Nursing Science

About this programme

The nursing science degree programs are oriented toward meeting the many needs and challenges in the nursing and healthcare sector. Typical content includes not only theoretical and practical fundamentals of health care and nursing but also special focus topics, for example health promotion and disease prevention. With content focused on research, evidence-based practice and dissemination/implementation of research results, the Master's Degree Program in Nursing Science pursues the educational goals of the Medical University of Graz. The program allows students to intensively explore (nursing) science. The nursing science program is structured according to the multistage model of the Bologna Process. The independent research by students in the Doctoral Program in Nursing Science assists in the development of nursing science and prepares them to be junior researchers in the field of nursing science. The doctoral program is offered in cooperation with Maastricht University, the Netherlands, and with the support of Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland.