Doctoral study program (Ph.D.) bioethics is concerned about ethical questions accompanying health and medical care from diagnostics and therapy through prevention and experimentation to transplantation of organs and tissues. Pivotal themes include informed consent, the dignity of the human being, and health or quality of life. Other fields are the normative facet of genetics and stem cells, collection, and protection of information regarding patients, and just allocation of means in health care. In addition, bioethics has a tight affinity to some further disciplines like the philosophy of medicine, moral psychology, neuroethics, etiology of humans, and medical law. Regarding method, bioethics belongs to philosophy while the standard span of study is 4 years.

When asked if everything technically possible is ethically correct, it is necessary to look for answers not only in science but also in ethics. Ethics (bioethics) provides basic and universal rules that try to put limits or margins on science.

The main objective of the Master of Science in Bioethics is to train highly qualified students for research work or professional activities in the domain of bioethics, an interdisciplinary field that studies value questions that arise in health care, public health and biomedical research. Find out more about the course content, starting profile, future prospects,... on the programme's website

The Master of Bioethics degree is a new collaborative program of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. An innovative, interdisciplinary, and cross-divisional graduate program, the goal of the MBE program is to prepare students from diverse individual and professional backgrounds for the bioethics challenges of professional and civic life. The rigorous pursuit of human wellbeing through health care and research has resulted in tremendous gains, locally and globally, for the benefit of individuals and populations. From the first ventilator to the first vaccine, such scientific and technological discoveries have been used to prolong life and alleviate human suffering while advancing health-related knowledge. These advancements, however, often present challenging ethical questions — for individuals and society — about appropriate use, access, safety, and rights and obligations, among many others.

This virtual Diploma is carried out in conjunction with the Course “Introduction to Clinical and Social Bioethics” of the Permanent Education Program in Bioethics (PEPB) of the Unesco Network.

The Master of Arts in Urban Bioethics, offered through the Center for Urban Bioethics, is the nation’s only bioethics degree explicitly focused on health equity.

The Combined Postbac Premed-M.S. Bioethics Program, offered in partnership with the Columbia University School of Professional Studies, allows highly-qualified students to enrich and diversify their premedical education prior to enrolling in medical school.