Welcome

The Master's programme in Molecular Techniques in Life Science is a collaboration between Karolinska Institutet (KI), the Royal institute of Technology (KTH) and Stockholm University (SI) at the Science for Life Laboratory in Stockholm. It is a two-year (120 ECTS credits) programme at the advanced level and leads to a joint masters degree in  Molecular Techniques in Life Science from KI, KTH and SU.

Year 1 - Courses

Fall semester, courses organized by KI

• Genetics (5MT009) 5 credits
• Frontiers in translational medicine (5MT006) 16.5 credits
• Applied communication (5MT008) 7 credits
• Applied programming for life science 1 (5MT007) 1.5 credits

Spring semester, courses organized by SU

• Applied programming for life science 2 (DA7062) 1.5 credits
• Bioinformatics (KB7016) 7 credits
• Structure and dynamics of biological membranes (KB7015) 7 credits
• Methods in molecular life science (BL8060) 7 credits
• Comparative genomics (KB8019) 7.5 credits
  
  

Year 2 - Courses

Fall semester, courses organized by KTH

• Clinical applications of biotechnology (CB2021) 6.0 credits
• Applied gene technology and large-scale data analysis (CB2040) 7.5 credits
• Applied programming for life science 3 (CB2060) 1.5 credits
  
  Conditionally elective courses ( two of three)

• Systems biology (CB2030) 7.5 credits
• Project in molecular life science (CB2050) 7.5 credits
• Drug Development (CB2090) 7.5 credits

Spring semester, degree project, 30 credits

• BL9065, Degree project, Molecular Techniques in Life Science - SU 
• 5MT004, Degree project, Molecular Techniques in Life Science - KI