Ph.D in Medical or Health Sciences

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PhD program in Medical or Health Sciences at the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee.

To Apply for the PhD Program  

General information | Admissions | Curriculum

General information

Students will work on a hypothesis and research plan, to be approved by the advisor. Scientific writing skills are required, and include the preparation of a thesis and academic articles offering scientific contribution worthy of being published in a first-class journal.

In addition, students are required to take academic courses.

Admission of PhD students

PhD candidates must have at least an 85 GPA for their master's studies, as well as their master's thesis.

Before applying for the PhD program, the student must choose a supervisor.

In certain cases, students will be required to undergo a personal interview by a faculty committee.

For more information about registration and PhD studies see here (in Hebrew).

Curriculum

Research:

  • At the end of the first year of studies, the student will submit the research proposal. It will include preliminary results obtained this year, and establish the work plan. The student will then participate in an oral discussion regarding his proposal and the relevant research, in front of a two-member committee (monitoring committee) appointed by the Faculty committee for research students. Only after the research proposal has been approved by the monitoring committee, it will be forwarded to the university committee for research students, for approval.
  • The follow-up committee will accompany the student's progress during the period of his or her studies. The student must submit a periodic report approved by the supervisor (once a year). The follow-up committee will meet with the student and check the pace of his or her progress.
  • Upon completion of the research, the student will submit a summary report to the monitoring committee. After the approval of the committee, the student will be able to start writing the doctoral thesis.

Courses

  • Students are required to take courses in the scope of 8 annual hours. The courses are to be spread over four years of study.
  • Elective courses for PhD students are taken according to the advice of the supervisors, based on the research specialization of the student, and from the list of graduate courses.
  • Four seminar papers of 0.5 credit each must be submitted  (2 hours of the 8).
  • For students in the medical sciences track, the following 2 courses are compulsory:
  • "New horizons in molecular and cellular biology" (1 semester), course no. 81-900.
  • "Research methods and principles of using scientific equipment and technology" (3 semesters), course no. 81-901.
  • Students are also required to join the "Faculty Colloquium" (lectures on research topics), course No. 81-898.
  • Students in the health sciences track will take other courses according to their field of study and in coordination with the supervisor, equivalent to the same number of points/hours.
  • Students who work in the laboratory with animals are required before starting their work in the laboratory to register for an online course through the University Ethics Committee (without credit).
  • Mandatory basic studies in Judaism are according to the regulations that appear on the website of the School of Basic Studies in Judaism.