Program Overview

Doctoral School of Molecular Cell and Immune Biology

Overview

• Faculty: Medicine
• Starting date: September/February
• Duration: 8 semesters
• Language requirements: Level B2 by CEFR
• Academic requirements: MSc degree in a relevant field or Doctor of Medicine/Dentistry/Pharmacy degrees; acceptance by a supervisor and a doctoral school (including a preliminary research proposal signed by the supervisor and the head of the school)

Tuition and Fees

• Tuition Fee: 16,900 USD/year
• One-time fees: application fee 150 USD, entrance procedure fee 350 USD

Program Description

The doctoral school provides high-quality education in scientific research on molecular biology, cell biology, and immune biology. Motivated doctoral candidates holding MD or MSc (biology, chemistry, physics) are welcome to join one of the approximately 50 research programs of the doctoral school. These include the investigation on the molecular mechanism of physiological cell death, development of adipose tissue and obesity, innate immunity, autoimmune processes, allergy, stem cell biology, chromatin structure, reproduction of retroviruses, phagocytosis, protein-protein interactions, epigenetics, proteomics, bioinformatics, and molecular modeling. Progress in a research program is assisted by a thesis committee assigned to each PhD student. Teachers of the school give altogether about 30 PhD courses every year, almost all of them are in English. Research groups working in the school have outstanding grant supports and excellent infrastructure.

Research Areas

• Investigation on the molecular mechanism of physiological cell death
• Development of adipose tissue and obesity
• Innate immunity
• Autoimmune processes
• Allergy
• Stem cell biology
• Chromatin structure
• Reproduction of retroviruses
• Phagocytosis
• Protein-protein interactions
• Epigenetics
• Proteomics
• Bioinformatics
• Molecular modelling

PhD Courses

Teachers of the school give altogether about 30 PhD courses every year, almost all of them are in English.