Overview

Lifestyle Medicine at University of Thessaly is defined as the integration of modern lifestyle practices into evidence-based medicine while incorporating health promotion, non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention and chronic disease management Lifestyle Medicine applications aim to drastically reduce the growing and unviable costs of the health system, to lower NCD risk factors or to provide support for chronic therapies.

Key facts

Lifestyle medicine is a branch of medicine which has as goal to maintain optimal health and to prevent, treat and reverse chronic illness across all life stages.

The health interventions used in lifestyle medicine include evidenced based behavioral strategies, while considering equity and sustainability, to enhance self-management skills for optimizing nutrition, sleep hygiene, stress management, social connection, sexual health and fertility, physical activity and minimizing substance use and environmental exposures.

The eight pillars are:

1. Nutrition

2. Physical activity

3. Sleep hygiene

4. Stress management

5. Substance use

6. Sexual health and fertility

7. Social connection

8. Environmental exposure

Programme Structure

Course structure:

Sexual Health, Gender, Self-care and Relationships

Exercise and Physical Activity in Health and Disease

Nutrition for Health and Wellbeing

Sleep Hygiene

Stress and Anxiety Management

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 18 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-30 00:00:00

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Language

English

IELTS

6

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Credits

90 ECTS

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Trikala, Greece

Disciplines

Medicine Health Sciences

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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

IELTS

6

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Other requirements

General requirements

To be considered for admission to the MSc in Lifestyle Medicine applicants should hold a Bachelor's degree.
Holders of titles and qualifications awarded by overseas (non-European countries) Higher Education Institutions will undergo evaluation through the Hellenic National Academic Recognition and Information Center (Hellenic NARIC) prior to master's degree awarding day.
The process will be supported by the postgraduate office.
Graduates of departments of Medicine, Health Sciences, Physical Education and Sports, Psychology, Nutrition/Dietetic and other health-related scientific fields, regardless of whether they have professional rights in Greece/Europe, are welcome to apply.
The minimum English language qualification for entry is the Lower certificate or IELTS with a minimum band score of 6 or equivalent.
Finally, you may also be required to attend an interview and/or provide a portfolio of work.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

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Non-residents

4000 EUR / year

≈ 4000 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

4000 EUR / year

≈ 4000 EUR / year

Funding

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Funding

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