clinical decisions, and biostatistics. Get the methodological, theoretical, and statistical foundation, and the training in study design and analysis, that you need to initiate and participate in cutting-edge research projects. Work in the stimulating environment of the Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (Nihes). Attend lectures by prominent scientists. Delve into the literature on an issue, and take advantage of the support offered by personal tutors. EUR and Nihes are top-ranked institutions with a strong international dimension. Let them be your springboard to a career in international research, public health, health policy, clinical medicine, or pharmaceutical research.
Epidemiology:
Get the methodological, theoretical, and statistical foundation you need to design and carry out your own practical researchââ¬âand publish your results. Work in the stimulating environment of the Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (Nihes). Attend lectures by prominent scientists. Choose your own speciality, and do cutting-edge research with the support of a personal tutor. Learn state-of-the-art research methods, and how to study the literature on an issue, analyse data, and publish in respected journals. Erasmus and Nihes are top-ranked institutions with a strong international dimension. Let them be your springboard to a career in international research, public health, health policy, clinical medicine, or pharmaceutical research.
Public Health:
Get the methodological, theoretical, and statistical foundation you need to design and carry out cutting-edge research. Focus on such areas as vaccination, the creation of safer safer workplaces, preventive maternal care and childcare, safer food, family planning, traffic safety, and tobacco control. Work in the stimulating environment of the Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (Nihes). Attend lectures by prominent scientists. Delve into the literature in the areas you are focusing on, analyse data, and publish in respected journals. Erasmus and Nihes are top-ranked institutions with a strong international dimension. Let them be your springboard to a career in any of the many areas in which there is a need for public-health expertise.
Genetic Epidemiology:
Get the tools you need to carry out your own genetic and epidemiological research. Study the genes associated with complex disorders, and work to identify the possible hereditary factors behind them. Explore the interactions between environmental factors and genetic susceptibility, and how these may cause chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes and psychiatric disorders. Do etiologically focused studies, using an integrated approach based in epidemiology, biostatistics, genetics and molecular biology. Erasmus and Nihes are top-ranked institutions with a strong international dimension. Let them be your springboard to a career in international research, public health, health policy, clinical medicine or pharmaceutical research.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Admission is generally dependent on a relevant Bachelors degree and a sufficient TOEFL/IELTS score.
For more information please visit the Programme Website (top left of this page).
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
Accreditation
Accredited by: NVAO in: Netherlands
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Relevant Links
- Programme description
- Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (NIHES)
- Department website
- University website
- Scholarships at Erasmus University Rotterdam
- About Accreditation and Rankings of Erasmus University Rotterdam
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- StudyinHolland.nl : Information on why and what to study in The Netherlands.
- Student Experiences about The Netherlands - STeXX.eu
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- Nuffic - Netherlands organisation for international cooperation in higher education
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- Holland Alumni network
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