Overview

The University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, offers a research-oriented Master’s programme Comparative Biomedicine in English, providing students with the necessary skills and qualifications for basic and applied research in the academic field and in the industry as well as for public administration in the life sciences. Graduates also gain the necessary qualifications for subsequent PhD studies.

The interdisciplinary programme focuses on infection and tumour diseases which are a great challenge for our health system – not least because of future consequences of the demographic change.

Understanding and treatment of infectious, autoimmune, chronic inflammatory or cancer diseases are important to our societies.

We are in the era of comparative and systems medicine with recent technology leaps that facilitate progress.
We train MSc students on our campus under the principle of “One Health – One Medicine” with insights into therapy and diagnostic evaluation zooming in on comparative medicine aspects.
We train young talent towards patient needs preparing them also for biotech and pharmaceutical industry jobs as well as for possible academic avenue in research.

Students will learn to understand the causative molecular and cellular mechanisms. The programme draws on the application and development of model organisms to understand the course of complex biological interactions. The curriculum does not only give a sound overview of the latest bioanalytical methods including omics and imaging technologies, but also provides students with the necessary tools for a qualified bioinformatical analysis of data. Students are involved in team-oriented and independent laboratory work in research projects so that they will be able to sustainably evaluate and realise experimental scientific work at the end of their studies. Students also develop the ability to draft a project, write a scientific paper and participate in the public scientific discourse.

Programme Structure

Focus:

Tumour Signalling Pathways and
Infection Biomedicine

Year 1:

Molecular Biology
Biomedicine
Biomodels
Virology, Bacteriology, Parasitology
Immunology and Pathology
Bioinformatics
Electives

Year 2:

Biomedicine
Molecular Biology
Technology training
Bioinformatics
Biomedical Economy
Electives
8 weeks of practical training
Master’s thesis

Audience

Graduates of the Master’s Programme in Comparative Biomedicine pursue careers in a wide variety of settings:

Research in the pharmaceutical and biomedical industry
Product development and research in biomedicine
Universities and other post-secondary institutions of higher education
Non-university research institutions
Public and private research facilities
Public and private health facilities

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-10-01 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

More details

Admissions to the degree programmes begin in the middle of August

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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TOEFL^® IBT

87

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Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Biomedical Science Biology Immunology

Academic requirements

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

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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TOEFL^® IBT

87

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Other requirements

General requirements

A requirement for admission to the Master’s Programme in Comparative Biomedicine in is completion of a relevant degree programme at a university or a university of applied sciences with a workload of at least 180 ECTS credit points.

The way to admission:

registration and complete the application within the application deadline (from 4 March 2024 to 21 May 2024)
applicatication fee: EUR 50,-

participation in the aptitude test at the assigned test date in Vienna (15 to 19 July 2024)

ranking List will be published in beginning of August 2024

admission to the programme at the end of August 2024 after booking an appointment

Content of the the aptitude test:

Molecular Biology, Statistics and Bioinformatics

The learning material is available online via our website.

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Tuition Fee

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International

1452 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 726 EUR per semester during 24 months.
EU/EEA

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 EUR per semester during 24 months.

Regular students (past prescribed standard period of study + grace semesters): € 363,36

Third country nationals: € 726,72

Living costs for Vienna

861 - 1331 EUR /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Austrian Database for Scholarships and Research Grants – grants.at

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