Are you a current student? For the programme of this academic year, check the course guide.
Curriculum of Human Biology
The first year consists of three compulsory courses. You can compose the rest of the programme with specialisation electives, a philosophy elective and free electives. To finish the programme, you have to complete two internships, a review article and a research proposal.
About this study curriculum
The course overview is an indication of the study programme of the academic year 2024-2025. Are you a current student, please consult the online course guide for your course overview.
Course overview
The structure of your programme is as follows:
- Compulsory courses (15 EC)
- Electives (21 EC)
- Review article (6 EC)
- Research proposal (6 EC)
- Two internships (2 x 36 EC)
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Your core curriculum is supplemented by electives. The elective programme consists of Natural Science electives, a Philosophy elective and Free electives. You’re free to compose this programme as you wish, provided that the level and coherence is sufficient for the Examination Board.
Natural Science electives (12 EC)
You need to choose at least one course from a list of selected electives for Medical Biology. The remaining EC can be filled with academic courses within the field of natural sciences. You can also choose to use 6 EC as extension of your internship. In the course guide, you can find four examples of topic-based trajectories that you could use to fill your elective space.
Philosophy elective (3 EC)
Choose one Philosophy course from a set list of Science Philosophy electives.
Free electives (6 EC)
You can add 6 EC of electives as any course taught at Radboud University, another Dutch university or abroad.
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During your internships, you’ll be responsible for your own experiments, under the supervision of one of our top researchers. Relevant departments include:
- Human Genetics (Prof. Han Brunner)
- Physiology (Prof. Joost Hoenderop)
- Nephrology (Prof. Luuk Hilbrands)
- Haematology (Prof. Nicole Blijlevens)
- Molecular Pharmacy and Toxicology (Prof. Frans Russel)
Of course, you can also choose to do your research internship(s) at a company or abroad. It is for example possible to apply for a grant to perform an internship at the Max Planck Gesellschaft, one of the world's most renowned research institutes. For other suggestions, you can contact one of the professors above or you can confer with our teaching staff or the student advisor.
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