Master in Healthy Longevity (MHL)
Leading Change in Healthcare Through Increasing Healthspan
Overview
The programme equips students with the knowledge and skills to contribute to the development of the Healthy Longevity ecosystem. Students will explore contemporary developments in geroscience, precision health, clinical trials, gerodiagnostics, gerotherapeutics, digital health and healthcare implementation.
Combining academic expertise, clinical infrastructure and translational research, the programme offers an approach to healthy longevity that goes beyond conventional ageing and gerontology studies. Graduates will be equipped to pursue opportunities across a range of sectors, including longevity and preventive health clinics, biotechnology and pharmaceutical research and development, supplements and nutraceuticals, digital health and health technology, and public health and policy.
- A comprehensive postgraduate programme in Healthy Longevity, integrating geroscience and precision geromedicine
- Gain knowledge in a rapidly growing field spanning healthcare, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and digital health
- Learn from world-renowned faculty with expertise across ageing biology, medicine, research and translational science
Intake:
January 2027 (Professionals Cohort)
August 2027 (Early-Career Cohort)
1 Year (Full-time)
2 Years (Part-time)
Application Dates:
January 2027 Intake
12 October 2026 – 19 November 2026
August 2027 Intake
1 December 2026 – 31 May 2027
12 November 2026
30 November 2026
Ideal candidates for the programme
As the global population ages and the burden of non-communicable diseases rises, there is a growing need for practitioners, researchers and innovators equipped with interdisciplinary knowledge and skills to address the biological, clinical and societal dimensions of ageing.
Graduates can pursue careers opportunities in sectors and organisations such as:
- AgeTech
- Longevity Clinics
- Universities
- Biotechnology
- Pharmaceuticals
- Healthcare
- Research Organisations
Programme Faculty
Prof J.J. (Hans) Meij PhD MBA
Co-Founder
NUS Academy for Healthy Longevity
NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Prof Andrea Maier, MD PhD FRACP
Oon Chiew Seng Professor in Medicine,
Healthy Ageing and Dementia Research
NUS Academy for Healthy Longevity
NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Dr Antoni Olona
Lecturer
NUS Academy for Healthy Longevity
NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
A/Prof Pedro Carrera Bastos
Assistant Professor of Nutrition
Lisbon School of Medicine (FMUL)
Portugal
A/Prof Michael Dunn
Director of Education
Centre for Biomedical Ethics
NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Prof J.J. (Hans) Meij PhD MBA
Co-Founder
NUS Academy for Healthy Longevity
NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Prof Andrea Maier, MD PhD FRACP
Oon Chiew Seng Professor in Medicine,
Healthy Ageing and Dementia Research
NUS Academy for Healthy Longevity
NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Dr Antoni Olona
Lecturer
NUS Academy for Healthy Longevity
NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Asst Prof Pedro Carrera Bastos
Assistant Professor of Nutrition
Lisbon School of Medicine (FMUL)
Portugal
A/Prof Michael Dunn
Director of Education
Centre for Biomedical Ethics
NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
The MHL is available as a 1-year (full-time) or a 2-year (part-time) degree programme. Early-career individuals can choose between full-time and part-time study, both delivered through on-site learning, while working professionals follow a part-time pathway through blended learning.
Students can specialise in Geroscience (early-career cohort only), Geromedicine (both cohorts) or Innovation in Healthy Longevity (professional cohort only).
Students who complete all courses within the same track will graduate with that specialisation. However, specialisation is not a graduation requirement, and students may take courses across different tracks, provided they fulfil the required core and elective courses.
Graduation Requirements
Total Units Required: 40 Units
To graduate, students have to:
Complete 5 core courses (4 Units each, 20 Units in total)
-
- HLM5001 Foundations of Healthy Longevity
- HLM5002 Hallmarks of Ageing
- HLM5003 Gerodiagnostics
- HLM5004 Gerotherapeutics
- HLM5005 Building Healthy Longevity: Strategy and Ethics
+ Complete 2 specialisation electives (4 Units each, 8 Units in total)
Geroscience
(Early-career cohort only)
Geromedicine
(Both cohorts)
Innovation in Healthy Longevity
(Professional cohort only)
- HLM5101 Preclinical Gerosciences
- HLM5102 Clinical Trials in Gerosciences
- HLM5201 Gerodiagnostics (Advanced)
- HLM5202 Gerotherapeutics (Advanced)
- HLM5301 Finance, Innovation and Policy in Healthy Longevity
- HLM5302 Global Perspectives in Healthy Longevity: Demography, Policy and Implementation
+ Complete 1 elective from another specialisation (4 Units)
+ Complete either:
Capstone Project (8 Units)
OR
2 elective courses from the available electives and/or the cross-registered electives* (4 Units each, 8 Units in total)
*Mostly on-site
Relevant Certification Programmes
A portion of our master’s programme can be taken as a Graduate Certificate (GC), allowing students to acquire knowledge and skills pertinent to a specific topic in healthy longevity.
