Medical Pharmaceutical Sciences
Master
The Medical Pharmaceutical Sciences (MPS) Master trains you for a career in the design and use of modern medicines. The training ranges from fundamental research to clinical research and prepares you for a career in academia, industry, policy, and business.
Medical Pharmaceutical Sciences play a key role in challenges that our society faces today. For example, the shortage of medicines challenges the effectiveness of our healthcare system. Another important challenge is the lack of sustainability of our current medicines. Furthermore, outbreaks of infectious diseases, as seen in the recent pandemic, and the increasing average age of our population challenge our healthcare system to the maximum. Scientific and technical progress enables addressing these challenges. If you embark on our master program, you will play a role in resolving these challenges.
Our master programme covers themes such as basic molecular drug discovery, analysis of drugs and biomarkers, pharmacology, toxicology, biopharmacy, clinical pharmacoepidemiology, post-marketing surveillance, policy and business. Our curriculum has been redesigned to increase our focus on sustainability
Our programme is interdisciplinary and covers all disciplines in medicine and pharmacy, from which you choose your own track of specialization. The embedding in an open and stimulating research environment creates opportunit
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Title
Master of Science
Duration
2 years
ECTS credits
ECTS
The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a student-centred system based on the student workload required to achieve the objectives of a programme of study. Its aim is to facilitate the recognition of study periods undertaken by mobile students through the transfer of credits. The ECTS is based on the principle that 60 credits are equivalent to the workload of full-time student during one academic year.
Accreditation
Tuition fee 2025/2026
EU/EEA
The EU/EEA rate is the regular fee for students from within the EU/EEA.
€ 2,601
Non-EU/EEA
The non-EU/EEA rate is the rate for students from outside the EU/EEA.
€ 24,900
Institutional
The institutional rate is for all students who have already obtained a bachelor’s or master’s degree and who want to start a second programme leading to a degree at the same level or at a lower level.
€ 20,500
Admission
Application requirements
Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy, or related research fields focusing (e.g. Molecular Biology, Biology, Biomedical Sciences) on knowledge and skills at the interface of molecular and cellular biology, organic chemistry and biochemistry, and pharmaceutical sciences). Information about admission possibilities and requirements for students from a Dutch HBO institute is published on: http://www.rug.nl/fse/msc-admission
Check when you can start and what you have to pay!
| Tuition fees | |
|---|---|
| € 2,601 | |
| € 24,900 | |
| € 20,500 |
| Start date | App. deadline EU/EEA | App. deadline Non-EU/EEA |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep '25 | 1 May '25 | 1 May '25 |
| 1 Feb '26 | - | - |
| 1 Sep '26 | 1 May '26 | 1 May '26 |
| 1 Feb '27 | - | - |
| 1 Sep '27 | 1 May '27 | 1 May '27 |
Scholarships
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StuNed Scholarship Programme
StuNed Scholarships for master studies, short courses and customised training programmes are available for Indonesian professionals with at least 2 years' work experience in a development-related organisation.
Contact
Main addressOude Boteringestraat 44
9712 GL Groningen
050 363 9011
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