Master in Toxicology
- Joensuu, Finland
- Kuopio, Finland
Master degree
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
STUDY FORMAT
Key Summary
About: Master in Toxicology at The University of Eastern Finland trains students in applied toxicology drawing on molecular biology, chemistry, anatomy, physiology, and epidemiology. You’ll learn scientific foundations and professional skills to perform human chemical risk assessment. The multidisciplinary research environment supports study and gives a solid foundation for PhD study in toxicology and related sciences. The programme responds to high demand for toxicologists. Keywords: toxicology, chemical risk assessment, molecular toxicology, environmental toxicology.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work in chemical risk assessment, regulatory toxicology, pharmaceutical safety, environmental risk assessment, industrial toxicology, academic research and PhD studies, and biotechnology product safety.
Toxicology is an applied science that has inputs from many scientific disciplines e.g. molecular biology, chemistry, anatomy, physiology, and epidemiology. The program in toxicology provides its students with basic scientific knowledge and professional skills to carry out a human chemical risk assessment. There is a great demand for toxicologists because so many chemicals and products of the biotechnology industry are awaiting risk assessments. The program also provides a solid background for any student wishing to pursue Ph.D. studies in toxicology and related sciences.
Studies
There is a clear shortage of toxicologists capable of making chemical risk assessments in humans, and our program aims to partly answer this need. The program has been planned to allow its graduates to become competent human chemical risk assessors. The program clarifies the EU directives which are the basis for toxicological risk assessment as well as acknowledging the recent attempts at global harmonization of the categorization of all chemicals (new chemicals, medicines, cosmetics).
Teaching in our program is based on the very latest scientific knowledge in human toxicology and the scientific consensus about what kind of knowledge is needed for human risk assessment in the drug and chemical fields. In addition, Finnish national and EU-level legislation and regulations in risk assessment are taken into account in the curriculum.
