Master's Degree in Health Data Science
Join EIT Health’s online Master’s Degree in Health Data Science. Tailored for master’s and PhD-level graduates, this two-year course is your opportunity to cultivate the skills to develop tools for effectively managing, analysing, and extracting valuable insights from the data generated within clinical settings.
Guided by top academics and industry leaders, you’ll study across disciplines to build unrivalled knowledge of how technological tools can answer the challenges in biomedicine – today and in the future.
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What you get
INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING
Master tools across computational and informational sciences to build advanced, nuanced knowledge.
EXPLORE IDEAS
Focus on practical, innovative solutions to take biomedicine forward.
ONLINE FLEXIBILITY
Use dedicated online platforms to study wherever you are.
EXPERT GUIDANCE
Learn from some of Europe’s most respected researchers in the field.
COLLABORATE AND NETWORK
Study alongside dedicated, like-minded peers from across the continent.
How it works
1. PRE-REGISTER
Ensure you meet the academic requirements for entry and apply through our application portal.
2. SUBMIT DOCUMENTS
Provide copies of your academic transcripts, ID documents and your CV.
3. GET SELECTED
Successful applicants will be invited to join the course and confirm their spot online.
4. EXPLORE OPTIONS
You will now have access to information about scholarships and grants you can apply for.
5. LEARN
Complete two years of expert-led study to master the use of data in healthcare.
Learning Outcomes
- Gain an advanced understanding of how big data can be leveraged to transform healthcare
- Obtain a comprehensive knowledge of data tools, processes and applications in biomedicine
- Learn to create tools to manage, analyse and extract information from the big data generated in clinical settings
- Conceive of your own innovative solutions to challenges in the healthcare field
- Understand all the elements of the big data value chain
Skills you’ll learn:
- Design thinking
- Entrepreneurship
- Data analysis
- Programming
- Digital health
Eligibility Requirements
This online programme is open to:
- Bachelor’s graduates with scientific and technical degrees in science and engineering, with verifiable experience using programming languages, and with preference for degrees in bioinformatics, biomedical engineering, computer science, mathematics, statistics and physics
- Master’s and PhD graduates with scientific and technical degrees in science and engineering, with verifiable experience using programming languages
Entrepreneurship potential is positively considered in the admission process.
Cost
University’s fee for 2023-2024 is €3,612 for students from the UE, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and Andorra*, or resident in Spain. For the rest of the students, the fee is €5,824.
*Students with degrees from non-EU countries will be charged an academic tax of €218.15 the first time they enrol only.
Do you have questions?
Webinars are a great way to find out if the programme is a right fit for you. Take a look to the recording of the webinar that took place in April 2024. Watch recording.
Partners
Master Health Data Science
AMGEN
Barcelona Health Hub
Bioinformatics Barcelona
Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona
Universitat de Barcelona
Universitat de Girona
Universitat de Lleida
Université Grenoble Alpes
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Universitat de Vic Universitat Central de Catalunya
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