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Entry requirements for Molecular Techniques in Life Science

To be eligible for the master's programme in Molecular Techniques in Life Science, you must meet the listed admission requirements and submit the documents required in your application. We will assess your application according to the selection criteria set for the programme. The same process applies to students with a bachelor's degree from a Swedish university.

Admission requirements

Bachelor's degree

Academic qualifications from an internationally recognised university equivalent to a Swedish bachelor's degree.

Students in their final year of bachelor's studies can meet the requirement it they follow the instructions from University Admissions . Final-year students at Swedish universities must have completed 150 ECTS credits in their programme by 3 February.

English proficiency

English proficiency equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

You can meet the requirement with an English test, for example an overall IELTS score of 6.5 or a TOEFL score of 90. Depending on your country of previuous studies you could also meet the requirement through completed upper secondary or university studies. Visit University Admissions  to see all recognised English tests and what applies to your country of previous studies.

​Specific requirements for Molecular Techniques in Life Science

A bachelor's degree, corresponding to 180 ECTS credits, including courses in:

  • Life Science, e.g. courses in Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Gene Technology or Molecular Biology corresponding to a total of at least 20 ECTS credits.
  • Mathematics corresponding to at least 10 ECTS credits.

Application documents

You need to submit all of the following documents according to the instructions from University Admissions .

General document

Degree certificates

Official certificates of your completed degrees. The documentation requirements vary between countries. Visit University Admissions  to see what applies to your country.

General document

Transcript

Official transcript of courses and grades completed in your degree. Students from Swedish universities that use Ladok do not need to submit degree certificates or transcripts. 

General document

Proof of English proficiency

What proof you need depends on whether you meet the requirement through a test or previous studies. Visit University Admissions  to see what applies to you.

General document

Identification

A copy of passport with personal data and photograph, or other identification document.

Programme document

CV

KTH does not require a standard template, but the CV should clearly and concisely outline your education, work experience, computer literacy, qualifications and achievements (awards, publications, expertise knowledge and skills, etc.). It must be written in English.

programme document

Summary sheet

Submit the summary sheet for Molecular Techniques in Life Science by uploading it to your University Admissions account: TMTLM_summary sheet.HT24.pdf (pdf 363 kB)

If you do not submit a complete summary sheet, it will negatively affect your evaluation score. Fill out all of the required information before submitting the form. For questions regarding the summary sheet, please contact the programme coordinator  directly.

Important: You must check what your uploaded summary sheet looks like after being uploaded at www.universityadmissions.se. In particular make sure that all text you have entered is visible and readable in the uploaded summary sheet (this is of specific importance for the motivation section).

Optional Document

Relevant work experience

Description and documentation of relevant work or research experience, if any. KTH does not require a standard template. This is not a required document.

Selection criteria

The selection process is based on the following selection criteria: study results, previous studies (for instance GPA, grades in specific subjects, and English), motivation for the studies (for instance motivational text in Summary sheet, relevant courses or research experience) and previous education. Previous education is evaluated on the quality that the previous education is considered to possess in the subjects that are relevant to the education for which an application has been submitted. The UKÄ quality monitoring is used for Swedish universities. Foreign universities are evaluated according to university rankings and recognition. The evaluation scale is 1-75.

Acceptance rate

The acceptance rate for the master's programme in Molecular Techniques in Life Science for 2024 was 33 %. We admitted 78 students out of the 240 applicants that met the admission requirements. To increase your chances of getting admitted to KTH, we advise you to select more than one programme when applying. You can apply for up to four programmes and rank them in your order of preference.

Recognition of prior learning

Suppose you entirely or partially lack a formal requirement for a course or programme, but you believe you have the necessary knowledge to meet the requirement. In that case, you can apply for recognition of prior learning .