Curriculum

All lectures and exams are given in English by the Faculty of the University of Crete and collaborators from Europe or the United States. The students are writing their Master’s theses in English.

The current curriculum of the Program is as follows:

Module Title ECTS
 
1st Semester
MBNA-101 Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases 9
MBNA-102 Autoimmune/Inflamatory and Infectious Diseases 6
MBNA-103 Biostatistics, Clinical Methodology and Epidemiology 6
MBNA-104 Neoplasmatic Diseases 4
MBNA-105 Writing and Presentation of Original Papers and Research Proposals.
Ethics and Laboratory Safety
2
MBNA-106 Neuropsychiatric Diseases 3
Sub-Total 30
 
2nd Semester
MBNA-201 Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells 3
MBNA-202 Introduction to Basic Research Methodology 5
MBNA-203 Graduate Laboratory Training 2
MBNA-204 1st Laboratory Rotation 10
MNBA-205 2nd Laboratory Rotation 10
Sub-total 30
 
3rd Semester
MBNA -301 Original research 30
 
4th Semester
MBNA -302 Original Research and Master thesis writing 30
Total 120

All requirements for the Master’s degree can be considered fulfilled when the student:

  1. Completed all 4 semesters
    B. Passed the exams and performed well in the two laboratory rotations (average grade >7)
    C. Completed a research project and wrote the Master’s thesis (grade >7)
    D. Obtained a minimum of 120 ECTS hours.

The final grade of the Master’s degree is calculated based on the following formula:

  Average grade in courses (40%)

+ Average grade in the two rotations (20%)

+ Master’s thesis (40%)

MODULE COORDINATORS

Each module is supervised by a module coordinator who is directly responsible for organizing the module, inviting external speakers and making sure that the module is running smoothly. Coordinators are supported by deputy coordinators in certain modules.

The Faculty in each module are all experts in their fields.

 

Module Title Coordinator
MBNA-101 Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases Vassilis Zannis, PhD
MBNA-102 Autoimmune / Inflammatory
and Infectious Diseases
Panagiotis Verginis, PhD
MBNA-103 Biostatistics, Clinical Methodology and Epidemiology George Bertsias, MD PhD
MBNA-104 Neoplasmatic Diseases Aristidis Eliopoulos, PhD
MBNA-105 Writing and Presentation of Original Papers and Research Proposals. Ethics and Laboratory Safety Christos Tsatsanis, PhD
MBNA-106 Neuropsychiatric Diseases Ioannis Zaganas, MD PhD
MBNA-201 Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells Charalambos Pontikoglou,
MD PhD
MBNA-202 Introduction to the Basic Research Methodology Dimitris Kardassis, PhD
MBNA-203 Graduate Laboratory Training Eirini Dermitzaki, PhD