The MSc in Communication, Management and Health is offered by the Institute of Communication and Health of USI's Faculty of Communication situated in Lugano - Switzerland. This full-time study program comprises 120 ECTS spread over 4 semesters (usual duration 2 years) and is entirely offered in English.

The Master’s program in Health Sciences at the University of Lucerne offers students from a wide range of disciplines the necessary knowledge and skills towards a comprehensive understanding of health, functioning, and disability. The program provides a broad background in health sciences from an interdisciplinary perspective. It focuses on describing, understanding, and improving the health of individuals, and the optimal response of society and health systems to the health needs of the population.

The Master in “Cognitive Psychology in Health Communication”, jointly offered by the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences of the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) and the Faculty of Psychology of Vita-Salute San Raffaele University of Milan (UNISR), presents a Master degree programme in cognitive psychology with interdisciplinary training in psychology, neuroscience, health communication, organizational behaviour and management.

The University of Lausanne (UNIL) and the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO) are offering a joint Master of Science (MSc) in Health Sciences including five orientations. It is aimed at students who hold a Bachelor’s in one of these disciplines. This innovative, advanced, interprofessional course is the only one of its kind in Switzerland and allows students to develop and enhance both specific knowledge in their own discipline and a broader understanding of the issues across the five professions.

Placed under the aegis of the University Institute of Training and Research in Patient Care (IUFRS), this programme is intended to train you as specialist nursing clinical practitioners (ICLS), to optimise patient and family-centred care, embed results in clinical practice and develop clinical leadership in nursing. You will be preferred partners for interdisciplinary work in patient care and health promotion. The MScSI teaches skills grouped in the following four areas: direct clinical practice and consultation; clinical project management; team guidance and coaching; and research. These skills will enable you to play a leading role in health-care organisations, ensuring the ongoing renewal of nursing practices. You will contribute to organisational changes and any necessary developments in the health system.

The field of public health is of high importance as it focuses on health at a population/community level. People who are trained in public health and have advanced degrees in this field are in high demand globally. Public health professionals help to prevent the outbreak of diseases, develop a plan of action in case of outbreaks and work at national and international levels in policymaking and implementation.

Organised by the Institute of Higher Education and Research in Healthcare – IUFRS, the aim of the course is to train you to work as an advanced practice nurse (APN), providing direct care to patients and their families, according to your clinical orientation and as part of a nurse-doctor partnership. The Master of Science in Advanced Nursing Practice (MScIPS) is the only course of its kind in Switzerland and prepares students to work as an advanced practice nurse in one of the four following orientations, to be chosen at the time of enrolment.

MSc in Therapeutic Technologies (Medtech, Biomedical IT, Pharma technology) offers an in-depth engineering-based training in Pharma technology, Medical technology, and biomedical IT.

Apply digital techniques and artificial intelligence in healthcare. This master’s degree is in English and focuses on the latest information technology for the medical and pharmaceutical industries. Students will acquire knowledge and learn methods from the field of IT and develop expertise in biomedical data analysis, the application of artificial intelligence, visualization technologies, the handling of big data, and related economic issues. As an example, the programme will address the question of how digitalization impacts drug development, hospital processes, and the health sector in general. An important focus of the masters is personalized medicine. Our work related to digital data will also open up further areas such as data security, control mechanisms, decision-making models, and ethical issues. The numerous internships during the programme will enable students to analyze health data as well as apply and develop software for hospitals and the pharmaceutical industry. Leading providers from the healthcare industry will be actively involved in the study programme and will address innovative topics in seminars.

This recently revised course prepares students for work in a public pharmacy, a hospital pharmacy, or as an official pharmacist. The curriculum is based on the new learning objective catalog of the Federal Medical Professions Act (MedBG) and can be completed with the federal examination in pharmacy. The new MedBG requires that pharmacists should contribute more to basic medical care than before. The "Pharmacy 2016 Learning Objectives Catalog" is based on this principle. The revised master’s program implements these new requirements, which is reflected in the focus on competencies in diagnostics, clinical assessment, and triage in the pharmacy.

Training focused on the acquisition of the skills necessary for the development of new preclinical and clinical medical applications, with lessons on the normal and pathological functioning of the large systems of the human organism. Much emphasis is placed on learning techniques used in medical biology. There are three specialization streams: “Immunology and cancer”, “Neurosciences” and “Pharmacology and toxicology”.

The Master of Science in Behaviour, Evolution and Conservation degree is intended for students who wish to combine an advanced approach to ecology with the possibility of working with fauna, flora or microbes. The Master programme provides in-depth knowledge of the relations between living beings and their environment, their fellows, the resources on which they depend and the dangers they face. It also provides advanced teaching on the evolution of organisms and their mechanisms of adaptation to changing biotic and abiotic environmental conditions.

In this Master's program, you deal with innovative solutions for the food and beverage industry. You recognize innovation as a holistic process and develop new products and processes effectively from raw material to delivery. You consider the knowledge of technology, food, packaging, supply chain, strategy, and design.

The Master of Science in Experimental Biomedical Research (Sp-MScEBR) provides opportunities for a broad learning experience in the area of biomedicine. It emphasizes research training and acquisition of practical skills that will enhance your capacity to take on a future employment and/or develop a career in research.

The Master of Science Drug Sciences provides theoretical and practical skills in the field of the discovery, development, and safety aspects of drugs. This Master's program is focused on a future career in industrial or academic research, product development, or in a regulatory agency. The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and its associates offer a comprehensive Master's course for students with a Bachelor's degree in pharmaceutical sciences. Students with a Bachelor's in a related field within the natural or medical sciences are also encouraged to apply. This course provides basic knowledge focusing on pharmacology and toxicology as well as on the drug discovery and development process. The curriculum was developed by a collaboration of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Basel in close collaboration with scientists from the Department of Biomedicine, the Basel-based life science industry, the Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology, and regulatory authorities.