Nutrition and Biomedicine (Master of Science)

Type of study: full time

Standard period of study, credits : 4 semesters, 120 ECTS

Start of degree program: winter semester

Admission category: Aptitude assessment for Master’s

Language of instruction:  English

Main location: Freising-Weihenstephan (Greater Munich area)

Tuition fees: none (information about the semester fee)

How does nutrition promote our health and how can it contribute to the prevention of diseases? The international Master's program in Nutrition and Biomedicine deals with these and other questions along the food value chain. Topics such as product safety, quality, diversity and value are on everyone's lips. In order to be able to answer relevant questions in these areas, interdisciplinary expertise is required, especially in molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry and microbiology. You will also acquire particularly profound knowledge in the fields of nutritional physiology, nutritional medicine, immunology and clinical nutrition. How do the composition, consumption quantity, production and preparation of food affect metabolism, physiology or the development of nutrition-related diseases? Be a part of this research, improve the living conditions of sick people and face the challenges of the future. This English-language Master's degree combines human biology with nutritional science and medicine and opens doors for you into the national and international professional world.

With your degree in Nutrition and Biomedicine, you will be perfectly prepared for jobs in the food industry, healthcare, the pharmaceutical industry, universities and research institutes. Even if your studies have made you a star in research, you can also work in areas such as sales, consulting, quality assurance, public relations, marketing and various management roles. Whether it’s product development in the pharmaceutical industry, research at a clinic or quality assurance in the food industry – with the Master’s in Nutrition and Biomedicine you will find the job that you enjoy. After your Master's degree, you will of course also be ideally suited for a doctorate.

During the first two semesters, you will deepen and broaden your knowledge with various required modules. Especially in the intensive module Basics Nutrition and Food, which introduces your studies in a block course, you will expand your already acquired knowledge of physiology and metabolic pathways. The Computational Biology module introduces bioinformatics methods. In addition, you will learn various methodological skills and experience exciting days in the laboratory. You will analyze the chemical and microbial composition of food and learn to understand their effect on the intestines and metabolism in both healthy and sick bodies. We will show you the most modern chemical and bioanalytical techniques used in model systems and human studies. A further focus of the course is the development, prevention and treatment of diet-related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes or obesity.

You will have the opportunity to pursue your own interests in the third semester within the framework of 20 credits with various optional modules and thus build up your specific competence profile. Nutritional and/or biomedical connections must be recognizable.

In the third semester you will also complete your Research Internship, in which you will apply the theoretical knowledge and experimental methodological skills you acquired in the first and second semesters. You can complete this 8-week research internship at a TUM chair of your choice, in international research institutions or in industry.

Often, students also use the research internship as an introduction to their Master’s thesis, which you will complete in the fourth semester.

Interest aroused? Just take a look at an exemplary curriculum!

After graduating in Nutrition and Biomedicine, you will have an in-depth nutritional education with a natural science background, complemented by knowledge of biology, medicine and other specialist disciplines. You will have gained practical experience in planning, implementation, documentation and evaluation in your laboratory work, and know how to apply a wide range of methods from biochemistry to molecular genetics, chemical analysis, physiology, immunology, microbiology and bioinformatics. You will be able to analyze and interpret the results and to classify and evaluate them in a professional context. You will have gained a wide range of experience in preclinical and clinical research as well as in epidemiology and have a detailed and critical understanding of central topics of modern nutrition research.

Through the numerous laboratory internships, the research internship and the Master’s thesis, you will be able to work independently and in an experienced scientific manner, and plan and manage your own projects. You will be able to communicate and discuss your findings with your colleagues, having acquired skills in the areas of conversation, teamwork and conflict resolution. For a career in an international environment, your excellent foreign language skills acquired in the international degree program will help you.

• Degree program documentation
• Module catalog

• Curriculum:
  The degree chart gives you an overview and recommendation, which modules you should take in which semester according to academic and examination regulations (FPSO).

• Timetable:
  
  • Via TUMonline you can have a timetable created for each semester according to FSPO.
  • You can also create your own individual timetable, which can contain not only the dates of the selected courses but also your personal appointments.
  • Find Nutrition and Biomedicine electives in TUMonline (WS 2020/21) 

  
  First steps with TUMonline

• General Academic and Examination Regulations at TUM (APSO)
  
• Academic and Examination Regulations (FPSO)
  • Academic and Examination Regulations 2018
    

• Examination dates & registration via TUMonline
  

In TUMonline you can register for the module examinations that accompany your studies. 

Important: You can only take most of the exams if you have actively registered yourself via TUMonline within the registration period. The registration and deregistration period will be displayed at the exam date.

• Further examination matters
• Academic progress check
• Examinations
• Recognitions
• Theses

• Board of Examination

The board of examination is a committee consisting of university professors and lecturers of the degree program. The chairperson of the board of examination of your degree program is Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Martin Klingenspor. Applications to the board of examination are received by the secretary and submitted to the board of examination for decision. You can reach the secretary by sending an email to recognition.wzw[at]tum.de.