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Biomedical Sciences: Infectious and Tropical Diseases

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Award Attendance Study Duration Start Domestic fees International fees
Master On-Campus Full-time 2 September €11814 per year €7800 per year
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About Biomedical Sciences: Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Master - at University of Antwerp

The Biomedical Sciences programme trains highly skilled scientists who are able to conduct research in a wide biomedical field and supervise such research in academic, clinical or industrial settings.

In this specialisation, you study relevant infectious and tropical diseases, gaining practical insights into the interaction between the ecology and the disease.

The focus of this programme is on research.

You will spend half of your study time on practical research while doing internships and on writing a dissertation. Collaboration between the Institute for Tropical Medicine and the university laboratories provides you with the unique opportunity to participate in high-level research on HIV, malaria and other infectious and imported diseases.

In addition, you are offered the opportunity to study abroad for part of the programme.

Your future

Graduates often go on to work as researchers at the Institute for Tropical Medicine, or in pharmaceutical or biotech companies and university labs where tropical diseases and imported diseases in general are studied.

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Entry requirements

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Why study at University of Antwerp

- Experience excellent education

- Research-based teaching

- Study in a multicultural environment (more than 120 nationalities)

- Use state-of-the-art facilities (modern classrooms and labs)

- Live in the heart of Europe