CME Online Program

Physicians with at least one year of professional experience in oncology

and

Natural scientists (graduates of pharmacy, biology, biophysics, chemistry) with at least two years of professional experience in oncology

as well as

graduates of engineering courses (e.g. medical engineering, biotechnology) with at least two years of professional experience in oncology

There is no age limit.

Applications must be submitted in full between April 1 and May 15 each year via the application platform of Ulm University. Please note that May 15 is the closing date and make sure to submit all relevant documents by May 15. Please feel free to get in touch in advance in case you have questions or doubts.

1. Original Bachelor degree certificate in medicine, natural sciences or engineering courses or equivalent at the level of usually four years of studies or 240 ECTS credits.
2. Original transcript of records (or equivalent) including the official grading scale (minimum grade for passing the Bachelor degree or equivalent, maximum grade)
3. Certified translations in English or German of the documents if the originals are not in English or German.
   • Note: Please bear in mind that translations are only valid if submitted together with the originals (see points 1. and 2. of this section).
4. Employment verification for professional experience in oncology by indicating the time periods.
   • Note: This serves to ensure that the required professional experience has been earned. You do not need to document all employment of your professional life, just the year (physicians) or two years (non-physicians) required for admission.

1. Step: Pre-selection according to admission statues.
2. Step: Personal interviews with the applicants via Zoom.

The tuition fee is 4,875 € per semester plus currently 180 € administrative fee per semester. It includes all costs for the 7 modules, tutorial guidance, online conferences, exams and master thesis.

Travel, living expenses and accommodation costs during the 5 attendance seminars are not included in the fee.

After prior agreement with the Office of the Registrar it is possible to pay the tuition fee by installments.

The current economic situation does not allow a positive prediction for a funding, i.e. we cannot reliably promise the financial support of a highly qualified new applicant.

We therefore recommend to seek funding by yourself. Our general advice is to negotiate the participation in this study program with your employer and to seek also other incentives, e.g. study time, time for attending the seminars, possibilities for career development. Upon request, we will issue a letter of support for any possible funding bodies once we received your complete application.

The program takes 4 semesters (2 years).

The program starts every year in October.

The exams will be held at the end of each semester during the mandatory attendance seminars. The exams are performed tablet-or paperbased and consist of a selection of single-choice-questions covering the subject of the studies.

The tuition language is English. There is no requirement to be proficient in German.

The successful completion of the study program leads to the international academic degree Master of Science (M.Sc.) with a total of 60 ECTS credit. Furthermore, after a successful Module 3-examination you will obtain a Certificate of Good Clinical Practice.

This program is worldwide recognized, especially in Europe, since the program is based on the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) and is accredited according to the Bologna process for Master’s degrees.

Yes, but only for participation in the attendance seminars. This study program is mainly an online based program. In total, 5 mandatory attendance seminars will take place in Ulm, Germany (duration: between 3 and 5 days). During these seminars, the exams will be held as well.

The program is not defined for any group of specialists, but every applicant has to prove at least one year (physicians) or two years (non-physicians) of professional experience in oncology.

This program is an extra-occupational program that enables to combine career, family and studies. The workload is 360 hours per semester, i.e. 14 hours per week. However, there is no weekly study schedule, so the program allows individual time management.

We support your studies by providing milestone recommendations.

Access to an internet connection with a minimal rate of 200 kbit/s is absolutely required. Additionally, a webcam and headset (for the personal interview) are indispensable.

Yes. A previous Master’s degree will not preclude you from entering the Advanced Oncology study experience.

The master degree is only obtained, if a student has passed all four written module-examinations as well as the Master’s Thesis and has attended the seminars. This means that students who do not pass the examinations or drop out because of other reasons cannot claim that they have obtained the master’s degree although they were studying within a master degree program.

In case that the student does not complete the Master’s Thesis but has passed at least 3 module examinations, a “Diploma of Advanced Studies” certifying the study progress will be issued upon request.

In general, the Master’s Thesis is an essay on a topic related to one of the program’s modules of the student’s choice. In the past, students succeeded with the following types of Master’s thesis

• Retrospective data analysis
• Systematic review or meta-analysis
• Development of a clinical trial protocol
• Business/project development plan
• Data mining
• Laboratory analysis
• Quantitative information collection and the analysis thereof
• Establishing a tumor registry

Formally, the timeframe to write the thesis may not exceed 6 months. The extent of the Master Thesis is usually about 60 to 80 pages.

This is basically feasible. Please be aware that the study program is unable to compensate the laboratories for consumables.

It is possible to introduce students to the director of a particular department in order to establish a personal contact. However, further commitment is subject to the individual decision of department directors.