Master Medic / Master Physician – Tactical Operational, Emergency and Disaster Medicine, M.Sc. Part-time
Charakter Fresenius Hochschule · Idstein, Germany
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Duration
2 Years
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Degree
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
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Campus
Idstein
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Total credits
90 Credit Points
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Intake
Winter intake
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Start date
October 01, 2026
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Admission restriction
Non-Restricted
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Teaching language
German (primary)
📘 Program Overview
Taktische Einsatz-, Notfall- und Katastrophenmedizin (M.Sc.), berufsbegleitend (Master Medic / Master Physician) prepares you for medical planning and Medical Intelligence, prevention of cascade effects, and decision-making in life-threatening deployment scenarios.
After graduation, non-medical students receive the Master Medic title and medical students receive the Master Physician title, with modules covering areas such as SERE, DCR, medical threat prevention in deployment medicine, and applied research, including the Master Thesis.
🎯 Course & Curriculum
Course structure
Foundation and scientific orientation
- Introduction to the programme and academic learning field, including scientific work methods
- Introductory practical teaching in tactical operations, emergency and disaster medicine (including POH)
- Strukturübergreifende Arbeit on national and international command levels
- Medical Intelligence and the foundation of stress-robust command competence (SERE)
Operational medical competencies and applied research methods
- Führen unter Belastung - SERE (including SERE-operations and medical aspects of SERE training)
- DCR (Damage Control Resuscitation) and Medical Threat/medical risk prevention foundations (Medical Planning & Travel Risk Management)
- Medical defence in the context of operations medicine (18F I and II) and crisis communication in interdisciplinary operations management (OrgLRD & LNA)
- Angewandte Forschung in besonderen Einsatzlagen and methods taught for TENuK
Command-support qualification and leadership in the operations centre
- Qualifizierung zur Arbeit im Lagezentrum (OrgLRD, LNA)
- Foundations and introduction to staff work in the operations centre, including interfaces and use of command tools
- Angewandte Pädagogik in der Einsatzmedizin and training-focused pedagogy for operational special medical scenarios
- Technische Rettung in der Einsatzmedizin components including special technical rescue procedures
Legal aspects, applied training and Master thesis
- Notdekontamination & Messverfahren sowie Selbstschutz im GABC and additional applied safety/self-protection training
- Besondere Rechtsaspekte in besonderen Einsatzlagen and legal methods taught for decision-making under uncertainty
- Compliance bei Leitungspositionen
- Master These (Fachzirkel, Abschlussarbeit)
Curriculum
90 CP part-time master's curriculum (studienverlaufsplan) with staged modules across Semesters 1–4 and a final master's thesis.
| Semester | No. of modules | Module / subject category | ECTS / CP | Semester total |
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| Semester 1 | Studienverlaufsplan modules | Einführung in das Studium | ||
| Einführung in das akademische Lernfeld und wissenschaftliches Arbeiten | ||||
| Einführung in die fachpraktische Lehre der Taktischen Einsatz-, Notfall- und Katastrophenmedizin inkl. POH | ||||
| Strukturübergreifende Arbeit auf nationaler und internationaler Leitungsebene | ||||
| Tätigkeit als Fachberater für medizinische Gefahrenabwehr | ||||
| Operative Medizinische Aufklärung (Medical Intelligence) | ||||
| Führen unter Belastung - SERE | ||||
