Biomedicine University of Zurich

Overview

Biomedicine is a research area at the interface of sciences, anatomy, physiology, and medicine. Biomedicine bridges between disciplines by combining quantitative methods from sciences and clinical research to answer questions from basic and clinical medicine. Thereby, biomedicine contributes to unravel the functions and causes of diseases of the human body and to develop new approaches to diagnostics and therapeutics. Biomedicine enables the translation of results from basic sciences to the clinical application and to ask new questions in basic sciences.

Graduates of the Biomedicine course at University of Zurich have skills in scientific research. Their knowledge allows them to understand complex biological systems. They recognize relevant problems in Biomedicine and are able to plan and conduct experiments using a variety of techniques to address these problems. 

Career possibilities

The MSc is the qualification required for all academic biomedicine professions and meets the scientific requirements for admission to the Study Program for the Teaching Diploma for Secondary Education. For the Teaching Diploma for Secondary Education however, a broader general education is required. Modules in Biodiversity and Ecology must be completed additionally. Therefore we recommend a Master in Biology with the option of a minor in Biomedicine.