Interdisciplinary Master Program in Molecular Medicine
Academic Year 2024
Group A – Domestic Students
The program is designed with a minimum graduation credit requirement, consisting of a total of 13 credits for required and elective courses. It offers a multidisciplinary approach with 4 credits of core required courses to allow students to pursue research-oriented elective courses based on disease-related themes, fostering independent and self-directed learning. These elective courses are arranged as part of the graduation credits.
Core Required Courses:
1st Semester: “Disease and Health Special Topics” (2 credits), which is facilitated by physician-scientists and employs a problem-based learning approach, encouraging more interactive discussions and problem-solving between faculty and students.
2nd Semester: “Quantitative Data Analysis” (2 credits) serves as a fundamental information course, ensuring that biomedical students are well-versed in the logical algorithms and data processing methods of biomedical databases.
The content of required and elective course planning is as follows:
| Teaching Grade/Level | Course Titles | Number of credits | Core (Electives) Curriculum | Lecturer |
| M1 | Disease and Health Special Topics | 2 | Core Curriculum | Cheng-Chang Lien |
| M1 | Quantitative Data Analysis | 2 | Core Curriculum | Cho-Yi Chen |
| M1 | Biomedical Lecture (I) | 1 | Core Curriculum | Cheng-Chang Lien |
| M2 | Biomedical Lecture (II) | 1 | Core Curriculum | Cheng-Chang Lien |
| M1 | Special Topics Discussion (I) | 1 | Core (Electives) Curriculum | Chao-Hsiung Lin |
| M1 | Special Topics Discussion (II) | 1 | Core (Electives) Curriculum | Chao-Hsiung Lin |
| M2 | Special Topics Discussion (III) | 1 | Core (Electives) Curriculum | Ao-Lin Hsu |
| M2 | Special Topics Discussion (IV) | 1 | Core (Electives) Curriculum | Ao-Lin Hsu |
| M1 | Thesis Progress Report (I) | 1 | Core (Electives) Curriculum | Cheng-Chang Lien |
| M2 | Thesis Progress Report (II) | 1 | Core (Electives) Curriculum | Cheng-Chang Lien |
| M2 | Thesis Progress Report (III) | 1 | Core (Electives) Curriculum | Cheng-Chang Lien |
Group B -International Students
| Mini. Term of Study | 1 years |
| Minimum Credits | 13 credits |
| Curriculum and Regulations | Required Courses Molecular and Cellular Biology (2 credits, 1st semester of the 1st year) Special lectures on biomedicine (1 credit per semester, for a total of 2 credits within the first two years) Gender Equity Education (0 credit, online course from NYCU) Students’ Academic and Research Ethics Education Program(0 credit, online course from NYCU) Required Elective courses Seminar (1 credit per semester, for a total of 4 credits within the first two years) Progress Report (1 credit per semester, for a total of 3 credits within the first two years) Elective courses Physiology (2 credits) Experimental techniques for biomedical science (3 credits) Immunology (2credits) Molecular Medicine (3 credits) Other graduate-level courses related to life sciences from NYCU (as follow information  ) |
| English Medium Course Course unit：College of Life Sciences | ||||||||
| Course no | Permanent Course ID | Course Name | Class Time/Room [Code definition] | credit | hours | Lecturers | Type | memo |
| 133601 | LSSL30005 | 生理學 Physiology | F56-YR104[YM] | 2 | 2 | 陳儀聰、黃自強、李曉暉、侯珮珊 | 選修 Elective | 1. Courses are taught entirely in English. 2. The English-language courses are offered based on a minimum enrollment of three or more international students. |
| 133602 syllabus | LSSL30013 | 生醫科學實驗技術 Experimental techniques for biomedical science | W567-YC516[YM] | 3 | 3 | 郭津岑 Jean-Cheng Kuo Other Lecturers please see syllabus | 選修 Elective | 1. Courses are taught entirely in English. 2. The English-language courses are offered based on a minimum enrollment of three or more international students. |
| 133603 syllabus | LSSL30008 | 生命科學院-生物醫學講座 Special lectures on biomedicine | W78- Meeting room No.3 of Auditorium and Activity Center[YM] | 1 | 2 | 連正章 Cheng-Chang Lien | 必修 Required | 1. Courses are taught entirely in English. 2. This course is primarily limited to students of the College of Life Science at our university, including undergraduate students, and students of the Graduate Institute of Biopharmaceutical Sciences at the College of Pharmacy. Other students who wish to take the course must obtain approval from our college. 3. Inter-school course selection is not available. |