Upon successful completion of each certificate, students will be accredited with units that can be transferred toward the full master’s degree if they choose to complete the programme.
Graduate Certificates:
Graduate Certificates must be completed in sequence, beginning with the Graduate Certificate in Healthy Longevity, followed by Healthy Longevity Translation, before progressing to Geroscience, Geromedicine or Innovation in Healthy Longevity.
Stage 1
Graduate Certificate in Healthy Longevity • 12 Units
- HLM5001 Foundations of Healthy Longevity
- HLM5003 Gerodiagnostics
- HLM5004 Gerotherapeutics
Stage 2
Graduate Certificate in Healthy Longevity Translation • 8 Units
- HLM5002 The Hallmarks of Ageing
- HLM5005 Building Healthy Longevity: Strategy and Ethics
Stage 3
Graduate Certificate in Geroscience
12 Units • Early-career cohort only
- HLM5101 Preclinical Gerosciences
- HLM5102 Clinical Trials in Gerosciences
- Choose 1 between HLM5201 and HLM5202
Graduate Certificate in Geromedicine
12 Units
- HLM5201 Gerodiagnostics (Advanced)
- HLM5202 Gerotherapeutics (Advanced)
- Early-career cohort: Choose 1 between HLM5101 and HLM5102
- Professional cohort: Choose 1 between HLM5301 and HLM5302
Graduate Certificate in Innovation in Healthy Longevity
12 Units • Professional cohort only
- HLM5301 Finance, Innovation and Policy in Healthy Longevity
- HLM5302 Global Perspectives in Healthy Longevity: Demography, Policy and Implementation
- Choose 1 between HLM5201 and HLM5202
Please refer HERE for the proposed study plan for full-time and part-time students.
Study Period
- Full-time students are expected to complete the programme within 12 – 24 months. The maximum candidature is 24 months; excluding Leave of Absence (LOA).
- Part-time students are expected to complete the programme within 24 – 48 months. The maximum candidature is 48 months; excluding Leave of Absence (LOA).
Important:
The University does not engage external agencies for student recruitment. Applicants should apply directly to the University and not through any agents. Applications submitted through agents will not receive any added advantage and the University reserves the right to reject such application without explanation.
Only online applications are accepted.
- Download and read the Applicant Guide to the Graduate Admission System (GDA)
- Review the Checklist for Applicants. Please upload the relevant supporting documents according to the checklist when submitting your online application.
To be eligible for enrolment, applicants must meet the following requirements. However, admission is competitive, and applicants with relevant industry experience will be considered favourably. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission into the programme.
Minimum Requirements:
- An MBBS, MBA, master’s degree or BSc (Hons) in a relevant field of science, medicine, public health or business.
- For the professional cohort, applicants must have at least 5 years of relevant work experience in allied health, science, policymaking, consultancy, business or entrepreneurship within the health and wellness sectors.
- Applicants with other qualifications and relevant experience may be considered on a case-by-case basis, subject to approval by the selection committee.
- International applicants from non-English speaking universities must demonstrate English proficiency with a minimum TOEFL score of 85 (Internet-based) or a minimum IELTS Academic score of 6.0. All IELTS / TOEFL tests must have been taken not earlier than 3 years before the proposed date of admission.
Tuition Fees:
Total Tuition Fees (for students enrolled in the Academic Year 2027/2028 only): S$71,395.00 (inclusive of Goods & Services Tax (GST))
The payment schedule is as follows (inclusive of 9% GST):
Full-Time Students
Part-Time Students
International Students
S$35,700.00
S$35,695.00
Year 2 Semester 2
–
Acceptance Fee (Including GST):
S$5,000.00
Miscellaneous student fees help meet costs incurred by the University in providing services to the student community that are either not covered or only partially covered by the tuition fees. These services include healthcare for students; facilitating student cultural, social and recreational programmes; and maintaining the shuttle bus service, IT network and other essential campus infrastructure and services.
