Master's Programme in Medical Research

Education facts

Code: MMF2M

At the Master's Programme in Medical Research, you develop your own direction in the growing field of biomedical research and prepare yourself for a research career. You will focus on learning and applying the latest experimental designs, molecular techniques and large-scale computational data analysis methods for revealing the biology of complex phenotypes and diseases to facilitate clinical research in humans. During the first year, you will follow a course package that provides insight into cutting-edge biomedical research questions, as well as molecular and bioinformatic methodologies. For the second year, you will continue with individual research projects in Sweden or abroad. These are carried out with research groups at universities, biomedical companies or governmental authorities. Project activities are supervised by established researchers, and you will participate in the research group activities similar to our PhD students and researchers. You will have the opportunity to choose your research groups and projects for the internships, whereas theoretical research-oriented education is provided. As many as 85% of our students continue with PhD studies after their Master’s degree, usually in Europe or the US. Some, for instance, choose to work as research assistants or bioinformaticians. 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 within the life sciences (e.g. biomedicine, biotechnology, medicine, veterinary medicine) including 10 credits each of cell biology, biochemistry and genetics. _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 Medical Research

  Uppsala University

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 4 June 2028

  Pace of study: 100 %