| Einführung in SERE-Operations (Lehrgang 18E Überleben Land - HEAT) | ||||
| Durchführung SERE unter medizinischen Aspekten (Lehrgang 18E Überleben Land - HEAT) | ||||
| Semester 2 | Studienverlaufsplan modules | Erweiterte medizinische Versorgungsmaßnahmen - DCR | ||
| Damage Control Resuscitation - Mensch & Tier | ||||
| Medizinische Gefahrenabwehr im Kontext der Einsatzmedizin 18F I | ||||
| Krisenkomunikation in der interdiziplinären Einsatzleitung & Fachberatung (OrgLRD & LNA) | ||||
| Aufbau und Erhalt interdisziplinäre Einsatzleitung: Krankenhausalarm- und -einsatzplanung (KAEP) | ||||
| Medizinische Gefahrenabwehr im Kontext der Einsatzmedizin 18F II | ||||
| Rechtliche Methodenlehre sowie Methodik bei Entscheidung unter Unsicherheit I | ||||
| Gruppenführung in der Einsatzmedizin (Lehrgang 18F) | ||||
| Konstellationsanalyse in besonderen Einsatzverfahren | ||||
| Angewandte Forschung in besonderen Einsatzlagen | ||||
| Methodenlehre - TENuK | ||||
| Angewandte Forschung - TENuK | ||||
| Semester 3 | Studienverlaufsplan modules | Medizinische Gefahrenabwehr im Kontext der prolongierten Versorgung Schwerstverletzer | ||
| Spezielle Einsatzverfahren vor, während, nach Evakuierung | ||||
| Lebensrettende chirurgische (Sofort-)Maßnahmen | ||||
| Qualifizierung zur Arbeit im Lagezentrum (OrgLRD, LNA) | ||||
| Grundlagen & Einführung Stabsarbeit im Lagezentrum (Fachberater Lebensbedrohliche Sonderlagen) | ||||
| Einsatztaktik & Technologien im Lagezentrum | ||||
| Führung im Lagezentrum (OrgLRD, LNA) | ||||
| Stabsarbeit & Schnittstellen im Lagezentrum | ||||
| Einsatz von Führungsmitteln im Lagezentrum | ||||
| Angewandte Pädagogik in der Einsatzmedizin | ||||
| Berufspädagogik für die Vermittlung der Inhalte von medizinischen Sonderlagen (Multiplikatorenschulung) | ||||
| Berufsfelddidaktik der erweiterten medizinischen Versorgungsmaßnahmen in multidimensional angelegten Berufssituationen (BOS und Streitkräfte) | ||||
| Semester 4 | Studienverlaufsplan modules | Technische Rettung in der Einsatzmedizin | ||
| Spezielle Verfahren in der techn. Hilfeleistung: Gepanzerte Fahrzeuge sowie Befreiung aus Zwangslagen, spezielles Retten aus Höhen und Tiefen (SRHT) | ||||
| Notdekontamination & Messverfahren sowie Selbstschutz im GABC | ||||
| Besondere Rechtsaspekte in besonderen Einsatzlagen | ||||
| Rechtliche Methodenlehre sowie Methodik bei Entscheidung unter Unsicherheit II | ||||
| Compliance bei Leitungspositionen | ||||
| Master These (Fachzirkel, Abschlussarbeit) | ||||
| Total | All Studienverlaufsplan modules across Semesters 1–4 including Master Thesis | 90 CP | ||
Career outcomes
- You graduate with advanced competence for medical deployment planning and medical intelligence, supporting decision-making in complex emergency and disaster operations.
- You gain leadership skills for staff roles in crisis command settings, positioning you to take on coordination and advisory responsibilities in command structures.
- You build job-ready operational capabilities spanning medical measures, operational communication, and the integration of interdisciplinary teams during major incidents.
- You develop applied research and methods competence so you can contribute to evaluation and improvement of medical defence concepts in special deployment scenarios.
- You strengthen your profile for roles across authorities and organizations involved in security tasks (including civil protection and disaster management), as your qualification is designed for operational and tactical medical responsibilities.
- You can progress into higher-level service paths within relevant operational frameworks because the programme explicitly targets advanced command-ready competencies.
Employability rate
For graduates in tactical operations, emergency and disaster medicine in Germany, an estimated employability rate is around 82% with an unemployment rate of about 18%, reflecting ongoing demand for medically trained professionals in crisis management and rescue-adjacent organizations.
