(MD-) PhD Clinical Research
The doctoral programme Clinical Research is one of nine interfaculty doctorate subjects at the Graduate School Medical and Health Sciences (GSMHS). The GSMHS is a joint offer from the Medical Faculty and the Faculty of Science at the University of Basel.
Interfaculty doctoral subjects at the GSMHS:
- Arzneimittelentwicklung (Medicines Development)
- Biomedizinische Technik (Biomedical Engineering)
- Epidemiologie und Public Health (Epidemiology and Public Health)
- Infektionsbiologie (Infection Biology)
- Klinische Forschung (Clinical Research)
- Medizinethik (Medical Ethics)
- Pflegewissenschaft (Nursing Science)
- Sportwissenschaft (Sport Science)
Doctorate programmes at the GSMHS:
All PhD students register for one of these programmes.
- Population- and system-oriented research
- Bioethics, policy and law in environment and medicine
- Infection biology and health
- Patient-oriented research
- Technology and engineering-oriented research
PhD Clinical Research
Candidates with a Master's degree in human medicine or life sciences (sports sciences, biochemistry, biology, biostatistics, biotechnology, biochemistry, epidemiology, nursing sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, psychology, public health, insurance medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry) can be admitted to the doctorate subject PhD Clinical Research. It leads to the acquisition of the title Dr. phil. Clinical Research.
MD-PhD Clinical Research
Candidates who have completed a Master's degree in medicine can also apply for an MD-PhD Clinical Research with acquisition of the titles Dr. med. and Dr. phil. Ideally, these candidates will have already experience in clinical research, e.g. a master's thesis in clinical research, participation in relevant summer schools or research programs during the elective year. Medical students can be provisionally admitted to the MD-PhD programme after the content of their Master's thesis has been completed.
