A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. Also required is: 40 weeks of full-time studies (60 credits) in biology; and 20 weeks of full-time studies (30 credits) in chemistry.
Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6. This requirement can be met either by achieving the required score on an internationally recognised test, or by previous upper secondary or university studies in some countries.
Master's Programme in Biology, specialising in Immunology and Microbiology, focuses on how the immune system detects and eliminates pathogenic bacteria, viruses and parasites. Besides microbiology, it examines cellular and molecular processes when the immune system overreacts or fails to tolerate body tissues, leading to allergies and autoimmunity. Graduates are well prepared for careers in biomedical research, healthcare and public health. This is the specialisation for those of you who want to become immunologists or microbiologists and work with questions related to infection biology. You will investigate mechanisms at both cellular and molecular levels. You will be exploring, for instance, what happens when the immune system overreacts and allergies or autoimmunity arise. The core of this specialisation is the immune system and how the various components of this complex defence system cooperate to detect and remove infectious organisms. A key question is how the immune system of humans and animals handles bacterial, viral and parasitic infections and how these microorganisms try to escape and overcome our defence systems. During the programme you can expect to: understand how the various components of the immune system cooperate to detect and remove infectious organisms; crea