The one-year Biomedical Sciences Certificate comprises explicit courses that are also offered in the Master degree of Biomedical Science Program. It includes two tracks (Advanced Clinical Practice) and (laboratory Management). The concluded 12 credit hours of this certificate program by the enrolled students will count towards the MSc degree in Biomedical Sciences in terms of prospect admissions. This certificate program offers the students a gradual progression of their knowledge and skills in Biomedical Science and perhaps support the experienced candidates to catch-up with the admission requirements.
The certificate program is a transitional platform to the MSc degree in Biomedical sciences. It gives the opportunity for students with a GPA between 2.0 and 2.79 to pursue the Master degree. The enrollment of this certificate program takes place once every Fall. Students must complete the certificate program with a GPA of 3.2 or higher to be capable of applying to the master program.
- The Certificate program Operational Objectives according to the framework of QU-Health research office are:
- To Increase the number of graduate students.
- To attract high caliber graduate students.
- To provide quality graduate programs that reflect societal needs.
- To facilitate a positive graduate student experience.
- To provide opportunities for innovative and collaborative graduate research.
- To support and enhance graduate research output including research that is aligned to state and university research priorities.
- Position graduate research as a catalyst for social and economic development.
- To provide exemplary governance of graduate programs.
- To assure operational processes at the graduate level represent best practices.