Academics

Curriculum/Course

To prepare students for an exciting career in frontier biomedical research, the MMP program provides in-depth laboratory trainings, scientific courses, seminars, and forums involving outstanding invited speakers from aboard (e.g. Nobel laureates; members of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, ROC, etc.).

During their first year of study, graduate students in the MMP program will take two laboratory rotations and a multidisciplinary core course in preparation for advanced coursework in specific areas of interest. Various research groups spanning nearly every major field in biomedical sciences offer a variety of advanced courses. By selecting different combinations of advanced courses, graduate students have the flexibility to formulate an interdisciplinary education tailored to their individual interests and career objectives.

Course Availability

2024 Spring Course Overview
2023 Fall Course Overview
2023 Spring Course Overview

Credit Requirements

  1. Students with a master’s degree must complete at least 18 credits of professional and specialty courses.
  2. Students entering with a BS degree must complete a minimum of 30 credits, including the required credits set by this program.

Required Courses

All graduate students in MMP are required to take the following courses as part of the core curriculum for the molecular medicine program. For more details on course description and course syllabus, please refer to the individual course links below:

Courses Credits Notes
Molecular Medicine 3 Fall semester, Tuesdays, 13:30-16:20,
Seminar in Molecular Medicine 4 Fridays, 13:30-15:20, 1 credit per semester, students will have to complete a total of 4 credits within the first two years.
Laboratory Rotations 2 1 credit per semester, students will have to complete a total of 2 credits within the first year
Progress Report 0 Students have to register this course in the Spring semester, and students are required to submit a progress report every year starting from the third year.
Research Ethics 0 Online course on the Academic Research Ethics Education (AREE), students have to finish this course in the first year

Elective Courses

In addition to the courses offered in this program, students may also take other relevant biomedical courses offered by other TIGP programs at Academia Sinica (with the consent of the advisor). Students can also choose their electives from other related courses at National Yang-Ming University (with English as the medium of instruction), accounting for up to one-third of the credits required for graduation (with the consent of the advisor). Please refer to the individual course links below for more descriptions on the courses:s

  1. Experimental Approaches in Molecular Medicine by TIGP-MM (2 credits, every spring)
  2. Special Topics in Neurobiology (2 credits, every spring)
  3. Professional development for a graduate student by TIGP-MCB (2 credits, every spring)
  4. Molecular & Cellular Approaches to Biotechnologies by TIGP-MBAS (2 credits, every spring)
  5. Advanced Microbiology by TIGP-MBAS (3 credits, every spring)
  6. Basic Molecular Biology II (B2) by TIGP-Bioinfo (3 credits, every spring)
  7. Advanced Algorithms (C2) by TIGP-Bioinfo (3 credits, every spring)
  8. Immunology by TIGP-MM (2 credits, spring, every 2 years)
  9. Core approaches for current molecular biology by TIGP-MCB, MM, MBAS (1 credit, every fall)
  10. Advanced Statistical Methods in Bioinformatics (S2) by TIGP-Bioinfo (3 credits, every spring)
  11. Molecular and Cell Biology by TIGP-MCB (4 credits, every fall)
  12. Single-cell Genomics (3 credits, every spring)
  13. Experimental Approaches in Molecular and Cell Biology by TIGP-MCB (1 credit, every fall)
  14. Introduction to Neuroscience by TIGP-INS (3 credits, every fall)
  15. Translational Medicine by TM (3 credits, every fall)
  16. Stem Cell Biology TM (3 credits, every fall)
Note:

Students are encouraged to take courses offered by other TIGP programs (https://tigp.sinica.edu.tw/posts/155806) to fulfill credit requirements. If the course you’d like to take is not on the NYCU course list, students could apply to take the course not on the list, but must meet the requirements here:
Contact the program and the coordinator of the course. Get confirmation to take the course.
1. Send the course information to the secretary of the MM program, including course title, credits, time & venue, coordinator, and syllabus.
2. The application must be submitted at least two weeks before the semester starts.
3. If the course is approved by the Curriculum Committee, it can count as credits for graduation requirements.