Master in Biomedical Technologies
University Of Tuebingen Faculty Of Medicine
Key Information
Campus location
Tübingen, Germany
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
4 semesters
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 1,500 / per semester *
Application deadline
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* Per semester
Introduction
Curriculum/Field of study
The interprofessional and interdisciplinary master’s degree program in Biomedical Technologies is characterized by practice orientation and internationality.
The master program at the University of Tübingen is an excellent choice for students seeking advanced academic and application-oriented research training in emerging fields of Biomedical Technologies integrating the excellent focus areas of Implantology, Bioimaging, and Nanoanalytics/Interfaces. The training is offered by experts in basic as well as clinical sciences and provides a comprehensive overview of the area.
The program provides:
- Lectures and modules embedded in a modern technological and medical environment and supported by an interdisciplinary team of internationally well-known and distinguished scientists.
- Excellent study conditions in small training groups with individual contact with researchers and clinicians.
- Close cooperation with more than 40 universities all over the world, which offers the option to complete a practical work experience or to write a master thesis abroad.
- Furthermore, close interaction with companies and research institutes in Medical Technologies and Biomedical Technologies secures a competence-based study program, practical experiences, and the enclosure of researchers from industry in lectures.
Our central goal is to prepare our students for various professional challenges to successfully start a career in future-oriented branches of Biomedical Technologies.
In the first year, students can choose two out of three specialization modules (Implantology, Bioimaging, Nanoanalytics/Interfaces) allowing the students to tailor the program to their individual interests. The second year of the master's program is flexibly organized to allow students to gain practical experience in research institutes, industry, or abroad.
Characteristics
The interprofessional and interdisciplinary Master’s program in Biomedical Technologies is characterized by practice orientation and internationality with the ambition to qualify future excellent scientists for research in Biomedical Technologies.
A particular strength of the Master’s program in Biomedical Technologies at the University of Tübingen is its location within the thriving research culture of the Faculty of Medicine with its focus areas of implantology and bioimaging and of the Faculty of Sciences with its focus area of nano analytics/interfaces, all of which have been deemed excellent by the Training in these focus areas is offered by experts who are predominantly active researchers or clinical scientists. As expert teachers, they provide a comprehensive and thoroughly up-to-date overview of the area. The choice for students seeking advanced academic and application-oriented research training in emerging fields of Biomedical Technologies.
Tübingen’s consecutive Master’s program lasts two academic years (4 semesters) and encompasses a total of 120 ECTS credit points. It is run by the Faculty of Medicine in close collaboration with the Faculty of Sciences.
Our curriculum complies with the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) to ensure compatibility with other international programs.
Program coordination/Administration
The Master’s program lasts two academic years (4 semesters) and encompasses a total of 120 ECTS credit points. In the first year, students can choose two out of three specialization modules allowing the students to tailor the program to their individual interests. The second year of the Master’s program is flexibly organized to allow students to gain practical experience in research institutes, industry, or abroad.
The Master’s thesis Research Project (30 ECTS) in the fourth semester forms a major component of the course and entails six months’ full-time practical work at university or in the industry on a novel piece of research. This element gives students experience in independently solving an experimental problem within the field of modern Biomedical Technologies and writing an extended report. Students gain experience in laboratory work, knowledge of modern scientific methods, and practice in researching scientific literature.
Exchange programs
The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tübingen maintains close cooperation with more than 40 universities all over the world, which offers our students the option to complete practical work experiences or to write their Master’s thesis in research departments abroad. The research placement is planned by the student in cooperation with our international coordinator and the chosen host institution.
Optional time abroad
You may choose to spend some time abroad as part of any study program. You should start planning it 12 to 18 months before your departure.
Curriculum
Implantology
Implantology encompasses the development and production of both vital and avital implants. The aim of this module is to transfer detailed knowledge about tissue engineering, biomaterials, reactor technology as well as interfaces between tissues and synthetic surfaces, biocompatibility, surface passivation, and signal transduction. The scope of topics ranges from basic research to clinical trials, including the design of implants, their use in animal trials, and their clinical application.
Bioimaging
Bioimaging imparts deeper knowledge regarding preclinical imaging and clinical application, that is positron-emission tomography (PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), optical imaging (OI), computer tomography (CT), ultrasound (US) and encloses the development of the future generation PET and multimodality imaging equipment.
On the basis of special laboratory techniques, different methods of measurement are demonstrated. For clinical application, students discuss very special issues on Biomedical Technologies which are illustrated in practical sessions.
Nanoanalytics/Interfaces
Nanoanalytics/Interfaces integrate biological and molecular nanophysics, nanotechnology, biomedical measurement technology, scanning probe microscopy, electron microscopy, nanostructures, nanomechanics, label-free detection methods, scientific instrumentation and devices, transducers, electrical sensing of living cells, chip-based sensors, hard- and software development. On the basis of lectures, seminars, and practical work experience students get insights into a very innovative field of research in Biomedical Technologies and acquire fundamental knowledge on the organization of matter. They get to know interdisciplinary methods of approach and discussion and develop the capability to analyze and solve problem definitions.
Mandatory courses
Mandatory courses offer competence-based fundamental knowledge and tools demanded from industry and clinic.
Elective courses
Elective courses allow broadening the knowledge in one of the other specialization fields. Alternatively, for students being more technically interesting courses at the University of Stuttgart can be chosen (max. 12 ECTS).