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41 Master's degrees offered by the university
Public Health (one-year)
Since 1991, the Public Health (one-year) programme at the Umea University has attracted students from more than 70 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe (including Sweden) and North and South America. This global recruitment has become an important influence on our teaching and research, with Swedish and international public health professionals learning from one another.
Chemistry
The Master´s programme in Chemistry at the Umea University deepens your knowledge of proteins' function in the body, chemicals’ effect in the environment, and of the development of new pharmaceuticals.
Human Geography - Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Human Geography - Geographical Information Systems (GIS) at the Umea University, used for managing geographic data, map-making and spatial analysis, has increased in importance in recent years. GIS knowledge is in demand on many parts of the labour market.
Economics
Umea University's Master’s programme in Economics will look to grow your analytical mindset and to provide you with the tools to dissect complex and challenging economic problems.
Mathematical Statistics
In the Master's programme in Mathematical Statistics at Umeå University you learn how to analyse complex data. People with such knowledge are in great demand in the labour market, and forecasts show that the need is also growing in the future.
Interaction Design
The Master in Interaction Design from Umea University deals with the relation between people and IT. Interaction design is about the ability to design both the cognitive and physical interface and integrate them into a successful whole. We aim to enable designers to create sustainable, comprehensible and pleasurable information based products, services and environments.
Plant and Forest Biotechnology
Plant and Forest Biotechnology is an important tool to solve global problems. The Master’s programme in Plant and Forest Biotechnology from Umea University gives you specialized competence and skills to recognize, understand and find solutions to these challenges.
Biomedicine
Do you want to learn more about diseases and understand why some people get sick and others don’t? In that case we recommend that you join the Master in Biomedicine program at Umea University.
Tourism and Sustainable Development
The Tourism and Sustainable Development programme at Umea University focuses on how tourism affects destinations and the consequences tourism have for societal development.
Spatial Planning and Sustainability
Spatial planning is about improving peoples’ lives and planning for long-term sustainable societies. Today’s societal changes require multifaceted skills of tomorrow’s spatial planners. Do you want to develop your skills for qualified planning and investigation work? If so, the Spatial Planning and Sustainability programme at Umea University is something for you.
Advanced Product Design
The Master's programme in Advanced Product Design delivered at Umea University will make you into a skilled industrial design consultant able to design products and technical solutions for industry, institutions and public authorities. The education is international and more than 80 per cent of the students come from abroad.
Psychology with Specialisation in Health Psychology
What does psychology have to do with health? Very much, it turns out. How we think, feel, interact with others and behave otherwise have major consequences for how we stay healthy, get ill, and deal with illness. Umea University's Psychology with Specialisation in Health Psychology program takes a holistic perspective on human health by addressing biological, psychological and social factors.
Mathematics
Hone your analytical powers and deepen your knowledge of mathematics! Umea University offers a two-year Master's programme in Mathematics with a close connection to the mathematical research groups at the university.
Constitutional Law and Human Rights
Constitutional Law and Human Rights programme at the Umea University is becoming increasingly important, in Sweden, Europe and around the world, and constitutional and human rights issues are increasingly becoming a part of political and legal discussion and debate and commonly discussed in the media.
Mathematical Statistics
Do you want to hone your analytical powers, learn to process reams of data and make this data sing? In this digital age, with an explosive growth in both the amount of data collected and the computational power at our disposal, there is enormous demand across all segments of the economy for highly trained statisticians such as those trained by Umea University's Mathematical Statistics.
Artificial Intelligence
Do you want to contribute to the current transformation of our digital society as an artificial intelligence specialist? Umea University's Master’s programme in Artificial Intelligence gives broad knowledge in AI and deepened knowledge in profile areas such as theoretical foundations of artificial intelligence, human-AI interaction, intelligent robotics, machine learning or data science.
Robotics and Control
The Master's Program in Robotics and Control at Umea University is interdisciplinary with courses that cover important aspects of modern robotics, such as autonomous systems, field robotics, artificial intelligence, computer vision, mobile robots, embedded systems, modeling and control systems.
Finance
The Finance program at the Umea University offers the opportunity to develop a financial theoretical base, analytical skills, communication, and other important, skills necessary for a successful career in the financial sector.
Marketing
This Marketing programme at the Umea University is intended for people who are interested in working with strategic marketing and specializing in consumer behavior and market analysis. After completing the education, you will be able to work with marketing activities are the strategic level.
Molecular Biology
In the Master’s programme in Molecular Biology at Umea University you acquire an extensive toolbox for investigating all kinds of biological problems with advanced molecular methods. Your teachers are internationally renowned scientists and you will carry out your thesis project within a research group.