Biomedical Sciences: Communication

Communication Specialisation

The Communication specialisation is offered by Leiden University Medical Centre in collaboration with the Faculty of Science. The programme, called Science, Communication and Society (SCS), enables students to develop knowledge and insight of, and opinions on a career outside scientific research. It broadens the student’s perspective predominantly in the field of communication (e.g. writing for a newspaper, website or science magazine or working for a museum). Yet, graduates will also be equipped to pursuit a career within scientific biomedical research. The entire programme is taught in English. For Dutch students it is also possible to follow writing classes in Dutch and to do an internship in an environment where Dutch is the only or preferred language.

The programme encompasses compulsory components of the Research master’s programme (at least 60 EC) combined with the Science, Communication and Society programme at the Faculty of Science. A communication internship will be executed at an organization/company/museum with a link to the biomedical field. The internship should contain a research project related to communication. Approval of the internship should be given beforehand by the examination board.

Programme components are:

• The courses Science, Communication and Society Fundamentals and Scientific Narration and visualization (23 EC)

• Project Proposal: Science, Communication and Society (3 EC)

• Training Period Science, Communication and Society (23-34 EC)

For more information on SCS (Fundamentals), go to the website of SCS of the Faculty of Science.

Coordinator M-, C- , E- and H-specialisations
Ms. Dr.ir. J. v.d. Zee