Our mission is to provide research training around the globe

The Dresden International University (DIU) Master’s Program in Clinical Research is designed to provide excellent training in the methodology and practice of clinical research and create an international platform for medical scientists that is strongly based on teamwork, creativity, out-of-the-box-thinking and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Becoming an outstanding researcher

Our program combines several highly effective ways to foster your career: 

• Our program allows alumni from the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (PPCR) course to obtain a Master of Science degree within one additional year of training. PPCR is a collaborative distance-learning training program offered by Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. We recognize all grades and evaluations obtained during PPCR as equivalent to ECTS. Thus we created a highly efficient integrative educational program during which students receive the academic title Master of Science (MSc) from Dresden International University after having received a PPCR course certificate from Harvard Medical School and the academic title Master of Science (MSc) from Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. 
• Students receive personalized intensive training in presenting themselves and their research in a competitive international environment. In fact, training of presenting skills including intensive mentoring in presenting clinical research data is one of our key components during MPCR. We encourage our students to submit a research or review paper as Master’s thesis. Thus, students do not have to draft an actual 100-page long thesis to complete our program but can submit a DIU- supervised research project and get published instead. This creates an outstandingly beneficial situation where students improve their manuscript writing skills, enhance their publication track record, and avoid writing a regular thesis. (previous publications of our program [http://www.di- uni.de/index.php?id=568]
  

Integrative education and translation into research practice

• Our program faculty includes internationally recognized senior researchers and leaders of their fields from Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries. Our lecturers do not just give teacher centered lectures but rather collaborate with you to generate new ideas and research questions, develop new thinking strategies and help you further develop your individual skills. 
• This unique and very close and open relationship between students and teachers is also a mutually beneficial way of exchanging ideas and creating a strong professional network. During MPCR students will work closely with DIU staff and lecturers in classes, workshops and during preparation of the master’s thesis. The goal is to translate previously learned knowledge into practice and help students with scientific presentation and writing.