Master in Toxicology
University of Eastern Finland
Key Information
Campus location
Kuopio, Finland
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 8,000 / per year *
Application deadline
Request info
Earliest start date
Sep 2025
* Per academic year. We offer generous tuition waivers, which are up to 70% of the annual tuition fee.
Introduction
Toxicology is an applied science that has inputs from many scientific disciplines e.g. molecular biology, chemistry, anatomy, physiology, and epidemiology. The program in general toxicology provides its students with basic scientific knowledge and professional skills to carry out a human chemical risk assessment. There is a great demand for toxicologists because so many chemicals and products of the biotechnology industry are awaiting risk assessments. The program also provides a solid background for any student wishing to pursue Ph.D. studies in toxicology and related sciences.
Curriculum
Studies
There is a clear shortage of toxicologists capable of making chemical risk assessments in humans, and our program aims to partly answer this need. The program has been planned to allow its graduates to become competent human chemical risk assessors. The program clarifies the EU directives which are the basis for toxicological risk assessment as well as acknowledging the recent attempts at global harmonization of the categorization of all chemicals (new chemicals, medicines, cosmetics).
Teaching in our program is based on the very latest scientific knowledge in human toxicology and the scientific consensus about what kind of knowledge is needed for human risk assessment in the drug and chemical fields. In addition, Finnish national and EU-level legislation and regulations in risk assessment are taken into account in the curriculum.