Master Program in Biostatistics

Study Plan

The following table contains an EXAMPLE study plan, some of the modules shown below are not offered every year. The scientific coordinator helps students to establish a personal study plan.

Semester Compulsory modules Elective modules
1 (Fall) [30] Likelihood Inference [5], Clinical Biostatistics [6], Generalized Regression [5], Good Statistical Practice [4] Statistical Analysis of High-Throughput Genomic and Transcriptomic Data [5], Statistical Modeling [5]
2 (Spring) [27] Statistical Methods in Epidemiology [5], Survival Analysis [3], Biostatistics Journal Club [4], Statistical Consulting [6] R Programming [2], Modeling Dependent Data [5], Elective at ETH [2]
3 (Fall) [33] Master’s thesis [30], Master’s exam [3]