Overview

Increasingly, practitioners in medicine, law, and research must understand and make decisions on complex ethical and moral dilemmas related to advances in biology, biotechnology, and biomedicine. Solutions require specialized and cross-disciplinary knowledge spanning ethics, law, society, culture, public policy, philosophy, religion, economics, history, and even language.

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Columbia’s non-degree Bioethics Certification program prepares students to address these challenges through an innovative learning experience featuring face-to-face instruction on campus, live webinars, multimedia, and collaborative course activities.
The Bioethics program at Columbia University features select courses from the Master of Science in Bioethics program. It has been tailored to advance students’ knowledge and skills, using a multidisciplinary approach that draws on medicine, law, philosophy, history, sociology, religion, and other fields.
Courses focus on key areas including the history and philosophy of bioethics, clinical ethics, research ethics, and law and bioethics.
Courses are offered online and on-campus and are available in both credit and noncredit versions, making it possible for students around the world to study with distinguished leaders in the field.
The specially designed online curriculum gives a sophisticated analysis of the historical, philosophical, legal, social scientific, and practical aspects of bioethics.
Students who complete four or more courses with a 3.0 (B) or better in each course are awarded a Certification of Professional Achievement in Bioethics.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Philosophical Bioethics
Law and Bioethics
Clinical Ethics
Global Ethics
Research Ethics
Bioethics Elective Courses

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Duration

Part-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-15 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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100

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IELTS

7.5

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Delivered

On Campus, Online

Campus Location

Manhattan, United States

Disciplines

Biomedical Science Biology Ethics View 70 other Masters in Ethics in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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100

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7.5

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Qualifications

U.S. bachelor’s degree or international equivalent.
Students must be comfortable with rapid and idiomatic spoken English.
Completed online application form
$150 nonrefundable application fee (U.S. currency)
Transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended
Statement of academic purpose (500 to 750 words)
Your résumé
Video Essay
Students whose primary language is not English must include proof of English proficiency

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Living costs

Manhattan

United States

2638 - 5751 USD / month

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