Master's Programme in Infection Biology

Education facts

Code: MIB2M

Infectious diseases are one of the world's major challenges. Climate change and the spread of infections between humans and animals increase the risk of pandemics. At the same time, uncontrolled use of antibiotics gives a frightening development of resistance. Collaboration between different scientific and societal disciplines is required to maintain a sustainable situation for managing these diseases. In theory and practice, the Master's Programme in Infection Biology starts from the molecular processes controlling the causes of emergence, spread and development of microbes and microbial infections to describe how to predict, diagnose, trace, prevent and treat infectious diseases. The programme’s broad competence in infectious medicine is secured by collaboration with lecturers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, the University Animal Hospital, the Swedish Food Agency, the National Veterinary Institute, as well as foreign experts in the subject. The programme’s strong connection to research prepares you for research/PhD studies but also gives you the competence to work with infectious medicine issues concerning, for example, diagnostics, drug development, antibiotic resistance, vaccination, crisis preparedness, food production, developing countries' problems and zoonoses. The language of instruction is English.

Entry requirements

_Academic requirements_ A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. The main field of study must be in biology, (bio)medicine, biotechnology, pharmacy, pharmaceutical bioscience, (pharmaceutical) chemistry, medical science, agriculture, animal science, veterinary medicine or education giving knowledge in cell biology, genetics, biochemistry, immunology and molecular biology. Knowledge and previous experience of laboratory work. _Language requirements_ 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. Detailed instructions on how to provide evidence of your English proficiency are available at [universityadmissions.se](https://www.universityadmissions.se/en/entry-requirements/english-language-requirements/).

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.

• Master's Programme in Infection Biology

  Uppsala University

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 4 June 2028

  Pace of study: 100 %