Programme & specialisations

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Customise your Master’s in Health Sciences with one of the three specialisations.

Within the Master’s in Health Sciences, you will build your expertise within one of the three specialisations This freedom in customising your programme will help you to become the health scientist you wish to be.

The choice of Lars

What appeals most to me about the Master’s in Health Sciences, is the opportunity to optimise processes to provide better care. How can you make a healthcare process more efficient with existing resources - i.e. without buying new resources or hiring new staff? The specialisation in Optimisation of Healthcare Processes provided me with the skills needed for such challenges, like working with Excel, R studio, and more.

The choice of Sneha

After obtaining my Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology in India, I realised I wanted to go in a different direction, as I did not want to continue with subjects like physics or chemical engineering. I believe eHealth is a growing field, and it is gaining more importance within healthcare, so I was searching for a programme that combined healthcare and technology. The specialisation in Personalised Monitoring & Coaching turned out to be just what I was looking for.

The choice of Esmé

During my Bachelor’s in Health Sciences at UT, the policy and organisational aspects of healthcare appealed most to me, and in my future job, I’d like to focus on policy development as well. That’s why I chose the specialisation in Innovation in Public Health. What I like about this specialisation is the diversity of challenges you can come across. Because when you analyse problems on a larger, societal level – there are a lot of different facets to deal with.

Master's structure

During your Master’s in Health Sciences, you will collect a total of 60 EC within one year. In addition to three compulsory courses of the Master's, you will follow additional courses within the specialisation of your choice.

European Credit Transfer System

Student workload at Dutch universities is expressed in EC, also named ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System), widely used throughout the European Union. In the Netherlands, each credit represents 28 hours of work. The recognition of credits is at the discretion of your Master's.

Compulsory courses for the Master’s in Health Sciences

15 EC

Health Economic Modelling

Stakeholder Preference Elicitation and Decision Support

Data Science

Specialisation courses

15 EC

Each specialisation has its own set of compulsory courses. Choose a specialisation and find out which ones.

Master’s assignment

30 EC

You will finish your Master’s in Health Sciences with your master’s assignment.

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