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The programme is intended for students holding a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Enginering degree, with a minimum of three years of University studies.
Special requirements are 15 ECTS-credits in Chemistry, and 60 ECTS-credits in Biology, with a minimum of 30 ECTS-credits in Plant Biology, and Cell- and Molecular Biology. We also require English proficiency level by an internationally approved test: IELTS (5.0, no individual score below 4.5), TOEFL-test (500 points paper-based/173 computer-based).

Once accepted, in order to proceed with the Master, you need to:

• Apply for a Visa for non-EU citizen [http://www.migrationsverket.se/]
• Contact the Master programme coordinators to inform them of your decision to come
• Contact the international office of Umeå University [http://www.studentcentrum.umu.se/english/about/international-office/] or of SLU [http://www.slu.se/en/education/contact-and-support/study-counsellors/]
• Find housing accomodation [http://www.bostaden.umea.se/]

Current

Name	Nationality	Undergraduate University	e-mail contact
Md.Abdur Razzak	Bangladeshi	Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh	This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Tahir Mujtaba	Pakistani	University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi, Pakistan	This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Patricia Lang	German	Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg, Germany	This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Shaikh Terkis Islam Pavel	Bangladeshi	University Of Development Alternative (UODA), Dhaka, Bangladesh	This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Umut Rende	Turkish	Izmir Institute of Technology (Izmir Yuksek Teknoloji Enstitusu), Izmir, Turkey	This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Rupesh Raj Kumar Pudi	Indian	Jawahar Lal Nehru Technological University, Andhra Pradesh, India	This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Alumni

Name	Nationality	Undergraduate University	e-mail contact
Edward Businge (Graduate 2009)	Uganda	Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda	This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Master thesis work is the final part of the programme, and required for obtaining the Master of Science degree. The Master thesis work is based on independent research work and should contain novel research results that are of importance for the research field in question. Master thesis work can be done at any university or in an industrial laboratory as long as the research topic resides within the fields of plant physiology, molecular biology, biotechnology or functional genomics. The department appoints a supervisor for every Master thesis worker even if the work is performed in an industrial laboratory. For acceptance of the exam work, please go to the rule to present your Master thesis work.

Access the proposed subjects of the master thesis work
http://www.upsc.se/Education-Undergraduate/Undergraduate-Students/suggested-exam-work-projects.html

Previous Master thesis works

• Robert Byström 2006 - Bioinformatic Analysis of a 100K Populus EST Dataset
• Kate R. St.Onge 2006 - Natural variation in Populus tremula flowering time gene PtCO2B
• Elisabeth Fitzek 2006 - Production and characterization of mutants of UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase
• Josiane Chuisseu Wandji 2006 - Expression and purification of plant proteins for functional studies
• Linda Gruffman 2006 - Post-transcriptional regulation of the expression of the flowering time gene FT in different light conditions
• Emmanuel Olive 2006 - Functional characterization of poplar and Arabidopsis wood - related hydrolases by reverse genetics and overexpression in Arabidopsis
• Yordan Tellalov 2006 - Relative female reproductive output of grafted Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) clones planted on different places
• David Öhman 2006 - Transcriptomes of Populus lines modified in Pectin methylesterase expression reveal activation of oxidative stress signaling pathways
• Lars Björkén 2007 - Detection of endophytic fungi in aspen
• Sharvani Vodnala 2007 - Isolation of tagged INUIT gene by establishment of TAIL-PCR in Tobacco
• Paulina Sowinska 2008 - Plastid-to-nucleus communication
• Iftikhar Ahmad 2009 - Screening for mutants with delayed leaf senescence in Arabidopsis
• Melis Kücükoglu 2009 - CLE/RLK regulated vascular signalling pathways in plants
• Chatchai Kosawang 2009 - Comparative Genomics: Understanding regulation of hydrogenases in the nitrogen fixing Frankia
• Sireesha Potluru 2010 - Phenolic profiling of Populus spp.
• Louise Norén 2010 - Identification of signaling components in the response to excess light in Arabidopsis thaliana
• Lothar Kalmbach 2010 - Analysis of trichome polarity in the kreuz und quer (kuq) mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana and characterization of antisera against the KUQ protein
• Lisa Sundin 2010 - Screening tool to unravel transcription factors involved in lignification
• Charndeep Singh 2010 - Modification of Xylan-lignin interactions by targeting novel fungal enzymes to the wood cell wall
• Kristoffer Jonsson 2010 - Targeting of proteins to the secretory pathway in order to genetically engineer xylan in the xylem fibers
• Andrea Claes 2010 - Characterization of mutants in the ACTIN-INTERACTING PROTEIN 1-2 (AIP1-2) gene of Arabidopsis thaliana and of AIP1-1 and AIP1-2 protein interactions

The Master thesis work documents the thesis project carried out by the candidate and follows the format of a scientific publication. As such it is divided into Introduction, Results, Discussion, Materials and Methods and References sections. The candidate must ensure that the final version of the thesis manuscript reaches members of the evaluation committee at least 10 days prior planned date of defence. Members of the evaluation committee are Karin Ljung, Laszlo Bako, Anita Sellstedt, Edouard Pesquet and the supervisor of the Master thesis project. At the defence candidate is expected to present the work in frame of a 15-20 min oral presentation which is followed by questions from members of the evaluation commettee. The final grade of the Master thesis work will reflect quality of the work as well as that of the manuscript and oral presentation.

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