The Master's Programme in Genetics and Molecular Biosciences (GMB), provides you with understanding and skills in modern biosciences at the level of genes and molecules to cells and organisms. You can specialise according to your interests in one of the four study tracks:

• Biochemistry and Structural Biology,
• Cell and Developmental Biology,
• Genetics and Genomics or
• Molecular Analytical Health Biosciences.

What is Genetics and Molecular Biosciences (GMB )?

How do genes regulate the development and functioning of cells, tissues and organisms? How do molecules, cells and tissues function and communicate with each other, and how are their functions studied? 

These are key issues for understanding molecular and cellular mechanisms, whose disruption can contribute to the onset and progression of various diseases.

Researchers in the fields of genetics, genomics, cellular and developmental biology, biochemistry, structural biology, and biosciences of health are searching for the answers to these questions.

The GMB programme is based on basic scientific research and tightly integrated with the experimental research carried out at the University of Helsinki.

Why Genetics and Molecular Biosciences?

The Master's Programme in Genetics and Molecular Biosciences (GMB), provides you with understanding and skills in modern biosciences at the level of genes and molecules to cells and organisms. 

Upon completing the programme, you will:

• have in-depth knowledge of genetics and molecular biosciences and of the experimental methods used in them.
• understand the characteristics and functions of genes and biomolecules at the cellular, tissue and organism levels.
• be able to analyse scientific knowledge critically and communicate it to different audiences.
• have the ability to produce new scientific information about the properties of genes, biomolecules and cells using experimental studies.
• be able to take advantage of existing research data and biological databases.
• have mastered good scientific practice and know-how to act accordingly.
• have the capacity for independent project management and problem-solving, as well as for maintaining and developing your expertise.
• have the ability to work in multi-disciplinary and multicultural communities.

The Master of Science (MSc) degree gives you the ability to work in basic and applied research and to act as an expert in public administration, the private sector and biotechnology companies. It also makes you eligible for admission to postgraduate/doctoral studies.