Transfusion Medicine and Cellular and Tissue Therapies (MSc)

This joint two-year parttime Master's programme will equip you with the necessary competences to play a key role in the emerging field of transfusion medicine. Its current concept includes both transfusion of blood components and hematopoietic transplants, cellular and tissue therapy and immunotherapy. Areas that are integrated in the curriculum of this Master's. You can follow this two-year parttime programme in English or Spanish and you can enroll every year (starts in October of every year).

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What does this Master’s programme entail?

The Master's Transfusion Medicine and Cellular and Tissue Therapies is a collaboration between Leiden University (LUMC) and the Autonomous University of Barcelona. By following this programme, you will acquire and develop specific competences in analysing and applying the latest advances in transfusion medicine and cellular therapies. These include competences related to donor management, technical-process design, identification of quality indicators, selection of blood components for clinical use, laboratory diagnosis, cellular therapies and activities in support of scientific knowledge that are complementary to the teaching programme.

Read more on the website of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Why choose 'Transfusion Medicine and Cellular and Tissue Therapies' at Leiden University and Autonomous University of Barcelona?

This globally unique joint Master's is led by professors and reference authors that cover the most up-to-date knowledge possible in the area of transfusion medicine and cellular and tissue therapies.
The collaboration between the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Leiden University, Sanquin and the Blood and Tissue Bank forms one of the most powerful international alliances for the creation and transmission of knowledge in the field.
The courses of the Master's programme will be given completely online, which offers the possibility of following the learning process without needing to coincide in space or time. This gives you the flexibility to combine the programme with other professional and personal responsibilities.