The Department of Medicine of the School of Health Sciences of the AUTH organizes and offers a Master’s Program (MSc) entitled: ” Applied Microbiology”.

The Program is an innovative interdisciplinary postgraduate program, which provides high scientific level theoretical and practical training in the field of the newest techniques applied in Medical Microbiology. It studies the application of modern biomedical technology in the laboratory diagnosis and monitoring of mainly infectious diseases.

In particular, the purpose of the MSc is to provide knowledge and skills to Doctors who specialize or have specialized in Medical Biopathology, graduates of Medicine or other Departments of the Schools of Health Sciences and scientists of the wider Biomedical field, in the methodologies applied to the diagnosis and monitoring of mainly infectious diseases.

The MSc is addressed to graduates of academic institutions of the country or of recognized equivalent institutions abroad:

• Departments of Medicine, or other departments of the Schools of Health Sciences
• Scientists of a related cognitive subject in the wider Biomedical field

The MSc lasts three (3) semesters and is credited with a total of 90 ECTS according to the European Credit System.