Postgraduate medicine & health in Europe (MSc & PhD)
English-taught postgraduate programmes - master's and PhD - in health and medical sciences, by country. We only list what's genuinely taught in English, from verified universities.
Read this first. These are taught master's (MSc) and PhD programmes for research, public health, health management and academic careers. They are not clinical specialisation / residency - across Europe that is conducted in the national language and is largely closed to non-EU doctors. For most Indian doctors, clinical PG is done back in India via NEET-PG. We'll always tell you which route actually fits.
Latvia
Rฤซga Stradiลลก University (RSU) - the university behind our MBBS in Latvia listing - offers a focused set of English-taught postgraduate options, plus doctoral (PhD) research in medicine and health sciences.
2 English courses โ๐ฑ๐นLithuania
The Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) in Kaunas runs English-taught second-cycle (master's) programmes in public health, alongside a doctoral (PhD) research school in the biomedical and health sciences.
3 English courses โ๐ช๐ชEstonia
The University of Tartu (founded 1632), Estonia's oldest and most research-intensive university, offers 25 English-taught master's programmes - several in health and medical sciences - plus a strong PhD research school.
5 English courses โ๐ญ๐บHungary
Semmelweis University in Budapest (founded 1769) - Hungary's oldest medical university - offers English-taught master's programmes in the health sciences and one of the region's largest English-language doctoral (PhD) schools.
4 English courses โ๐ฎ๐ชIreland
Ireland - a native English-speaking country - has one of Europe's richest English-taught postgraduate offerings. Trinity College Dublin, RCSI, UCD, UCC and the University of Galway run master's across public health, global health, epidemiology, molecular medicine, clinical research, health data science and healthcare management, plus PhD research.
22 English courses โ๐จ๐พCyprus
The University of Nicosia (UNIC) Medical School - Cyprus's first - offers English-taught, often online, master's programmes in public health, family medicine and health-services administration, on an English-speaking island.
3 English courses โ๐ต๐ฑPoland
Poland's medical universities - Jagiellonian, Warsaw and ลรณdลบ - are famous for English-taught MBBS. Most taught health master's, though, are in Polish, so the clear English postgraduate route here is doctoral (PhD) research.
1 English course โ๐ฎ๐นItaly
Italian universities - the University of Milan and SDA Bocconi among them - run English-taught master's in global health, medical biotechnology and healthcare management, plus PhD research across the health sciences.
4 English courses โ๐จ๐ฟCzech Republic
Charles University in Prague - one of the world's oldest universities - runs a very large doctoral school, with English-language PhD study in medicine and the health sciences.
1 English course โ๐ธ๐ฐSlovakia
Comenius University's Jessenius Faculty of Medicine (Martin) offers English-language doctoral (PhD) studies in medicine and dentistry.
1 English course โ๐ง๐ฌBulgaria
Bulgaria's medical universities teach medicine in English. At postgraduate level, the Medical University of Plovdiv offers an online English master's in public health and health management for doctors.
1 English course โ๐ฌ๐ทGreece
Greece's leading universities run English-taught research master's - the University of Athens (NKUA) in molecular biomedicine and the University of Crete in immunobiology - strong routes into biomedical research.
2 English courses โ๐ญ๐ทCroatia
The University of Zagreb School of Medicine runs an English-language PhD in Biomedicine and Health Sciences (and Neuroscience), on the Adriatic.
1 English course โ๐ฉ๐ชGermany
Germany's undergraduate medicine is in German - but at postgraduate level there are strong English options: Charitรฉ's Berlin School of Public Health (MSc Epidemiology) and Heidelberg's respected MSc International Health, plus English-language PhDs.
3 English courses โ๐ธ๐ชSweden
Karolinska Institutet - one of the world's leading medical universities - offers a wide range of English-taught master's in global health, public health, health economics, biomedicine and nutrition, plus PhD research.
6 English courses โ๐ช๐ธSpain
In Barcelona, ISGlobal and the University of Barcelona run English-taught master's in global health and public health - a leading Mediterranean hub for global-health education.
2 English courses โ๐ณ๐ฑthe Netherlands
The Netherlands is one of Europe's richest sources of English-taught health master's - Maastricht University (global health, epidemiology) and Erasmus MC among them - plus English-language PhD research.
4 English courses โ๐ฉ๐ฐDenmark
The University of Copenhagen offers a cross-disciplinary English MSc in Global Health, plus English-language PhD research.
2 English courses โ๐ณ๐ดNorway
The University of Oslo offers an English master's in international community health, plus English-language PhD research.
2 English courses โ๐ซ๐ทFrance
France's EHESP School of Public Health runs the country's flagship Master of Public Health entirely in English, and French universities offer English-language PhD research.
2 English courses โ๐ง๐ชBelgium
The Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp - a world leader - runs an English Master of Public Health, and Belgian universities (KU Leuven and others) offer English-language PhD research.
2 English courses โ๐จ๐ญSwitzerland
The University of Geneva (MSc Global Health) and the Swiss TPH with the University of Basel (MSc Epidemiology, Infection Biology) run English-taught master's in a global-health powerhouse.
2 English courses โ๐ฆ๐นAustria
The Medical University of Vienna - Austria's largest medical research institution - offers English master's (such as Molecular Precision Medicine) and a broad range of English PhD programmes.
2 English courses โ๐ซ๐ฎFinland
Tampere University runs an English Master's in Public and Global Health, plus English doctoral programmes in health sciences and in epidemiology and public health.
2 English courses โ๐ต๐นPortugal
NOVA University Lisbon's National School of Public Health - top-ranked in Europe - runs an English Master in Public Health, and Portuguese universities offer English-language PhD research.
2 English courses โ๐ฒ๐นMalta
Malta is a native English-speaking EU country; the University of Malta runs an English Master of Science in Public Health.
1 English course โ๐ฎ๐ธIceland
The University of Iceland offers English-taught master's and doctoral programmes in public health sciences.
2 English courses โ๐ฑ๐บLuxembourg
The University of Luxembourg runs an International Master of Science in Biomedicine - a tri-national English degree shared with Strasbourg and Mainz.
1 English course โ๐ฌ๐งthe UK
The UK - English-speaking and home to many of the world's top universities - offers one-year taught master's (MSc) across public health, global health, epidemiology, clinical research, biomedicine, genomics, health data science and more, at institutions like Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, UCL, King's, Edinburgh, Manchester, Glasgow and LSHTM.
29 English courses โMore countries are added as we verify their English-taught postgraduate offerings from official sources.