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DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PROGRAM IN MEDICAL SCIENCES (INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM)

Level	Doctoral
Faculty	FACULTY OF MEDICINE SIRIRAJ HOSPITAL
Website	https://www.si.mahidol.ac.th/th/

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Degree Designation

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY(MEDICAL SCIENCES)

Additional advantages of the programme

The structure of this program has 5 components. Each applicant requires 24 credits from the following components. (I) Clinical core Subjects 7 Credits (II) Clinical Statistics and Biomedical Informatics 4 Credits (III) Cancer Professional Training Subjects 5 Credits (IV) Research core subjects 8 Credits and another 48 credits from the following component (V) Experiments and Thesis Writing 48 Credits * This program is a joint program collaborating between Mahidol University and Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan

Admission Requirements

1. Graduated Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) and Certified by Office of the Higher Education Commission.
2. Cumulative grade point average at least 3.50 
3. English test score according to the requirement for English proficiency established by the Faculty of Graduate Studies of Mahidol University.
4. Other exceptions may be considered by the Program Administrative Committee and the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies

Curriculum Structure

Plan 2.2 For students with Bachelor's Degree
	Required Courses	7	Credits
	Elective Courses not less than	17	Credits
	Dissertation	48	Credits
	Total not less than	72	Credits

Job option after graduation

-  Specialist doctor in medical science
-  Medical Sciences Researcher

Course Requirements

Plan 2

Required Courses		Credit
For students with Bachelor's degree
COMPONENT I CLINICAL CORE SUBJECTS
	4801 : CLINICAL CORE SUBJECT I	2
	4803 : CLINICAL CORE SUBJECT II	5
	SIMS601 : CLINICAL CORE SUBJECT I	2
Elective Courses		Credit
COMPONENT II CLINICAL STATISTICS AND BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS
	4810 : OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC HEALTH MEDICINE IN DISEASE PREVENTION	2
	4811 : EPIDEMIOLOGY	2
	4812 : CLINICAL BIOSTATISTICS AND STATISTICAL GENETICS	2
	SISR620 : RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN BIOMEDICINE	2
	SISR621 : BIOSTATISTICS IN BIOMEDICINE	2
COMPONENT III CANCER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING SUBJECTS
	04823 :	0
	4820 : OVERVIEW OF CANCER: CANCER BIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY AND ANATOMY	1
	4821 : MINIMAL INVASIVE TREATMENT FOR CANCER I	1
	4822 : MINIMAL INVASIVE TREATMENT FOR CANCER II	1
	4823 : ORGAN-SPECIALIZED CANCER	1
	4824 : PEDIATRIC AND RARE CANCERS	1
	4825 : ADVANCED CLINICAL ONCOLOGY	1
	4826 : CANCER GENOMICS AND PRECISION MEDICINE	1
	4827 : PALLIATIVE MEDICINE: OUTLINE	1
	SISR601 : APPLIED CANCER BIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY	1
	SISR602 : STEM CELL FOR SURGICAL PATIENTS	1
	SISR603 : BASIC SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY	1
	SISR607 : ADVANCED INTER DISCIPLINARY ENDOSCOPY FOR GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT CANCER	1
	SISR608 : PERIOPERATIVE CARE SURGICAL PATIENT	1
	SISR609 : ROBOTIC SURGERY IN UROLOGY	1
	SISR616 : CANCER IMAGING	1
	SISR619 : BASIC LABORATORY RELEVANCE TO SURGERY	1
COMPONENT IV RESEARCH CORE SUBJECTS (SURGERY)
	4840 : SPECIALIZED SURGERIES	4
	4841 : GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY	4
	4842 : HEPATOBILIARY PANCREATIC SURGERY	4
	4843 : HEAD AND NECK SURGERY	4
	4844 : UROLOGY	4
	SISR610 : SURGERY FOR UPPER GI CANCER	4
	SISR611 : SURGERY FOR LOWER GI CANCER	4
	SISR612 : HEPATOBILIARY PANCREATIC SURGERY	4
	SISR613 : VASCULAR SURGERY	4
	SISR614 : UROLOGY	4
	SISR615 : MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO DISEASE OF HEAD NECK AND BREAST	4
COMPONENT IV RESEARCH CORE SUBJECTS (BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES RELATED TO SURGERY)
	4861 : STEM CELL REGULATION	4
	4862 : CLINICAL ANATOMY	4
	4863 : DEVELOPMENTAL AND REGENERATIVE BIOLOGY	4
	4864 : BIOMECHANICS	4
	4865 : CLINICAL ONCOLOGY	4
	SISR617 : PRINCIPLES IN SYSTEMS PHARMACOLOGY	4
	SISR618 : STEM CELL SCIENCE	4
Dissertation		Credit
COMPONENT V EXPERIMENTS AND THESIS WRITING
	4870 : EXPERIMENTS AND THESIS WRITING AT TMDU	24
	SISR799 : EXPERIMENTS AND THESIS WRITING AT MU	24