Master in Biology
Stockholm, Sweden
MSc
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
15 Jan 2026
EARLIEST START DATE
31 Aug 2026
TUITION FEES
SEK 70,000 / per semester *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* EU/EEA/Swiss citizens are not required to pay fees
Key Summary
This program is a great opportunity to gain a broad education and develop your own direction. You can choose courses in biology covering subjects from cell and molecular biology to ecology and behavior. You can also develop a multidisciplinary education by combining other subjects, including the humanities and social sciences.
Reasons to choose our Master in Biology
- The possibility to create your own unique program
- A broad education adaptable to many career paths
- Highly interactive international research and learning environment
The Master’s program in Biology gives you the possibility to choose between more than 20 different biology courses covering the entire range of biology subjects offered. The flexible nature of the program allows up to 60 credits of optional courses, which can be courses in other subject areas such as law or economics.
Year 1
Elective courses fall term
- Animal Cognition
- Animal Diversity - Invertebrates
- Animal Social and Sexual Behaviour
- Biodiversity: Patterns and Processes
- Evolutionary Ecology
- Green Biotechnology
- Immunology
- Marine Ecosystem Dynamics
- Marine microbial ecology: from genomes to biomes
- Molecular Cell Biology
- Radiation Biology and Cellular Toxicology
- Sensory Biology and Animal Communication
Elective courses spring term
- Animal Diversity - Vertebrates
- Baltic Sea Ecosystem: Applications, Modeling, and Management
- Ecological and evolutionary responses to climatic variation
- Infection Biology
- Interactions in Ecological Communities
- Management of Aquatic Resources in the Tropics
- Microbiology
- Molecular Ecology
- Molecular Physiology
- Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
- Paleogenetics
- Plant diversity and evolution - a global perspective
- Stem cells in developmental and cancer biology
Year 2
Compulsory course
Degree project 30/45/60 credits
Elective courses
Science in Biological Research and Investigation
Independent project
Degree projects are carried out in ongoing research projects within one of the Biology departments at Stockholm university. It is also possible to conduct the degree project externally, at a research institute, organization, or company.
Recent degree projects
- Temporal genomic change in the Scandinavian brown bear
- Primate brain size correlates with life history and group size
- POU/Oct transcription factor Nubbin in Drosophila immunity
A Master’s degree in Biology gives you a broad education adaptable to many different career paths. Biologists are needed in numerous sectors of society, for example in research at universities, research, and development in the pharmaceutical industry and biotechnology companies, at government agencies, and in education.