The pre-enrolment for the 2018/2019 course of the 5th edition of the Master's Degree in Biomedical Translational Research from the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR), has just opened. The centre is affiliated to the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). This year is the 5th edition of this official master's degree that has become one of the most prestigious in the field of health care research in Spain.The master has already had over a hundred and fifty students (37 of the first edition, 48 of the second, also 48 of the third and 44 of the last edition), interested in acquiring knowledge and competences to work for improving tomorrow's medicine. Most of them, did or are still doing their internship at VHIR, and 30 of them from the first edition are already working as researchers in any of the 60 groups of the Institute. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy8Z2gKiPkU Some of them talked about their experience on this video.The master is addressed to research career, provides access to PhD studies and brings students the opportunity to choose the area or biomedicine in which they want to specialize and develop their career. The main feature of this master programme is that it is taught entirely in a third level Health Research Institute, by basic researchers, clinicians and doctors who are in constant contact with hospital patients. The location of the VHIR within the Campus of the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital confers the ideal environment to carry out translational biomedical research, always having the patient as the first and last objective.After the success in the inscriptions of the previous editions, and in order to facilitate the pre-registration process, it has been structured in three periods. Candidates will receive the resolution by email, following the established period.1st period: applications received until the 30th of April. The resolution will be notified on the 21th of May.2nd period: applications received until the 2nd of July. The resolution will be notified on the 23rd of July.3rd period: applications received until the 10th of September. The resolution will be notified on the 17th of September.In the event that the available positions are exhausted in one of the established resolution periods, the pre-registration will be automatically closed and the subsequent periods will not be opened.More information about pre-registration: http://master.vhir.org/preinscripcio/?lang=en http://master.vhir.org/preinscripcio/?lang=en