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Doctoral degree from the Faculty of Medicine

General information on the doctoral degree The doctoral degree from the Faculty of Medicine covers, in addition to the general doctoral degree (the graduation to of Medicine), two further doctoral programmes: the doctoral program Biomedical and and a biological-natural MD-PhD program, which is offered by the Faculty of in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine.

Information on the various study paths

General : (physics, , among others) with a partic- PhD as / ular interest in biomedical ethics can apply. Interested persons should have completed a People with a master’s degree or an Master’s degree (or equivalent), have proven aca- equivalent university qualification in medicine, den- demic excellence and should have excellent lan- tistry or medicine plus the Swiss Fed- guage skills in English (Level C1 according to the eral Medical, Dentistry or Chiropractic are specifications of the UZH), because Medical Track admitted to a doctorate. In addition, people with a is carried out in English. Applicants with overseas medical, dentistry or chiropractic diploma, which is qualifications, please contact the Admissions Office recognised by the Federal Office of for recognition of the degree. The application pro- (through the Medical Commission), cess also includes an application interview, in addi- can also be admitted. In all cases, a member of the tion to submission of the complete application faculty (or one of the titular , with the documents to the PhD Programme Commission right to award a doctorate) has to support the BmEL/MeF. Two application rounds are performed application for a doctorate and declare his/her will- every year. ingness to supervise the doctoral work. Medical Track general takes three years and co- A further person can be commissioned with super- vers, in addition to the development of a disserta- vising the , in order to give regular feedback tion, the acquisition of 30 ECTS Credits. The about the work. You can find the list of courses and intensive seminars performed by na- faculty members on our website. tional and international experts are supplemented by optional modules, through which the participants The general doctorate is regulated by the can develop their own emphases regarding the “Regulation regarding the graduation to Doctor of methodology and content. A fast-track or the ex- Medicine, to Doctor of Dentistry and to Doctor of tension of Medical Track is possible if agreed with Chiropractic Medicine” from the Faculty of Medicine the PhD Programme Commission BmEL/MeF. of the University of Zurich (Regulation Dr. med. / Dr. Graduates can decide on an academic career path med. dent. / Dr. med. chiro.) in the area of biomedical ethics; introduce their

gained expertise in ethics commissions or from awarded: Dr. med. (Medical Doctor, MD), their own medical occupation, as well as influence Dr. med. dent. (Doctor of Medical Dentistry, DMD) , their professional development through the ac- Dr. med. chiro. (Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine, quired . DCM)

Dr. sc. med. Title awarded:

Doctoral programme Biomedical Ethics MD-PhD programme and Law Medical Track (PhD) The combined MD-PhD programme enables those Medical Track focuses on biomedical ethics and interested in and particularly quali- the interface between ethics, public healthcare law fied medical students (human medicine, dentistry, and human rights. , medical students as chiropractic medicine) to prepare a dissertation in well as graduates of other academic disciplines the area of the Life Science Zurich Graduate

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School (MNF), without a previous natural science Master’s degree. The programme is made up of Contact natural science foundation modules (35 ECTS

Credits) and 3 – 4 years of research. MD-PhD-Programm: Title awarded: Dr. sc. nat. Prof. Dr. Adriano Aguzzi, President IMPK Institut of

Study programme Schmelzbergstr. 12 CH-8091 Zurich, Track I: The MD-PhD programme begins with the natural science foundation modules performed in : parallel to the medical Master’s course. After its Administration completion, the research work begins, which ends Jacqueline Wiedler with the dissertation. Phone: +41 44 255 85 38 Track II: After the medical Master’s degree is com- E-Mail: [email protected] pleted and the acquisition of the medical diploma http://www.med.uzh.ch/WeiterundFortbildung/MDPhD.html or a medical diploma recognised by the Federal Office of Public Health, the MD-PhD begins. PhD BmEL/Medical Track: Admission Administration: Track I: Applicants must be matriculated at the Michelle Heimgartner UZH as medical, dentistry or chiropractic medicine Pestalozzistrase 24 students, and be able to demonstrate at least a good Bachelor’s degree in medicine, dentistry or CH-8032 Zurich, Switzerland chiropractic medicine. Phone: +41 44 634 40 81 E-Mail: heimgartner(at)ethik.uzh.ch Track II: Applicants must be able to demonstrate at http://www.bmel.uzh.ch/med.html least a good Master’s degree in medicine, dentistry or chiropractic medicine and be in possession of the Swiss Federal Medical Diploma or one from equivalent training. The application must not take General doctorate: place later than three years after the completion of Faculty of Medicine, Dean’s Office the Master’s degree. Together with the application for admission to the MD-PhD programme, appli- Pestalozzistr. 3/5 cants must demonstrate that they have a supervi- CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland sor and a place in one of the laboratories associated with the Life Science Zurich Graduate Administration: School. Tanja Otto Phone: +41 44 634 10 69 The interfaculty MD-PhD Commission (IMPK) decides admission to the programme. On request E-Mail: tanja.otto(at)dekmed.uzh.ch from the IMPK, the study deanery of the Faculty of http://www.med.uzh.ch/Dissertation.html Science has the final decision regarding admission.

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