digital medicine

Master
Diploma
winter and summer semester
4 semesters
Special conditions
Giessen
semester fee

The master’s degree in Digital Medicine focuses on the topics that are necessary for digitization in the healthcare system. It builds on a completed bachelor's or diploma degree in the health sector. The Master's degree then enables you to carry out scientific research and take on strategic and managerial tasks in the field of digital medicine. The course is divided into three main areas: Medical Data Science, Applied Medical Sciences, Regulatory Affairs Management.

The Further of technology and the digitalization of communication, procedures, and processes are also affecting medicine. Ever-increasing amounts of data and their interconnectedness offer unprecedented new possibilities for diagnostics, therapy, and prevention. We want to help shape these new possibilities for the benefit of patients, together with physicians and other healthcare stakeholders. Our nationwide unique teaching hospital (BDH) in Braunfels and our application laboratories in the state-of-the-art simulation clinic of the Department of Health in Giessen provide an excellent foundation for this.

Studies

study content

study programme

1

MODULE	SWS	CrP
Applied eHealth Technologies	4	6
Applied quality management	4	6
product development in healthcare	4	6
Module(s) from the focus pool	4	6
General Elective Module	4	6
TOTAL 1ST SEMESTER	20	30

2

MODULE	SWS	CrP
eHealth	4	6
public health	4	6
Module(s) from the focus (see below)	4	6
Module(s) from the focus (see below)	4	6
Module(s) from the focus (see below)	4	6
TOTAL 2ND SEMESTER	20	30

3

MODULE	SWS	CrP
Module(s) from the focus (see below)	4	6
Module(s) from the focus (see below)	4	6
Module(s) from the focus (see below)	4	6
Development project (incl. project seminar)	8	12
TOTAL 3RD SEMESTER	20	30

MODULE	SWS	CrP
Master's thesis with colloquium	20	30
TOTAL 4TH SEMESTER	20	30

The detailed study programme can be found in module manual.

focal points

Medical Data Science

In order to choose the medical data science major, the first degree must be in medical informatics or a related subject with sufficient computer science and medicine components. Graduates of the Medical Data Science major are able to develop new methods and algorithms for digital medicine. Among other things, they use methods of artificial intelligence.

MODULE	kind	SWS	CrP
Complex information systems in healthcare	P	4	6
Digital infrastructures and data integration	P	4	6
Applied medical data science	P	4	6
IT security in healthcare	P	4	6
Risk management in medical IT	WP	4	6
Applied AI in medicine	WP	4	6
Applied development of embedded systems	WP	4	6
Interoperability in medicine	WP	4	6
Data warehouse in medicine	WP	4	6
Methods and techniques of text mining, data mining, machine learning	WP	4	6
Virtual Reality: development and programmeming	WP	4	6
Applied Physiology	A-WP	4	6
Applied anatomy 1	A-WP	4	6
Applied scientific work in medicine	A-WP	4	6
Data structures and analysis methods in the health sector	A-WP	4	6
Virtualization and simulation of anatomical structures	A-WP	4	6
Numerical simulation of biomechanical and physiological processes	A-WP	4	6
Experimental product development in medicine	A-WP	4	6
Methods in biosignal acquisition and processing in medicine	A-WP	4	6
rapid prototyping	A-WP	4	6
Clinical evaluation, clinical trial, clinical data	A-WP	4	6
Usability Process	A-WP	4	6
Strategies of health promotion and health communication	A-WP	4	6
English for Further Learners	A-WP	4	6

P - compulsory subjects | WP - Elective subjects | A-WP = General Elective Module

Applied Medical Sciences

The focus on applied medical sciences requires a first degree in the field of medicine, medical informatics, medical technology or a related field with sufficient medical and/or scientific components. In particular, he is dedicated to the new possibilities for diagnostics, therapy and prevention that are arising from digitization. The graduates of the specialization can be employed as researchers, developers, project managers or for strategy and management tasks. The focus also prepares for a scientific career in the medical field.

MODULE	kind	SWS	CrP
Applied Physiology	P	4	6
Applied anatomy 1	P	4	6
Applied scientific work in medicine	P	4	6
Data structures and analysis methods in the health sector	P	4	6
Virtualization and simulation of anatomical structures	P	4	6
Experimental product development in medicine	WP	4	6
Graphic programmeming in biosignal acquisition and processing	WP	4	6
rapid prototyping	WP	4	6
Applied anatomy 2	WP	4	6
Applied project management	WP	4	6
Applied AI in medicine	WP	4	6
Numerical simulation of biomechanical and physiological processes	WP	4	6
Clinical evaluation, clinical trial, clinical data	A-WP	4	6
Usability Process	A-WP	4	6
Strategies of health promotion and health communication	A-WP	4	6
English for Further Learners	A-WP	4	6

P - compulsory subjects | WP - Elective subjects | A-WP = General Elective Module

Regulatory Affairs Management

A first degree in the field of medical informatics, medical technology, medical management, medicine or a related field with sufficient medical components is required to choose the Regulatory Affairs Management major. Graduates of the specialization can be employed as quality officers, project managers or for strategy and management tasks in the field of regulatory affairs in companies, hospitals or authorities.

MODULE	kind	SWS	CrP
Quality management and assurance according to 13485 and CAPA	P	4	6
Clinical evaluation, clinical trial, clinical data	P	4	6
System and legal aspects / MDR	P	4	6
Technical documentation and risk management medical devices, design control	P	4	6
Usability Process	P	4	6
International markets, approval	P	4	6
Process validation in the field of medical devices	P	4	6
Applied Physiology	A-WP
Applied anatomy 1	A-WP
Applied scientific work in medicine	A-WP
Strategies of health promotion and health communication	A-WP
English for Further Learners	A-WP

P - compulsory subjects | WP - Elective subjects | A-WP = General Elective Module

job prospects

perspectives

Application and enrolment

application

degree Normal period accreditation forms of study main language of instruction Place of study, location Costs	Master (MSc) 4 semesters ASIIN Dusseldorf Full-time study, consecutive German Giessen semester fee
requirements	Medical Data Science In order to choose the medical data science major, the first degree must be in medical informatics or a related subject with sufficient computer science and medicine components. Applied Medical Sciences The focus on applied medical sciences requires a first degree in the field of medicine, medical informatics, medical technology or a related field with sufficient medical and/or scientific components. Regulatory Affairs Management A first degree in the field of medical informatics, medical technology, medical management, medicine or a related field with sufficient medical components is required to choose the Regulatory Affairs Management major. Access to the Digital Medicine master's programme is only possible if a first professional university degree can be proven in accordance with paragraph 1 and the overall grade of this first professional university degree is at least "good" (at least 72.5 percentage points according to § 9 paragraph 2 of Part I of the examination regulations ; 2.5). If the overall grade of 2.5 is not achieved, the applicant can apply for an examination (aptitude test) to determine whether he or she has the necessary aptitude for the master's programme despite not achieving the overall grade.
start of studies	winter and summer semester
application period	June 1 to September 1 (winter semester) December 1st to March 1st (summer semester)
Application period for international applicants	April 1 to July 15 (winter semester) and October 1 to January 15 (summer semester). uni-assist. Further information for international applicants can be obtained from International Office.
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