Your future begins in Siegen
Biomedical Technology is a young and rapidly growing field of research at the interface between biomedicine, biotechnology, bioinformatics, pharmacy and engineering. It has become an integral part of modern medicine, as it is the interaction of these disciplines that creates the basis for developing new diagnostic/monitoring procedures, drugs and vaccines, individualizing medical therapy approaches and assessing disease risks.
Research and development in medicine today are only possible through interdisciplinary cooperation between physicians, biologists, computer scientists and engineers, who have different specialist traditions and technical languages. The aim of the Biomedical Technology Master's degree program is to overcome the boundaries between the various disciplines in order to optimally prepare students for interdisciplinary research and development work in a competitive medical environment.
Everything at a glance
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Start of studies
Winter semester -
Standard period of study
4 semesters -
Admission restricted
yes -
Language of instruction
German
Career prospects
The degree program trains highly qualified specialists at the interface between biomedicine, bioinformatics and biotechnology. This enables them to develop, design and implement biologically relevant processes in an academic or industrial environment. The combination of knowledge and skills imparted qualifies students in particular for future professional practice in research and development in scientific institutes, research facilities and commercial enterprises in the biomedical and pharmaceutical biotechnology sectors.
The additional skills acquired in the areas of English language and scientific texts, patent law, project management, epidemiology and quality assurance also qualify students for jobs in management, administration, health authorities and scientific publishing houses. Of course, successful completion of the course also qualifies students for an academic career with a doctorate at a university.
- The prerequisite is a Bachelor's degree in a degree program in the field of life sciences (e.g. biology, biotechnology, bioinformatics, biochemistry or biomedicine). Applicants must prove that they have acquired a certain amount of basic medical knowledge and (bio)informatics fundamentals before starting their studies (specifically at least 30 ECTS credits in each case). The Bachelor's degree program Digital Biomedical and Health Sciences with 2nd core subject Biomedical Technology at the University of Siegen fulfills all admission requirements.
Important information
An optional aptitude test is used as an additional criterion for the allocation of study places. However, this test does not take place for applications for the winter semester 2024/25 and will not be taken into account. Detailed information on the application and allocation of study places can be found "here".
Examination regulations/study plans/module handbooks/internship regulations
Subject examination regulations (FPOs) define the basic structures of a degree program (e.g. admission requirements and content to be studied). Students are automatically subject to the current version of an FPO when they enrol for their first semester. This means that even if the FPO changes during the course of studies, the original version according to which you enrolled is still valid (provided this FPO does not expire). The respective study plan represents the recommended exemplary course of study in the individual subjects and is part of an FPO. Supplementary regulations and detailed information for each module to be studied can be found in the module handbooks (e.g. requirements for taking a written examination or information on the content of the modules/courses, ...). The internship regulations define the conditions under which the compulsory or optional internships must be completed.
Before the start of the lecture period, we recommend that you at least take a look at the study plan for your degree program so that you know which modules are planned for the start of your studies.
Good reasons for studying Biomedical Technology at the University of Siegen
- excellent career prospects: global demand for medical innovations and healthcare solutions is developing ever faster
- with a focus on topics such as mechanobiology and microbiome research, exciting, forward-looking research topics in medicine are covered
- learning and applying the latest laboratory techniques, such as the latest generation of DNA sequencing technology
- in the future, the newly constructed INCYTE building will provide a state-of-the-art research center that will set new standards for interdisciplinary collaboration between the natural sciences
- Excellent student-teacher ratio - Young faculty with small student groups
