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A special programme is available for those who want to tailor their education in biology.

This provides a unique opportunity for a student who wants a multidisciplinary education and who wants to combine biology with studies in the humanities or social sciences. You may wish to take advanced education within one or several fields within biology that do not have their own Masters programme, such as botany, genetics or physiology. In this case, you are free to choose from the advanced courses in biology, for 30-90 hp (1-3 terms). The advanced courses then lead on to a degree project that provides 30-60 hp (1-2 terms).

The Masters Programme in Biology gives you the opportunity to read up to 60 hp (2 terms) from fully freely chosen courses. These may be advanced courses in other subjects such as history and psychology. It is also possible to take courses at a basic level, a maximum of one term, both within biology and within totally different subjects, such as Business Studies or languages.

The labour market needs biologists that have broad expertise. The Masters Programme in Biology provides you with the opportunity to meet the demands for breadth within, for example, law, economy or management studies. It is an advantage to have gained practical work experience, and the Masters Programme in Biology at Stockholm University allows you to carry out credited workplace experience for 5 or 10 weeks. You choose the location of the practical workplace experience yourself.

The aim is to give you the opportunity to apply your knowledge of biology in practice. It is also an aim that you will find out how work with a biological connection is organised and carried out at, for example, a company or an authority. This period of workplace experience, and the degree project, is for many their first step onto the labour market.

The Masters Programme in Biology offers you a broad education that is adapted to the needs of the labour market. It is also a good entry for those who are unsure about which part of biology to specialise in.

Your choice of courses will give good possibilities to change during the programme to one of our other, more specialised, Masters programmes in biology. One years studies within the Masters Programme in Biology provide eligibility to apply to research education.

General requirements for Master's programmes:- An academic degree (i.e. a Bachelors degree or the equivalent, at least 180 ECTS.) Stockholm University does accept applicants in their last year of Bachelor's studies. See note below: Previous university records- Proficiency in English, which must be demonstrated in one of the following ways: * IELTS score (Academic) of 6.5 or more (with no section scoring below 5.5) * TOEFL score 20 in written test, total score of 90 (internet based) * TOEFL score 4,5 in written test, total score of 575 (paperbased) * Cambridge/Oxford - Advanced or Proficiency levelTOEFL test scores must be sent directly from Educational Testing Service (ETS), to University Admissions in Sweden (institution code: SWEDEN 3477). English language test exemptions Some students may be exempt from submitting formal test evidence. These are: * Students who have a Bachelor's degree from a university where English is the only language of instruction, according to the latest edition of International Handbook of Universities. * Students who have a Bachelor's degree (a Swedish Kandidatexamen or equivalent academic qualifications) with English as the major subject. * Students with a 4-year university degree in Engineering, Science or Technology from India and Pakistan. * Students who have 30 HE credits from a Nordic country and the language of instruction of the course/programme/university is English. English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 TOEFL paper-based test score : 575 TOEFL iBT® test: 90