Biomedical Sciences Management

Specialisation of: Biomedical Sciences
Degree: Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences
Mode of Study: Full-time
Duration: 2 years
Start date: Flexible, for international students preferably September or February
Language of instruction: English
Location: Leiden
Croho/isat code: 66990
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The MSc in Biomedical Sciences aims to provide you with a theoretical background and with general academic competences in multidisciplinary research in Biomedical Sciences. You will be trained to become an independent researcher, with a further career in science. Either with a view to obtaining a PhD degree, or to fill a position in an industrial or institutional research environment.

In the Biomedical Sciences Management specialisation you gain knowledge and skills in the area of management, business and entrepreneurship with focus on science- and research driven companies.

Programme

The common part of the programme for all students of MSc Biomedical Sciences consists of:

  • A 20-week research traineeship in a laboratory;
  • A number of theoretical and thematic (Frontiers of Science)courses;
  • A course on how to write a research proposal;
  • A course on clinical research in practice;
  • A course on scientific conduct.

In addition, the Management specialisaton of your master’s (60 EC), which is offered in collaboration with the Faculty of Sciences, enables you to prepare for a career outside scientific research.

The taught programme is called ‘Science and Research Based Business’. You will take courses in strategic marketing management, financial management, and project management. You conclude your programme with an internship in the field of management/business and biomedicine, for instance in the pharmaceutical industry.

For the most up to date course overview, see the e-Prospectus.

Dr Onno Meijer

“Sooner or later, you end up at the brain: its control over the body and its dependence on signals from the body.”

“As coordinator of the course Hormones and the Nervous System it’s my experience that Biomedical Sciences is a program in which contact between students and teachers is easily accessible, inspiring and effective. We aim to attract all-round Biomedical students with the ambition to delve deep!”