Personalized Medicine (research)

This study guide contains information on the master Personalized Medicine program organized by the Faculty of Medicine VU Amsterdam for the academic year 2024 -2025. All information about the structure of the course components, planning, admission and student facilities are available on the faculty website.

Aim of the study program

The master Personalized Medicine (research) trains bio-medical and life sciences oriented Bachelors to become independent researchers with in-depth knowledge on different aspects of clinical and translational research, technological developments, imaging and personalized medicine

Structure of organization

The Faculty of Medicine VU Amsterdam coordinates all educational activities. The program director and program coordinator of the master program take care of the organization and gearing of the curriculum. The master program has an examination board and a program committee.

The program committee advises the executive board of Amsterdam UMC, the vice-dean of the Faculty of Medicine VU Amsterdam and the program director about the content of the master’s program and the quality of execution. The examination board (EC Science Masters) decrees the terms concerning examination of different disciplines and overlooks the results of examinations, internships and theses.

Furthermore, the examination board evaluates the combinations of optional courses and internships of each individual student. All compulsory and optional courses are coordinated by different course coordinators.

The master program has an Admission Board, which is responsible for the execution of the entry assessment and the selection of the applicants during the admission procedure.

General information about organization, education, research, valorization and patient' care within Amsterdam UMC – Faculty of Medicine VU Amsterdam can be found on the Amsterdam UMC website.

A complete description of this course can be found in the Teaching and Examination Regulations Masters (OER).

For more information please contact the program coordinator:

Email: masterpersonalizedmedicine-VU@amsterdamumc.nl

Student Service Desk Faculty of Medicine VU

Students can turn to the Student Service Desk with general questions about the graduation, registration for courses and examinations, registration of grades and schedules.

Faculty of Medicine VU:

Ground floor G.018

Van der Boechorststraat 7

1081 BT Amsterdam Email: studentenbalie.vu@amsterdamumc.nl

Compulsory courses

All students of the Personalized Medicine program must attend the compulsory courses of the program. At least 80% attendance at the courses is mandatory. 100% attendence of practicals and tutorials is mandatory.

Optional courses

Students require consent of the examination board (EC Science Masters), if they want to attend an optional course. Approval can be requested via a digital course approval form, which can be found on the program website of the Faculty of Medicine VU Amsterdam. Courses attended without the consent of the examination board (EC Science Masters) will not be registered. For registration of optional courses students can use VUnet. If registration is not possible by using VUnet (e.g. for external courses), the mode of inscription and corresponding e-mail addresses are indicated in each course description. Students are motivated to look for optional courses outside Amsterdam UMC or VU University. Courses attended without the written consent of the examination board (EC Science Masters) will not be registered. Possible financial consequences will be recovered from the student.

Minor, major internship and study of literature

The examination board (EC Science Masters) has to approve all internships and the literature study. Approval can be requested via a digital approval form, which can be found on the program website. Unapproved internship / literature study periods will not be registered by the educational secretarial office. Possible financial consequences will be recovered from the student.

External students

If a particular compulsory course can have more participants than accepted for the master program, students of other master programs from the VU can attend the course, providing that they meet the entry requirements and only when the maximum number of students is not reached. u

This study guide contains information on the Master Personalized Medicine program organized by the Faculty of Medicine VU Amsterdam for the academic year 2024 - 2025. All information about the aim of the program, the structure of the course components, admission, planning, student facilities etc. are available on the faculty website and on CANVAS.