Animal Science – Master's programme

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 2020 will begin with a roll call.

Date: 31 August

Time and place: On the pages for New students, you will find information when the roll call for your programme begins and which room the roll call will be in.

On these pages, you will also find all the information you need as a new student at SLU, including information about the roll-call and the orientation days. The orientation days are not mandatory but we highly recommend that you attend them. They take place August 26-28, 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 2 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 field of animal science and through course selection get the opportunity to deepen your knowledge in several different profile areas. You will find more information about the different courses in the course schedule further down on this page.

If you have any questions about the course schedule or the programme, please contact the programme director of studies Emma Ivarsson by mail. If you have specific questions about a course, please contact the course leader.

Once again, welcome to SLU!

Emma Ivarsson
Director of Studies
+46 18 67 20 44

Course leader on the first course:
Maria Andersson
+46 730 66 63 16

The first course on the programme (year 1) "Animal Science - a scientific approach" will be a mix of campus and distance teaching. If you will not be able to make it to Uppsala at the start of the semester, please contact Emma Ivarsson, Director of studies, to discuss your options.

The curriculum for the Animal Science - Master's programme has been changed, beginning from the academic year 2016/2017. New courses offered within the programme are listed in the current course schedule. Older courses that have been offered for the last time are listed below. Generally, students who have been admitted to and registered on a course that has been offered for the last time, but are still not approved, shall be offered three re-examinations during two years after the last course period, and one renewed opportunity to fulfill requirements of compulsory elements within two years after the last course period.

The following courses previously included in the Animal Science - Master's programme were offered for the last time during the academic year 2015/2016:

• HV0093 Ethological methods and experimental designs, 5 credits
• BI1161 Genetically modified organisms, 10 credits
• HV0095 Anthrozoology, 5 credits
• HV0051 Advanced nutritional physiology, 5 credits
• HV0084 Tropical livestock production, 5 credits
• HV0102 Disease genetics, 5 credits
• HV0055 Animal nutrition and health, 5 credits
• HV0103 Behavioural genetics, 5 credits
• HV0097 Applied animal behaviour, 10 credits
• BI1218 Genome analysis, 10 credits
• HV0056 Basic nutrition, 10 credits
• HV0094 Protection and welfare of animals, 10 credits
• HV0101 Dogs and cats - genetics, health and reproduction, 10 credits
• HV0089 Comparative nutrition, 10 credits
• BI0961 Bioinformatics, 10 credits
• HV0050 Advanced feed science, 10 credits
• HV0104 Designing breeding programmes, 10 credits
• BI1005 Production and utilization of forage, 10 credits

The following courses previously included in the Animal Science - Master's programme were offered for the last time during the academic year 2016/2017:

• HV0099 Biology of lactation, 10 hp
• HV0105 The biology and use of the horse, 15 hp

The following courses previously included in the Animal Science - Master's programme were offered for the last time during the academic year 2017/2018:

• HV0087 Dog and cat nutrition, 5 hp
• HV0061 Cattle production, 15 hp
• HV0060 Pig production, 10 hp
• HV0088 Poultry production, 5 hp

In a general qualification, studies from other Swedish higher education institutions may be included in your degree application. Credits of studies from outside of Sweden must be transferred.

You will find more information, together with the forms you need, on the page Credit transfer.

Information for students who will be starting their independent project (Master's thesis) in the subject of Animal Science during the autumn semester 2020.

Announcements, forms and other information can be found on the faculty's scholarship page.

The graphical course schedule (pdf-file) shows all programme courses in an overview picture.

Course schedule Animal Science - Master's programme 2020/2021 (pdf)
Course schedule Animal Science - Master's programme 2019/2020 (pdf)

Link to Academic calendar