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Course offered as a part of a programme
Course, master’s level
15 credits
Malmö | daytime | 100%
5 October 2026 - 13 December 2026
Code for the course: BM832E
This course is offered as part of programme:
Course content
The aim of this course is to give the theoretical background and practical experience required to explain the role of surfaces in living systems, and to create, control and measure surface chemical properties of biological and artificial interfaces.
The course is project orientated with ties both to academy and the surrounding industry. The course is based on applied problems and contains surface-chemical techniques to study phenomena related to biological and artificial interfaces. Biocompatibility is used to illustrate the need of modifying or create artificial interfaces with specific properties. A large number of surface chemical methods are described for the characterization of air / liquid, liquid / liquid and solid surfaces. The activity of biological interfaces is investigated in projects that focus on immunoassays, enzyme activity, the development of biosensors, cell migration and wound healing.
Entry requirements
1. Bachelor’s degree (180 credits) or equivalent with a major in chemistry, biochemistry, biomedical technology, biomedical methods and technology, biomedical laboratory science, or in other areas of natural, medical, engineering sciences or technology of relevance to the programme with a minimum of 15 credits in chemistry and/or biochemistry.
2. The equivalent of English B, or English 6, in Swedish secondary school.
3. Passing 45 credits of the courses in the Master’s program semesters 1 and 2 or equivalent (transferable credits).
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