Overview

The word ‘population’ is key to this. In populations one can find descriptive or causal relations between factors on the one hand and disease occurrence and dynamics on the other.

Features

The PhD Epidemiology programme at Utrecht University is organised by UMC Utrecht, Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine: Department of Farm Animal Health and Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS); Faculty of Science: Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacotherapy.

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

Clinical Epidemiology

Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases

Medical Statistics

Veterinary Epidemiology

Occupational And Environmental Epidemiology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

More details

A PhD trajectory starts at any point throughout the year. Visit the university’s vacancies page.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

93

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Epidemiology

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

93

Student insurance

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Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
Legal aid

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Other requirements

General requirements

The PhD programme Epidemiology is accredited by the Dutch Epidemiology association as leading to a registration as Epidemiologist B. In order to qualify, the research must be epidemiological, and PhD candidates must either be theoretically trained as epidemiologist, or undergo this training during the PhD trajectory by following the Utrecht University MSc Epidemiology Postgraduate.

Previous education must be in (veterinary) medicine, biomedical sciences or a degree from a university in or outside the Netherlands comparable to the previous named Dutch degrees.

Tuition Fee

Unlike PhD students directly employed by the university, fellowship and external PhD students are required to pay a tuition fee.

Living costs for Utrecht

900 - 1450 EUR /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.