The Master's Programme in Medical Informatics comprises a total of four semesters and 120 ECTS points.
A majority of these hours consists of mandatory and elective modules and the chosen core subject combination. In addition, the students dedicate themselves to their thesis, which also needs to be defended orally.
Dependent on availability and approval, students can complete projects instead of some of the courses required by the curriculum.
The Programme Structure at a Glance
Basics (3 out 5 are mandatory)
- Medical Information Systems
- Medical Documentation, part 1
- Computer supported diagnosis & therapy, part 1
- Medical image processing and analysis
Application subjects
- Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology (mandatory)
- Public Health Policy and Healthcare Management
- Introduction to Neuroscience
Interdisciplinary Informatics
- Neuroinformatics
- Methodlogical basics of Public Health Informatics
- Health Data Science
- Systems Medicine and Simulation, part 1
- Complex Systems, part 1
Basics (3 out 5 are mandatory)
- Medical Documentation, part 2
- Computer supported diagnosis & therapy, part 2
- Biosignals and Medical Imaging
Application subjects
- Introduction to Molecular Biology
- Methods of Medicine
- Medical Research
Interdisciplinary Informatics
- Medical Software Development (mandatory)
- Bioinformatics
- Systems Medicine and Simulation, part 2
- Complex Systems, part 2
- Prosthetics and Control
- Medical Language Processing and Text Mining
Deepening of the Core Subject Combination
- Practical work
- Seminar
Interdisciplinary Informatics
- Health Information Management and Retrieval
- Visual Data Analysis in Medicine
- Mobile Health & Wearable Computing
- Current Topics in Medical Informatics
First Diploma Seminar
Master thesis
Second Diploma Seminar
Curriculum for the Master’s Programme in Medical Informatics (PDF, 128KB)
Detailed Curriculum for the Master’s Programme in Medical Informatics in the currently valid form, in German
30.06.2014