Imaging Sciences in Medicine

The doctoral program promotes research in imaging sciences with radiological methods and offers a well-structured post-graduate education on basics and methods of medical imaging. The focus of the doctoral program is on research of anatomy and disease with biomedical imaging procedures and on the combination of applied and basic research for the development and improvement of imaging diagnostics, interventions, and therapies. The program is open to international candidates.

The program allows candidates to focus on clinical research in a medical environment. It is open to applicants with outstanding academic achievements and a strong interest in clinical research.

Description

The doctoral program consists of original research as well as of a curricular content with mandatory and optional modules of at least 12 ECTS points, for which a minimum of three years in full-time employment is scheduled. However, in justified cases exceptions may be authorized by the doctoral program commission.

Conditions

To apply for this doctoral program, candidates must have a university degree of master in either medicine, biomedicine, biology, physics, engineering and related sciences. Further academic qualifications which are compulsory for eligibility as well are listed in the following document “Doktoratsordnung”. All candidates must be fluent in English.

Information and contact

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The guidelines regulate the doctoral program Imaging Sciences in Medicine, which is offered at the faculty of Medicine of the University of Zurich. They formalize the doctoral degree regulation for the title Dr. sc. med. (equivalent to a PhD) from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zurich

Doctoral programme regulations, February 8, 2023 (PDF, 116 KB)