Applied Medical Science

This study programme is only available in German. --> As a professional doctorate the doctoral programme in Applied Medical Science at the Medical University of Vienna aims to further develop the students' skills for self-directed scientific work in medical and medicine-associated professions. The goal is to maintain as well as to increase the university's performance in applied research through a symbiosis of research and practice. Furthermore, the doctoral candidates shall acquire critical, analytic and argumentative skills in the programme. The following thematic programmes are available: Biomedical Engineering; Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disease; Clinical Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition; Clinical Experimental Oncology; Clinical Neurosciences; Epidemiology; Mental Health and Behavioural Medicine; Musculoskeletal and Dental Research; POET (Programme for Organfailure, -replacement and Transplantation); Preclinical and Clinical Research for Drug Development; Public Health. Details on the thematic programmes can be found on the website of the Medical University of Vienna.