For more information, please visit the Office of the University Registrar website.
- Tuition fees are subjected to annual review and inflation.
- Upon acceptance of offer, an acceptance fee of S$5,000.00 (including GST) will be charged on the Graduate Admission System (GDA). Acceptance fees is non-refundable, non-transferable and will be credited towards the tuition fee once the programme starts.
The MHL is available as a 1-year (full-time) or a 2-year (part-time) degree programme. Early-career individuals can choose between full-time and part-time study, both delivered through on-site learning, while working professionals follow a part-time pathway through blended learning.
Students can specialise in Geroscience (early-career cohort only), Geromedicine (both cohorts) or Innovation in Healthy Longevity (professional cohort only).
Students who complete all courses within the same track will graduate with that specialisation. However, specialisation is not a graduation requirement, and students may take courses across different tracks, provided they fulfil the required core and elective courses.
Graduation Requirements
Total Units Required: 40 Units
To graduate, students have to:
Complete 5 core courses (4 Units each, 20 Units in total)
-
- HLM5001 Foundations of Healthy Longevity
- HLM5002 Hallmarks of Ageing
- HLM5003 Gerodiagnostics
- HLM5004 Gerotherapeutics
- HLM5005 Building Healthy Longevity: Strategy and Ethics
+ Complete 2 specialisation electives (4 Units each, 8 Units in total)
Geroscience
(Early-career cohort only)
- HLM5101 Preclinical Gerosciences
- HLM5102 Clinical Trials in Gerosciences
Geromedicine
(Both cohorts)
- HLM5201 Gerodiagnostics (Advanced)
- HLM5202 Gerotherapeutics (Advanced)
Innovation in Healthy Longevity
(Professional cohort only)
- HLM5301 Finance, Innovation and Policy in Healthy Longevity
- HLM5302 Global Perspectives in Healthy Longevity: Demography, Policy and Implementation
+ Complete 1 elective from another specialisation (4 Units)
+ Complete either:
Capstone Project (8 Units)
OR
2 elective courses from the available electives and/or the cross-registered electives* (4 Units each, 8 Units in total)
*Mostly on-site
Relevant Certification Programmes
A portion of our master’s programme can be taken as a Graduate Certificate (GC), allowing students to acquire knowledge and skills pertinent to a specific topic in healthy longevity.
Upon successful completion of each certificate, students will be accredited with units that can be transferred toward the full master’s degree if they choose to complete the programme.
Graduate Certificates:
Stage 1
Graduate Certificate in Healthy Longevity
12 Units
- HLM5001 Foundations of Healthy Longevity
- HLM5003 Gerodiagnostics
- HLM5004 Gerotherapeutics
Stage 2
Graduate Certificate in Healthy Longevity Translation
8 Units
- HLM5002 The Hallmarks of Ageing
- HLM5005 Building Healthy Longevity: Strategy and Ethics
Stage 3
Graduate Certificate in Geroscience
12 Units • Early-career cohort only
- HLM5101 Preclinical Gerosciences
- HLM5102 Clinical Trials in Gerosciences
- Choose 1 between HLM5201 and HLM5202
Graduate Certificate in Geromedicine
12 Units
- HLM5201 Gerodiagnostics (Advanced)
- HLM5202 Gerotherapeutics (Advanced)
- Early-career cohort: Choose 1 between HLM5101 and HLM5102
- Professional cohort: Choose 1 between HLM5301 and HLM5302
Graduate Certificate in Innovation in Healthy Longevity
12 Units • Professional cohort only
- HLM5301 Finance, Innovation and Policy in Healthy Longevity
- HLM5302 Global Perspectives in Healthy Longevity: Demography, Policy and Implementation
- Choose 1 between HLM5201 and HLM5202
Please refer HERE for the proposed study plan for full-time and part-time students.
Study Period
- Full-time students are expected to complete the programme within 12 – 24 months. The maximum candidature is 24 months; excluding Leave of Absence (LOA).
- Part-time students are expected to complete the programme within 24 – 48 months. The maximum candidature is 48 months; excluding Leave of Absence (LOA).