| 133604 syllabus | LSSL30003 | 分子細胞生物概論 Molecular Cell Biology | F34-YC516[YM] | 2 | 2 | 王琬菁 Won-Jing Wang Other Lecturers please see syllabus | 選修 Elective | 1. Courses are taught entirely in English. 2. The English-language courses are offered based on a minimum enrollment of three or more international students. 3. This course is open to students in their junior year and above. |
| English Medium Course Course unit：Department of Life Sciences and Institute of Genomic Sciences | ||||||||
| Course no | Permanent Course ID | Course Name | Class Time/Room [Code definition] | credit | hours | Lecturers | Type | memo |
| 133001 syllabus | LSGS30038 | 進階英文科學寫作(B) Advanced Scientific Writing in English (B) | R34-YK104[YM] | 1 | 1 | 柯比 KIRBY RALPH | 選修 Elective | 1. Courses are taught entirely in English. 2. If you wish to take this course, please register through the Department of Molecular and Genomic Sciences. To maintain the quality of instruction, enrollment is limited to nine graduate students, with classes held during the first nine weeks, two hours per session, and the course concluding ahead of schedule. |
| 133002 syllabus | LSGS30049 | 當合成生物學遇見諾貝爾獎 Synthetic Biology x Nobel Prizes | M56-YK101[YM] | 2 | 2 | 陳瀅州 Ying-Chou Chen | 選修 Elective | For students at the sophomore level and above, including master’s and doctoral candidates. This is a blended learning course, conducted both in-person and online. (YK101 at Yang-Ming campus, Online for NCTU campus. Please request the online access link from the instructor). |
| 133003 syllabus | LSGS30005 | 基礎英文科學寫作 Basic Scientific Writing in English | W56-YK101[YM] | 1 | 1 | 柯比 KIRBY RALPH | 選修 Elective | 1. Courses are taught entirely in English. 2. Limitation on enrollment: To maintain course quality. Classes run for the first nine weeks, two hours per session, and the course concludes earlier. This is a blended learning course, conducted both in-person and online (YK101 at Yang-Ming campus, Online for NCTU campus. Please request the online access link from the instructor). |
| 133013 syllabus | LSGS30041 | 鑑識分子遺傳學 Forensic Molecular Genetics | M34-YK104[YM] | 1 | 1 | 柯比 KIRBY RALPH | 選修 Elective | 1. Courses are taught entirely in English. 2. Classes are held for the first nine weeks, with each session lasting two hours, and the course concludes ahead of schedule. |
| 133018 syllabus | LSGS30037 | 進階英文科學寫作(A) | T56-YK104[YM] | 1 | 1 | 柯比 KIRBY RALPH | 選修 Elective | 1. Courses are taught entirely in English. 2. To enroll in the course, please go to the Department of Life Sciences and Genomic Research Center. To maintain teaching quality, the course is limited to 7 graduate students, with classes held for the first nine weeks, each lasting two hours, and the course concluding ahead of schedule. |
| English Medium Course Course unit：Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | ||||||||
| Course no | Permanent Course ID | Course Name | Class Time/Room [Code definition] | credit | hours | Lecturers | Type | memo |
| 132804 syllabus | LSMI30034 | 免疫學 Immunology (in English) | F34-YC313[YM] | 2 | 2 | 葛一樊 Ivan Dzhagalov | 必修 Required | |
| 132815 syllabus | LSMI30064 | 免疫學新知 112-1 Current topics in immunology 112-1 | T34-YC401[YM] | 2 | 2 | 徐嘉琳 葛一樊 Chia-Lin Hsu、Ivan Dzhagalov | 選修 Elective | |
| English Medium Course Course unit：Institute of Neuroscience | ||||||||
| Course no | Permanent Course ID | Course Name | Class Time/Room [Code definition] | credit | hours | Lecturers | Type | memo |
| 132711 syllabus | LSNS30045 | 計算神經科學 Computational Neuroscience | W234-YL839[YM] | 3 | 3 | 陳俊仲 | 選修 Elective | |
Group of Dual Degree
The Taiwan-Vietnam Dual Degree Program is structured to include a one-semester exchange (0.5 years) in Taiwan, followed by three semesters (1.5 years) of dual degree program. During the exchange semester, international students can immerse themselves in Taiwanese culture while taking courses and doing research that complements their academic goals. The subsequent semesters will be dedicated to rigorous academic training, ensuring students meet the requirements for the dual degree. Master’s students in this program must complete a total of 13 credits, including required and elective courses and a thesis. The detailed curriculum planning is given below.
| Required Courses (total 7 credits) •Special Lectures on Biomedicine (1 credit per semester, for a total of 2 credits within the three semesters) •Seminar (1 credit per semester, for a total of 3 credits within the three semesters) •Progress Report (1 credit per semester, for a total of 2 credits within the first and second semesters) •Gender Equity Education (0 credit, online course from NYCU) •Students’ Academic and Research Ethics Education Program (0 credit, online course from NYCU) |