AUC's curriculum includes a 'Health and Well-being' theme that intends to support students who would like to go on to study at postgraduate programmes in the health and life sciences. In particular, AUC in collaboration with both Amsterdam Medical Centre (AMC) and VU University Medical Centre (VUmc) has developed a so-called "pre-med track" for those students who would like to enter a (Dutch) medical master programme after graduation from AUC. The pre-med track consists of a set of eight courses in the medical sciences, which cover subjects relevant for admission to the medical master programmes of VUmc and AMC (see minimum exam requirements, below).
AUC pre-med courses:
| 100 Level: | The Human Body I |
| | Mechanisms of Disease |
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| 200 level: | Metabolic Biochemistry |
| | Hormones and Homeostasis
Molecular Cell Biology
Immunology
The Human Body II |
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| 300 Level: | Infection and Tropical Diseases |
After completion of the AUC pre-med track, students will be eligible to apply to either the VUmc or AMC medical master programme. Please note that the entrance requirements for both medical master programmes are highly selective and competitive, so although AUC graduates will be eligible there is no guarantee they will get a place.
General admission criteria for the medical master programme at VUmc or AMC include:
- Legal high school requirements (Dutch N&T,N&G or equivalent)
- International students: NT2 Dutch language proficiency
- BSc degree (AUC degree; pre-med track)
- Entrance exam*
- Interview
*Minimum Exam Requirements:
- Physiology of heart, kidneys and lungs
- Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Metabolism (carbohydrate, protein, fatty acid)
- Anatomy and Embryology
- Histology
- Infection and Immune system
- Hormonal Regulations
(see also AUC pre-med courses above)
For further information on other postgraduate programmes in the health and life sciences at the VU and UvA for which AUC students will also be eligible, we recommend that you visit their websites (see links below).
