Animal Science – Master's programme

This webpage is for students on the Animal Science - Master's programme.
Here you will find information about the programme, welcome letter with roll call information, your course schedule, contact information, and the documents that regulate the education. Navigate by clicking on the headings below.
New applicant to the programme in 2023?
There are two admission rounds for this Master's programme. The first admission round is open to all international applicants at www.universityadmissions.se. The last date to apply is 16 January 2023. SLU strongly encourage all international students to apply in this first admission round.
Welcome letter
Congratulations on your place at SLU and on the Animal Science - Master’s programme! We look forward to meeting you here in Uppsala this autumn.
The autumn semester 2023 begins with roll call and study information.
Date: Monday 28 August
Time and place: On the pages for New students, you will find information about the study start and when the roll call for your programme begins.
On these pages, you will also find all the information you need as a new student at SLU, including information about the orientation days. The orientation days are not mandatory but we recommend that you attend them. They take place at the end of August, before the semester starts, and provide essential and useful information about your stay in Sweden and your studies at SLU.
Your first course will be Animal Science- a scientific approach. On the course page, you will find a timetable for your classes and other course-related information. Timetables and reading lists will be published at least four weeks before the course starts.
The following two years will be valuable, exciting, challenging and contribute both to your personal and scientific development. As a student on the Animal Science - Master's programme you will get a broad knowledge within the animal science field and have through course selection opportunities to deepen your knowledge in several different profile areas. You find more information about the different courses below the course schedule at this site.
If you have any questions about the course schedule or the programme please contact the programme director of studies Emma Ivarsson by email. If you have specific questions about a course please contact the course leader of the course.
Once again, welcome to SLU!
Emma Ivarsson
Programme director of Studies
Admission to latter parts of the programme
Link to general information about admission to latter part of SLU programmes at SLU. Here you will also find information on how to apply.
For the autumn semester 2023 the following places have been announced:
- Year 2: 5 places
Selection
If there are more eligible applicants than there are places, the applicants are ranked according to how many points they are judged to be able to credit for the degree to which the programme aims. If two or more applicants for the same place have the same merit rating, the places are allocated by drawing lots.
Student information - scholarships
Announcements, forms and other information can be found on the faculty's scholarship page.
Syllabuses (pdf)
Listing of the different versions of the syllabus for the programme in pdf.
Graphical course schedules
The graphical course schedule (pdf-file) shows all programme courses in an overview picture.
Course schedule Animal Science - Master's programme 2023/2024 (pdf)
Course schedule Animal Science - Master's programme 2022/2023 (pdf)
Course schedule Animal Science - Master's programme 2021/2022 (pdf)
Course schedule Animal Science - Master's programme 2020/2021 (pdf)
Course schedule academic year 23/24
Year 1
Biology of lactation
Animal welfare and behavior
Animal Nutrition and Welfare
Designing breeding programmes
Feed science and forage production
Animal genetics - health, behaviour and welfare
Year 2
Advanced Animal Nutrition
Advanced animal welfare and animal protection
Research training and projects including laboratory animal science
Independent project in Animal Science, A2E
Facts
This programme is taught in English.
The name of the programme in Swedish is Husdjursvetenskap - masterprogram.
Contact
Programme director of studies - Animal Science
Emma Ivarsson, Senior Lecturer
Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, SLU
emma.ivarsson@slu.se, +46 18 67 20 44
Education officer
Contact the education officer if you have questions about credit transfers, the programme syllabus, etc.
E-mail: utb.handl.VH@slu.se