Universidad
Politécnica de Madrid

The main objective of the master programme in HMDA is to train a new generation of medical engineers who combine a deep knowledge on technical issues related to health technologies with a profound education in innovation and entrepreneurship in the health-tech sector – complemented by a solid understanding of economical as well as societal aspects and effects of the actual challenges of the health-tech sector. The cooperative programme will prepare students to succeed in this emerging field at the intersection of health informatics, data science, and digitation. The Master is a 120 ECTS programme, and you will be able to adapt the programme to your personal needs and interests.

The master programme in HMDA is designed for a period of two academic years at advanced level, leading to a Master of Science degree to be awarded by the respective partner university in accordance with its respective examination regulations. HMDA students are obliged to complete an academic semester at a foreign partner university that counts towards the completion of their master degree according to EIT Health requirements, ensuring international and cross-organisational mobility. The cooperative programme in HDMA includes, amongst others, a mandatory standardized Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) education (30 ECTS) which shall be mandatory for the participating students. Regarding geographical mobility, you will be able to study in two prestigious universities in two different European cities:

• First year (entry point), you will choose between one of these universities:
• Universidade de Lisboa (UL),
• Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU),
• Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) and
• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM).
• Second year of HMDA specialisation, where you will be able to choose to study during one semester (including scholarship) in one of the following options in a different university:
• Analysis of Clinical Data (UPM)
• Medical Signal Processing (FAU)
• Clinical analisys for precision medicine (UGA)
• Bioinformatics and clinical data processing (UL)

You will be awarded with a degree of your entry university and an additional supplement certificate by the EIT Digital, which will mark the specific knowledge results in the fields of innovation and entrepreneurship. Here you can get more information about the complete programme in Health and Medical Data Analytics.

More info at https://www.masterhmda.eu