Introduction:

Multiple national and international institutions demand for knowing about the influence of master’s degree courses on the training process of students and graduates from several areas.

Objective:

To describe the perception about the impact of the master's degree course in Atherosclerosis Research on the students’ professional upgrading.

Methods:

Cross-sectional study. A survey was conducted on 44 master’s students. Descriptive statistics were used and the position index was calculated.

Results:

After joining the master's degree course, 15 professors from the eighth edition (78.9%) and 16 from the ninth edition (66.7%) improved their teaching rank. The position index of the two editions showed that there was a favorable change in the students’ scientific skills at the end of the master's degree course.

Conclusions:

The graduates’ perception shows a favorable impact on the contribution of the master's degree course in Atherosclerosis Research to the students’ professional development.