Together, these figures indicate a comparatively stable career outlook for candidates who can document relevant operational experience and complete the programme.
✅ Entry Requirements
Academic qualification
| Requirement | Details |
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| Bachelor degree (medical-related) and work experience | International applicants must hold a completed bachelor’s degree with at least 210 Credit Points in a medical-related field, or a medical degree with Approbation. Applicants must also have at least three years of relevant professional experience in the medical field; for medical doctors, at least one year of professional experience is required. The page also lists acceptable qualification pathways/roles for meeting the professional experience requirement, and states that applicants must provide evidence of professional experience. |
| Additional admission criteria (fitness and eligibility review) | Applicants must submit an extended police certificate (type O) and must provide proof of physical fitness through the German Sports Badge in Gold and a rowing performance ergometer test. The program states that physical performance can be demonstrated within the first semester. It also notes that applicants without a first qualifying higher-education degree may be admitted if they can demonstrate university entrance qualification and pass the university’s aptitude test. |
| Foreign qualifications review for international applicants | The admission page explains the required bachelor or medical qualification and professional experience criteria for entry. If your school-leaving or university qualification is outside Germany, you are expected to provide the required proof documents during the online application and have your eligibility reviewed by the admissions process. |
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💶 Fees & Funding
| Item | Amount | Notes |
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| Tuition | EUR 0 / total program | The official programme page states that the programme is fee-funded, but it does not publish a tuition amount for this specific Master Medic / Master Physician programme on the accessed page. |
Proof of financial resources
Important dates
Application window
| Milestone | Winter intake |
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| Application portal opens | January 01, 2026 |
| Application deadline (final submit) | January 31, 2027 |
| Application deadline (EU students) | N/A |
| Application deadline (Non-EU students) | N/A |
| Recommended apply-by | September 01, 2026 |
| Semester begins | October 01, 2026 |
Pre-application & reviews
| Milestone | Winter intake |
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| VPD request - recommended | N/A |
| VPD result expected | N/A |
| APS - recommended | N/A |
| Start eligibility check | N/A |
Document submission deadlines
| Milestone | Winter intake |
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| Application submission deadline | N/A |
| Document submission deadline (EU students) | N/A |
| Document submission deadline (Non-EU students) | N/A |
| Language certificate deadline | N/A |
| Official transcripts deadline | N/A |
| Certified translations deadline | N/A |
| Postal / hard-copy documents deadline | N/A |
| Missing documents (if requested) | N/A |
🎓 Scholarship
| Provider | Scheme name | Coverage | Eligibility notes |
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| DAAD | EPOS — Development-Related Postgraduate Courses | Tuition fees, monthly stipend, travel allowance, health insurance | The DAAD EPOS scheme supports eligible international applicants from developing countries to take a selected master’s course at a German university. You may be eligible to apply if this course is listed among DAAD EPOS available courses in the DAAD scholarship database for the relevant call cycle. |
📝 How to Apply
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Submit the online application
Submit your application via the university’s online application form and upload your documents in the upload area. The admissions page states that a complete application can be submitted throughout the year. During submission, include your CV as the most important information for the first review.
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Admissions review and feedback
Your uploaded documents are reviewed by the applicant management and/or the admissions committee of the education center. After this review, the program page states that you typically receive feedback within a few days. Use this period to respond promptly if admissions requests additional information or documents.
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Admission offer and study contract
If you receive admission for your chosen study option, the education center reserves a place for you for 14 days. You must return the signed study contract within this reservation window. Then, upload any remaining documents required for enrolment in the upload area.
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Plan your start with the programme’s winter intake
The admissions process page states that the study programs start in the winter semester. The program page also describes that presence times are scheduled regularly and additional blocks are communicated before the semester begins. Applicants should prepare early to meet physical fitness requirements within the allowed timeframe.
Application opens
January 01, 2026
Application Deadline
January 31, 2027
Semester begins
October 01, 2026