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41 Master's degrees offered by the university
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.
IT Management
The master’s programme in IT Management from Umea University is designed for those who want to affect the ways in which IT is applied to make a positive change. The programme gives you the opportunity to combine knowledge from your bachelor studies with new insights on IT and its application in business and organisations.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cognitive Science
How do we perceive the world? How should we understand memory, language and consciousness? Are human thought processes unique, or can other organisms or machines think in ways that is similar to how we do it? You will have the opportunity to probe these questions from the perspective of psychology, linguistics, computer science, philosophy and neuroscience at Umea University's Cognitive Science.
Computing Science
Do you want to expand your knowledge in problem solving and programming? The Master’s programme in Computing Science from Umea University is directed towards students who want to achieve further understanding of the field and develop a scientific attitude characterized by logical reasoning and critical analysis.
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.
Public Health
Since 1991, this Public Health programme at the Umea University has attracted students from more than 70 different countries.We have an exciting study environment where people with different educational and cultural background meet. Our teachers are from all over the world and we have a shared vision of equitable health for all, and a shared mission of transformative education.
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.
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.