- Degree
- Master of Science in Radiation Biology
- Course location
- München
- In cooperation with
- Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz BfS (https://www.bfs.de/EN/home/home_node.html)
Institut für Radiobiologie der Bundeswehr (https://bit.ly/3YR0UmG)
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- Language of instruction is English.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Additional information on beginning, duration and mode of study
- Beginning: The programme starts in October each year (winter semester only).
Programme duration: The standard duration is two years (four semesters), full-time.
The programme is entirely on-site and full-time. There is no online or distance learning option.
The programme is attendance-based with classes held at the university in Munich.
The course follows a fixed curriculum with semester-based modules.
- Application deadline
- Application Period
Winter semester: 1 January to 31 May
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- 6,000 EUR
- Additional information on tuition fees
- Please refer to the following website for more information on tuition fees at TUM: https://www.tum.de/en/studies/fees/tuition (https://www.tum.de/en/studies/fees/tuition).
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- People are exposed to ionising radiation for a variety of reasons. The sources of ionising radiation are diverse and can be both natural and artificial, for example in diagnostic or therapeutic medical applications. For the general population, radiation exposure from X-ray diagnostic procedures such as computer tomography is the highest and has steadily increased over the past decades. The number of people who have been treated for cancer by therapeutic doses of ionising radiation is also growing continuously.
Radiation biology explores both the biological basis of the therapeutic use of radiation – especially in cancer – and the risks associated with the use of ionising radiation in medicine and technology, making it a highly interdisciplinary subject.
The Master's programme is taught in English and has a duration of two years. The following specialisations are taught:
• Cell and molecular biology
• Pathophysiology
• Tumour biology and carcinogenesis
• Cytogenetics
• Immunology
• Radiation physics
• Radiation medicine and imaging (radiation oncology, nuclear medicine and radiology)
• Epidemiology
• Radiation protection
• Ethics
The Master's programme in Radiation Biology is characterised by its connection to the research and clinical areas of the Rechts der Isar university hospital and the resulting high research focus of the teaching.
Our graduates act primarily as translational researchers in the field of radiation biology at the interface between research and clinical practice. They are an important driving force for further developments in preclinical research of innovative methods in nuclear medicine, radiology and radiation oncology.