Field guide · Germany
Health and medicine master's in Germany
Public health, epidemiology, biomedical, health-economics and neuroscience master's at German public universities — English-taught, backed by Helmholtz and Charité research.
Programmes148in Germany
Universities61
Duration24 mo111 of 148
Tuition (non-EU)€338 – €15,800recorded fees, 49 of 148
About health & medicine master’s in Germany
Germany's health-sciences master's ecosystem sits at Charité Berlin (Europe's largest university hospital), Heidelberg, LMU Munich, TU Munich, Hannover Medical School, Freiburg, Tübingen and the Universities of Hamburg, Cologne and Göttingen — with adjacent depth from the Helmholtz Association's biomedical centers (DKFZ Heidelberg, HZI Braunschweig, MDC Berlin). Sub-fields with the deepest English-taught coverage: public health and epidemiology, biomedical engineering and biomedical sciences, health economics, molecular medicine, neuroscience, and global health. Note that human medicine (MD) itself is a separate long-cycle programme in Germany, not a taught master's. Public tuition is essentially free (semester contribution €150–€400); Baden-Württemberg charges €1,500/semester for non-EU students. IELTS 6.5 / TOEFL 88 is standard.
Top schools in Germany
Ranked using THE / QS /ARWU where available.
Technical University of Munich
Munich · 6 programmes
THE #26
University of Cologne
Cologne · 2 programmes
FT MiM #37
Heidelberg University
Heidelberg · 3 programmes
THE #47
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Munich · 7 programmes
QS_WORLD_2025 #59
University of Bonn
Bonn · 6 programmes
ARWU #61
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Berlin · 9 programmes
THE #91
RWTH Aachen University
Aachen · 2 programmes
THE #92
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin · 4 programmes
QS_WORLD_2025 #97
University of Tübingen
Tübingen · 3 programmes
THE #98
University of Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau · 3 programmes
ARWU #101
University of Göttingen
Göttingen · 4 programmes
THE #121
Technische Universität Berlin
Berlin · 1 programme
THE #140
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main · 1 programme
ARWU #151
Universität Ulm
Ulm · 2 programmes
THE #199
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf · 4 programmes
ARWU #201
Programmes by school
Up to three programmes per top school — click through for admission facts and tuition.
University of CologneCologne
Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg
Freie Universität BerlinBerlin
University of TübingenTübingen
University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau
University of GöttingenGöttingen