Advanced Biomedicine

Education facts

Code: 3MB037

The course integrates four biomedical research areas - infection and immunology, cancer and bioinformatics, metabolism and metabolic diseases, and neuroscience and diseases of the nervous system. Specific examples illustrate principles and mechanisms that regulate normal cell and organ functions, as well as molecular processes that lead to dysfunction and disease. The course also includes sessions covering literature searching, ethical aspects of research and scientific work, epidemiology and biostatistics, as well as bioinformatics. The course is divided into following six modules: Infection and immunology, 6,5 hp Cancer and bioinformatics, 7 hp Metabolism and metabolic diseases, 7 hp Neuroscience and diseases of the nervous system, 7 hp Epidemiology and biostatistics, 2 hp Mini-symposium, 0,5 hp

Entry requirements

180 ECTS from finished courses containing at 20 ECTS in Chemistry, including at least 5 ECTS in Biochemistry, or alternatively, 20 ECTS from a combination of courses in Chemistry and Physics and/or Mathematics, including at least 5 ECTS in Biochemistry; and in addition, 5 ECTS in Classical Genetics, 7.5 ECTS in Cell Biology, and 15 ECTS in Human or Zoo Physiology including Immunology, Neurobiology and Pathology. Proficiency in English equivalent to Swedish upper secondary course English 6/level 2.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Advanced Biomedicine

  Umeå University

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 100 %