Master of Science Programme in Biology - nine specialisations

The Biology programme has several specialisations characterised by a starting course and one or several other profile courses. You should choose one course per period. Where alternative starting courses are given, the course is selected based on student background. The headings are links to pages with more information.

When you have taken the mandatory courses for your specialisation you may choose from the list of courses in English within the master programme in biology.

Erasmus mundus Master in Evolutionary Biology (MEME)

The first term at Uppsala University starts with the summer school in evolutionary biology and then continues with two compulsory courses:

Period 1, starting course
Evolutionary processes 15 credits - 1BG373

Period 2
Evolutionary patterns 15 credits - 1BG306

Period 3
Groningen, Munich or Montpellier

Period 4
Groningen, Munich or Montpellier

MEME students will also follow the course Current Trends in Biology (journal club).
In addition, students can choose to follow additional advanced courses at Uppsala University. For a list of these check the list of evening courses.

Evolutionary Biology

Period 1, starting course
Evolutionary processes 15 credits - 1BG373

Period 2
Evolutionary patterns 15 credits - 1BG306

Period 3
Behavioural ecology 15 credits - 1BG319
Population Genomics 15 credits - 1BG508

Period 4
Evolution and Development 15 credits - 1BG397

Genetic and Molecular Plant Science

Period 1, starting course
Genetic and Molecular Plant Science 15 credits - 1BG511

Period 2
Genetic diversity and plant breeding (the Swedish Agricultural University)

Period 3
Molecular plant-microbe interactions (Stockholm University)

Period 4
Functional genomics 15 credits - 1BG322

Immunology and Microbiology

Period 1, starting course
Trends in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology 15 credits - 1BG396

Period 2
Microbiology 15 credits - 1BG307

Period 3
Immunology 15 credits - 1BG313

Period 4
Molecular Infection Biology 15 credits - 1BG326

Ecosystems and Aquatic Ecology

Period 1, starting course
Limnology D 15 credits - 1BG505
Ecology D 15 credits - 1BG382
Evolutionary Processes 15 credits - 1BG373
Toxicology D 15 credits - 1BG381

Period 2
Applied Ecosystem Ecology 15 credits - 1BG305

Period 3
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning 15 credits - 1BG514

Period 4
Ecosystems in the Anthropocene 15 credits - 1BG513

NABiS

You take courses (mainly distance courses with field course meetings) at different Universities (Gothenburg, Stockholm, Uppsala, Lund, Oslo, Trondheim, Tromsø, Copenhagen, Aarhus) and have your home department and work space where you would prefer to do your degree project. You work with your degree project over a longer period alternating the degree project work with courses.

Mandatory starting courses:
Alpha taxonomical principles, 5 c (on another website - distance course given by Gotheburg Uni)
Fundamental and molecular systematics, 10 c, 1BG393 (Uppsala)

Other Uppsala courses:
Informatics toolbox for systematics, 5 c, 1BG395
Fungal diversity and evolution, 10 c, 1BG376
Diversity and Identification of Marine Invertebrates, 5 c, 1BG394

Individual courses

In addition to the compulsory and elective courses within the program, you can also take individual courses. These courses gives you the ability to flexibly profile and specialise yourself even more.