Life Science & Technology researches the processes in the living cell. The cell is the building block of life, the smallest unit with the characteristics of living systems. Increased knowledge of the mechanisms of the cell can lead to a cleaner industry, better medicines, new methods for combating diseases and isolating enzymes for the development of improved foodstuffs.
The MSc LS&T Leiden programme consists of 4 specialisations:
The programme consists of three parts:
The MSc student becomes a member/colleague in one of research groups within the LIC, Cell Observatory, LUMC, Erasmus or NKI. The MSc student chooses a mentor within the chosen research group who will guide the internschip and who will device a detailed MSc programme together with the student.
The compulsory programme comprises a literature essay with colloquium (6 EC) and a selection of three courses from the LS&T core courses (18 EC).
One other course (6 EC) has to be chosen from the MSc Programme Chemistry or the MSc Programme LS&T, Delft.
The electives consist of a free choice of theoretical courses or an extension of the research internship by a maximum of 20 EC. The mentor may limit the choice in elective courses by the need to adapt the programme to the present knowledge of the student.
Students that choose the EDU, SCS or SBB specialisation need to follow modules specific for a specialisation (30-60 EC) and therefore have a reduced research programme which consists of a compulsory LS&T component (54 EC) and free electives (6-36 EC). The compulsory LS&T module in these specialisations comprise a research internship (30 EC) and four compulsory courses (24 EC) to be selected from either the core MSc LS&T Leiden courses, the core MSc Chemistry Leiden courses or the MSc Programme LS&T, Delft.