Epidemiologie (berufsbegleitend)part time degree programmes for professionals, international course, part time, International degree
Master of Science
Master
Degree4 semesters
Standard period of study (amount)
Mainz
Location
September 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)
September 2025 (EU), September 2025 (Non-EU)
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Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Winter Semester only
Area of study
Health Science
Focus
Epidemiology, Social Epidemiology, Radiation Epidemiology, Clinical Research, Biometry, Cancer epidemiology, Genetic Epidemiology, Prevention in Medicine and Public Health, Infection Epidemiology
Target group
Epidemiology work takes place at the interface between biomedical research and the health sciences, and generally aims to increasing knowledge with regard to the aetiology and spread of diseases, as well as with regard to diagnostic and prognostic challenges and scientific assessment of healthcare interventions. The course is therefore designed to give graduates high scientific competence and thereby qualify them to be able to methodically analyse epidemiological issues on a national and international level, to formulate research questions and to solve them using epidemiological methods. A further objective is to provide fundamental subject-specific and generic competence for application in scientific teaching and research, in clinical and pharmaceutical research and in public authorities, as well as to improve and ensure the epidemiological personnel structure both nationally and internationally.
Annotation
Germans and foreigners with a German education apply directly to the Department. Please be aware that if you enrol for the Master's degree in Epidemiology you will not be automatically enrolled at the University of Mainz. For an enrolment at the University of Mainz, the normal deadlines and dates of the University of Mainz apply independently of the Master's degree.
Admission modus
Without admission restriction
Area of study
- Partner institution: University of Torino in Italian Republic (International degree: European Master of Science in Epidemiology)
- Partner institution: University of Utrecht in Kingdom of the Netherlands (International degree: European Master of Science in Epidemiology)
Admission requirements
A professionally qualifying academic degree with a minimum grade of 3.0 consisting of at least eight semesters in the field of the Natural Sciences, Medicine or Social Sciences at an higher education institution in Germany (at least 240 ECTS), or an equivalent academic degree abroad. At least one year of professional experience after obtaining the professionally qualifying degree. English language proficiency corresponding to five years of school education completed with a grade of at least “sufficient” or 5 points or a “Test of English as a Foreign Language” (TOEFL iBT) passed with a minimum score of 87. Applicants for the course who obtained neither their higher education entrance qualification at a German-speaking institution nor an academic degree in a degree course conducted in German must provide proof of command of German at the level of the ‘German Language Test for Admission to Higher Education (DSH)’. Passing an aptitude interview
Lecture period
- 14.04.2025 - 19.07.2025
- 27.10.2025 - 14.02.2026
Application deadlines
Winter semester (2025/2026)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
01.04.2025 - 15.09.2025
The registration deadline can be found on the admission website
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
01.04.2025 - 15.09.2025
Applicants who gained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Service (www.uni-mainz.de/incoming). The application for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application. Application deadline for degree courses subject to an aptitude test is 15.07 of the corresponding year.
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
01.04.2025 - 01.09.2025 (Universitywide deadline)
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
01.04.2025 - 15.09.2025
Applicants who gained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Service (www.uni-mainz.de/incoming). The application for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application. Application deadline for degree courses subject to an aptitude test is 15.07 of the corresponding year.
Tuition fee
Fees
Fees for students who register for the entire degree course: EUR 7000. Payment in instalments is possible. Tuition fees for visiting students who do not aspire to an academic degree: EUR 2,100 for a basic module, EUR 630 for an elective module, EUR 117 as a daily rate.
Languages of instruction
Main language
English
Further languages
German