Important:
The University does not engage external agencies for student recruitment. Applicants should apply directly to the University and not through any agents. Applications submitted through agents will not receive any added advantage and the University reserves the right to reject such application without explanation.
Only online applications are accepted.
- Download and read the Applicant Guide to the Graduate Admission System (GDA)
- Review the Checklist for Applicants. Please upload the relevant supporting documents according to the checklist when submitting your online application.
To be eligible for enrolment, applicants must meet the following requirements. However, admission is competitive, and applicants with relevant industry experience will be considered favourably. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission into the programme.
Minimum Requirements:
- An MBBS, MBA, master’s degree or BSc (Hons) in a relevant field of science, medicine, public health or business.
- For the professional cohort, applicants must have at least 5 years of relevant work experience in allied health, science, policymaking, consultancy, business or entrepreneurship within the health and wellness sectors.
- Applicants with other qualifications and relevant experience may be considered on a case-by-case basis, subject to approval by the selection committee.
- International applicants from non-English speaking universities must demonstrate English proficiency with a minimum TOEFL score of 85 (Internet-based) or a minimum IELTS Academic score of 6.0. All IELTS / TOEFL tests must have been taken not earlier than 3 years before the proposed date of admission.
Tuition Fees:
Total Tuition Fees (for students enrolled in the Academic Year 2027/2028 only): S$71,395.00 (inclusive of Goods & Services Tax (GST))
The payment schedule is as follows (inclusive of 9% GST):
Year 1 Semester 1
Full-Time Students
S$35,700.00
Part-Time Students
S$21,420.00
International Students
S$21,420.00
Year 1 Semester 2
Full-Time Students
Part-Time Students
International Students
Year 2 Semester 1
Full-Time Students
–
Part-Time Students
International Students
Year 2 Semester 2
Full-Time Students
Part-Time Students
International Students
S$14,280.00
Acceptance Fee (Including GST):
S$5,000.00
Additional Fee:
Miscellaneous student fees help meet costs incurred by the University in providing services to the student community that are either not covered or only partially covered by the tuition fees. These services include healthcare for students; facilitating student cultural, social and recreational programmes; and maintaining the shuttle bus service, IT network and other essential campus infrastructure and services.
For more information, please visit the Office of the University Registrar website.
Note:
- Tuition fees are subjected to annual review and inflation.
- Upon acceptance of offer, an acceptance fee of S$5,000.00 (including GST) will be charged on the Graduate Admission System (GDA). Acceptance fees is non-refundable, non-transferable and will be credited towards the tuition fee once the programme starts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the programme mainly intended for doctors and healthcare professionals?
No. The programme is designed for a multidisciplinary audience, including healthcare professionals, scientists, researchers, public health professionals, policymakers, entrepreneurs and industry leaders interested in healthy longevity.
What if I am unable to attend all the on-site sessions?
Is the programme available fully online?
What types of assessments are included?
Assessments include a combination of tests, assignments, case-based analyses and presentations, with an emphasis on applying concepts and critically evaluating evidence.
How does the programme balance theory and practical application?
The programme combines scientific foundations, practical applications and critical discussion. Learning includes lectures, case-based learning, group discussions, networking and translation into clinical, research, policy and entrepreneurial settings.
Will this qualification allow me to practise medicine or healthy longevity medicine in my country?
What is the difference between the Master's programme and the Graduate Certificate?
The Graduate Certificate provides foundational training, while the Master’s programme offers more advanced and specialised study with additional coursework and capstone requirements.
Can prospective students speak with alumni to learn about their experiences?
As the programme develops, opportunities for prospective students to interact with alumni may become available.
Can applicants from business or commercial backgrounds apply?
Can the programme provide new competencies for professionals working in nutrition and dietetics?
Yes. Students will gain advanced knowledge in geroscience, biomarkers of ageing, personalised nutrition, lifestyle gerotherapeutics and healthy longevity strategies that can complement and expand existing clinical nutrition practice.
Voices That Inspire
My experience with NUS Academy for Healthy Longevity has been outstanding. The faculty combine deep expertise in geromedicine with broad academic and clinical experience and a real gift for teaching. The programme offers a rigorous, evidence-first perspective on healthy longevity. I would highly recommend the Academy for Healthy Longevity master’s programme to anyone seeking advanced evidence-based training in this field.
Co-Founder at DIY.health
