Precision Medicine Diagnostics (M. Sc.)

Precision Medicine Diagnostics (Master of Science)

Skills for medical diagnostics

Precision Medicine Diagnostics is a multidisciplinary master's programme which uses new laboratory and analysis techniques for medical diagnostics. Students decide individually in which area of precision medicine they wish to specialise. Typical areas are high throughput analysis, personalised medicine with immunological methods or the use of biomarkers, then validated by means of clinical studies.

The study programme is aimed at those with a bachelor's degree in the natural sciences and medicine and has a duration of 3 semesters.

Why study Precision Medicine Diagnostics?

• multidisciplinary programme with an innovative approach to the interface of medicine, natural sciences and technology
• excellent career prospects in a wide variety of career pathways
• qualifications for positions of responsibility in hospitals, industry and research institutes
• broad-ranging project collaborations
• state-of-the-art equipment and laboratories on the Schwenningen Campus and in affiliated institutes
• small groups and individualized support

Career prospects

The multidisciplinary approach of Precision Medicine Diagnostics as well as the focus on developing expertise rather than on purely technical knowledge, offers graduates entry into a broad range of occupational fields in the growing market of healthcare and beyond.

Clinics, hospitals and large medical care units:
Diagnostics, personalized medicine, research and development, planning and coordination of clinical trials, patient stratification, companion diagnostics, experimental and clinical pharmacology
Medical laboratory units:
Diagnostics, research and development, supervision of small laboratories, project management
Pharmaceutical industry:
Quality control, hygiene monitoring, research and development, project management, supervision of small laboratories, product management and sales
Food industry:
Quality control, hygiene monitoring, product management and sales
Research institutes, universities:
Research and development in the field of natural sciences, companion diagnostics, project management, design, execution and documentation of experiments
Government authorities and public services:
Diagnostics, hygiene monitoring, quality control

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