MSc Epidemiology Post Graduate Online

This globally oriented program focuses on competencies that you need as an epidemiologist: it offers plenty of attention for research but not just as a researcher - it also enables you to judge research and implement results from research.

The aim of the program is to provide you with extensive knowledge and practical skills in patient-oriented research design, implementation, quantitative analysis and its application to human or veterinary medicine and public health. The knowledge and skills gained form a solid basis for health research and disease control programs.

The Program is open to students with a medical or biomedical degree, for example:

• MSc in Life Sciences
• Physicians (MD)
• Veterinarians (DVM)
• Pharmacists (Pharm) MSc degree comparable to the Dutch degrees indicated above

There is a preference for candidates who have at least one year of relevant practical experience.

Online learning with MSc Epidemiology Postgraduate Online enables you to study anytime, from any location in the world, as long as you have a working Internet connection. The VLE and the course materials can be accessed 24/7. Our asynchronous learning approach means there are no specific times or moments in which you should be online. You choose when and where you want to watch web lectures and work on assignments. There may be weekly deadlines that you should take into account. The E-moderator of the course will inform you about this at the beginning of the course.

We offer personalized online learning with lots of interaction with peer students, the E-moderator and lecturers. To experience maximum interaction, we advise you to log on several times per week. The average required study workload for the courses of MSc Epidemiology Postgraduate Online is 14 hours per week. You will need this time to study, to keep up with the assignments and course material.

Please note, even though you can manage your own time our courses are not intended as individual education. By learning together you will gain depth in your learning process, which is very important. Therefore flexibility from students, a positive attitude towards teachers and peers and the willingness to learn together and help each other is invaluable to our courses.