Medipol University

Biostatistics Master of Science Program at Istanbul Medipol University

The main purpose of the Biostatistics Master of Science program is to train biostatistics experts who will ensure that the designs, analyses, and interpretation of scientific studies especailly in medical sciences are carried out in an accurate manner with state-of-the art tools and techniques.

The multifaceted and in-depth data flow, which started with digitalization becoming more pronounced in every stage and front of our lives, has provided us with opportunities that we did not have before in establishing data-based decision-support systems and policies with timely and accurate analysis of such data. The effective use of such an opportunity requires professional training both on theory and real-world practice for the accurate and timely analysis of the existing data growing both in depth and breadth day by day. In order to bridge this gap professionally to some extent in a mega-city like Istanbul that is considered to be one of the industrial and academic research-development and scientific research centers in Turkiye , we, as faculty members of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics Department at Istanbul Medipol University International School of Medicine and School of Medicine, in a mega city like Istanbul, opened this Master of Science program in Biostatistics.

Our students who are accepted to the Master of Science Program in Biostatistics will gain theoretical and practical experience in real data problems and analysis methods to tackle these problems during their education and we will guide them in the transition to business life after graduation by gaining experience of statistical consultancy in the Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Analysis Unit within our university.

Our students will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to plan and conduct scientific studies, to correctly interpret the data structures needed and obtained from research, to determine appropriate analysis methods, and to interpret and present analysis results. Our students who complete this program will not only meet Turkiye's need for Biostatistics with the theoretical, technical and practical training they have received, but they will also benefit from the fact that the program is designed as an English-based program to prepare our graduates to develop self-confidence to consider Professional job opportunities in other parts of the world outside of Turkiye to represent us abroad.

IMU Department of Nutrition and Dietetics aims to train individuals who will take an active role in increasing awareness about health preservation, life span, quality of life, treatment of illnesses, as well as sufficient and balanced diet with a focus on the study of the relation between health and nutrition.

The duration of education is four years, and the language of education is Turkish. By the end of the third year, students attend a three-week summer practice program. During the last year, students follow their internship program, a supervised seven-months practice program with a general emphasis. Placement sites are with hospitals, diet/fitness centers, long-term care facilities, and county health departments. These students are expected to actively participate in solving of nutrition-related issues under the supervision of their professors and specialized dieticians. 

Employment opportunities include health care centers, nutrition and diet consulting centers, food industry, schools, elderly care homes, government agencies, armed forces, hospitals, hotels, restaurants, factories, catering services, and factories.