Medical Sciences (Hons) University of Malta

Overview

As a Medical Student, if you wish to mainly enhance your laboratory-based research skills, possibly with the longer-term intention of pursuing a career as a “Physician scientist”, then the intercalated degree is intended to offer that very innovative opportunity to do so. The  Medical Sciences (Hons) degree offered by the University of Malta  permits medical students such as yourself to exit and join postgraduate programmes offered by the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery or other Faculties or to re-enter the MD course at a later time.

Career opportunities

• As a graduate in doctor of medicine and surgery, you will have improved options to pursue personal and career objectives in postgraduate medical specialisation, as it provides you with a head start for the necessary scientific skills as a specialist trainee. 

• Moreover, you will have a solid foundation if you are interested in pursuing a doctoral degree to embark on a medical academic career, since it provides an early introduction to the competitive field of high-quality scientific research, publications in high level journey and competitivity for research grants and contracts.

• As healthcare moves towards the development of personalised/ precision medicine, the demand for researchers with combined MD Ph.D. degrees is steadily increasing to service the expanding local research options in medical sciences, health care and biotechnology, on campus, in hospital and at the Life Science Park.

• If you are opting to exit the medical course, this degree will open up possibilities for postgraduate studies in science, health and biotechnology with a view to future employment in these areas the new economic sectors in pharmaceuticals and the Life Science Park and the growing academic programmes shall continue to increase demand for such researchers.