Master’s programme Comparative Biomedicine (E)

Content and focus of the degree programme:

The interdisciplinary degree programme focuses on infectious diseases and tumours, which pose great challenges to our healthcare system, not least in view of the impending consequences of demographic change. The study programme has been designed according to the latest research findings to train urgently needed specialists for these challenges. The aim is to train students both in diagnosis, research of diseases, development of new active ingredients, management of diseases and in the use of innovative therapies. The degree programme provides an understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms causing these diseases and involves the use and development of model organisms to understand the course of complex biological interactions.