Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences

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School of Medicine Nazarbayev University’s School of Medicine (NUSOM) is the first school in Kazakhstan’s history to offer all of its programs in English, following a U.S.-style curriculum by collaborating with expert medical clinicians and biomedical scientists recruited from the global healthcare network. NUSOM was created to enhance the quality of medical education in the Republic of Kazakhstan and generate a transformative health care system that meets the challenges of health care reform in Kazakhstan. NUSOM’s programs offer state-of-the-art technologies that transform our students into expert medical professionals. Candidates for the School of Medicine undergo a rigorous application process and are accepted at the discretion of the SOM admissions department. About the program Our four years Ph.D. program in Biomedical Sciences has been designed to generate a new generation of researchers, who will shape research in Kazakhstan and on the international level. It addresses highly motivated students, who want to be part of a research community working on finding causes and treatments for a variety of different diseases. Our School has strong ties to the hospitals around Nur-Sultan and is therefore in an ideal position as a link between bench and bedside. Our researchers are working on various topics among them cancer, inflammatory and infectious diseases. The program provides broad training in topics necessary for good research as well as a focus on one specific area you are interested in. This program will prepare you for a career in either academia as well as in an industrial setting. General information Campus: Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Language: English Delivery mode: Full time, on-campus Duration: 4 years Work after graduation After having graduated from our program you will be able to choose from a variety of different pathways. Our main objective will be to teach you to become an independent scientist enabling you to work as a postdoc in national and international laboratories gaining experience to ultimately set up your own research group anywhere in the world. This is, however, not the only path you can take. Scientists with a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences are also sought after by centers of translational medicine as well as pharmacological and biomedical companies. You can also go into the health services working in and managing diagnostic laboratories. You can go into academia and become a university professor while doing research at the same time. Or you can completely change track, become an employee of the government forging future research in Kazakhstan or join the editorial board of a scientific journal. There are many possibilities- it is up to you to choose, which path you will follow. Possible future employers are: Universities and Research Institutes around the world Pharmaceutical and Biomedical industry (Pfizer, Merck, Sanofi, Roche, etc.) Translational centers Government Diagnostic laboratories Scientific journals World Health Organization (WHO) Strategic partner University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA Other strategic partners of Nazarbayev University Duke University, Fuqua School of Business (USA) The National University of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (Singapore)  The University of Pennsylvania (USA) The University of Cambridge (UK) Colorado School of Mines (USA) The University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA) The Oak Ridge Associated Universities (USA)

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Nazarbayev University

Located in Nur-Sultan City, Kazakhstan, in Central Asia, Nazarbayev University is a research university with growing international renown combining education and innovation on a state of the art 21st-century campus. NU scholars conduct research in a variety of fields and bring the most ambitious projects to life. Research is supported by internal and external funds each year and carried out in modern laboratories. English as the language of instruction and research at Nazarbayev University, admission and progression systems are entirely merit-based. Read less

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