Course syllabus
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Welcome to the joint programme page for the Master's Programme in Infection Biology!
We hope that you will fully enjoy this education in such a fast developing and ever current subject.
Important Information About Programme Start
- First year students
Mandatory Programme and Course Roll call: 2025-09-01 at 10:15 at Uppsala Biomedical Centre (BMC, Husargatan 3, Uppsala), room at BMC to be announced .
If you are unable to attend, please notify us as soon as possible via the programme e-mail: inf.biol.master@imbim.uu.se
Registration of all students will be done after the roll call. Please make sure that you have activated your student account before the course start.
You can access the public course page 3MK000 Microbiology and Immunology HT25
- Second year students
Course Roll Call for the course 3MK014 Infections in a Global Perspective: 2025-09-01 time and room to be announced
Information about the education
The first year of study will provide a deep understanding of the molecular processes that control the interaction between viruses, bacteria, parasites and fungi and their hosts. The processes governing the infection process are described based on the immunological defense, but also on the infecting organisms strategies to escape this defense. This knowledge is the basis for more applied issues concerning infectious diseases in animals and humans regarding among other, zoonotic infections. The first year ends with the study of molecular processes in antimicrobial therapy and resistance development, diagnosis and the clinical picture of symptoms from the perspective of infections of different organs.
During the first year, students at all of the medical master programmes are also enrolled in a joint lecture series, called Professional Training.
The second year will provide knowledge about the origin, evolution and distribution infectious diseases as well as tools for the control, surveillance and prevention at the local and global level. A specific focus will be on food-borne infections and the role of infectious diseases from a global perspective, with special attention to the problems in developing countries. Microbial diversity in different ecosystems and in depth practical work using current laboratory analysis methods in microbiology and infectious biological is part of the last course of the third semester.
The program is completed by an independent project during the fourth semester corresponding to 30 credits, which alternatively may begin during the third semester and then constitute 45 credits. Selected topic must fit within the field of infection biology and can be performed at academic unit, company or public sector in Sweden or abroad.
Note, minimum 40 credits of year one must be completed in order to continue with the second year of studies.
Syllabus for Master's Programme in Infection Biology
Programme Outline
Year 1
- 3MK000, Microbiology and Immunology (autumn 25), 30 credits - Course Syllabus
- 3MK012, Parasitology, Mycology and Clinical Infection Biology, partly at SLU (spring 25), 15 credits - Course Syllabus
- 3MK013, Antimicrobials, Evolution, Resistance and Epidemiology (spring 25), 15 credits - Course Syllabus
Year 2
- 3MK014, Infection Biology in a Global Perspective (autumn 25), 15 credits - Course Syllabus
- 3MK015, Advanced Scientific Research and Methodology (autumn 25), 15 credits - Course Syllabus
- 3MK007, Master's Degree Project in Infection Biology (spring 25), 30 credits - Course Syllabus or 3MK011, Master's Degree Project in Infection Biology (autumn24/spring25) , 45 credits - Course Syllabus
| Year 1, 60 credits, semester 1 and 2 (S1 and S2) | |||
| S1 | Microbiology and Immunology 30 hp 3MK000 (mandatory) |
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| S2:1 | Parasitology, Mycology and Clinical Infection Biology (partly at SLU) 15 hp 3MK012 |
or Individual biomedical method practical 15 hp 3BL361 (basic level) or Individual Biomedical Research Project 15 hp 3BL362 (advanced level) |
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| S2:2 | Antimicrobials, Evolution, Resistance and Epidemiology 15 hp 3MK013 |
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| Year 2, 60 credits, semester 3 and 4 (S3 and S4) | |||
| S3:1 | Infection Biology in a Global Perspective 15 hp 3MK014 |
or Individual biomedical method practical 15 hp 3BL361 (basic level) or Individual Biomedical Research Project 15 hp 3BL362 (advanced level) or Advanced Individual Biomedical Research Project 30 hp 3BL363 |
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| S3:2 | Advanced Scientific Research and Methodology 15 hp 3MK015 |
Master´s Degree Project in Infection Biology 45 hp 3MK011 |
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| S4 | Master´s Degree Project in Infection Biology 30 hp 3MK007 |
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Optional project courses
IMBIM offers different independent method and project courses with the aim to give a practical experience of methodology and research in any of the focus areas of the department. Contact the programme coordinator if you are interested in changing a course in the programme for a method or project course.
A) Undergraduate level (cycle I):
- 3BL360, “Individual Biomedical Method Training”, 7,5 credits
The course provides the student a possibility to train experimental methods within the frame of a biomedical research project.
To be eligible you need to have 60 credits completed within biosciences including courses of at least 15 credits in microbiology, cell biology, molecular biology/biochemistry or genetics.
- 3BL361, "Individual Biomedical Method Practical", 15 credits
The course provides the student a possibility to train experimental methods and to deep dive into experimental design within the frame of a biomedical research project.
To be eligible you need to have 60 credits completed within biosciences, including courses of at least 15 credits in microbiology, cell biology, molecular biology/biochemistry or genetics.
B) Advanced level (cycle II):
- 3BL362, “Individual Biomedical Research Project", 15 credits
The individual research project shall, through practical and theoretical deepening in a biomedical area, provide the student knowledge on how scientific information is acquired, scientific studies planned, performed and reported.
To be eligible you need to have 120 credits of biosciences, including courses of at least 30 credits in microbiology, cell biology, molecular biology/biochemistry or genetics.
- 3BL363, “Advanced level, individual biomedical research project", 30 credits
The individual research project shall give the student knowledge on how scientific data are acquired, scientific studies planned, performed and reported at advanced level by practical and theoretical deepening in a biomedical area.
To be eligible you need to have 120 credits of biosciences, including courses of at least 30 credits in microbiology, cell biology, molecular biology/biochemistry or genetics.
The advanced level individual research project courses 3BL362 and 3BL363 can be included as a degree project for a 1 year Master's Degree in Medical Science (Magisterexamen i medicinsk vetenskap).
This Master's Programme is given by the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, IMBIM
Programme E-mail
You are welcome to contact our general programme email adress if you have any questions, and it will be directed to the right person.
Email: inf.biol.master@imbim.uu.se
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