The Department of Physiology (Faculty of Medicine) offers a Master of Science program in Physiology. Only full-time students are admitted to this program. The program is designed to raise general knowledge of physiology and to acquire an in depth knowledge in specific topics in physiology. This knowledge is required to join any Ph.D. program in physiology or to pursue a career in a wide range of areas where knowledge of human physiology is an advantage, e.g. in academic and non-academic environments including pharmaceutical and medical or biotechnology industry, education, healthcare, health promoting activities such as exercise and nutrition, or other health related business, law, and policy. During this program, a successful student should develop ability to identify research strategy to explore physiological or pathophysiological mechanisms, develop hypothesis, design experiments, evaluate and present results.

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The Department of Physiology (Faculty of Medicine) offers a Master of Science program in Physiology. The program is designed to raise general knowledge of Physiology and acquire an in-depth knowledge in specific topics in Physiology. The student should be familiar with the range and limitations of techniques used in experimental Physiology and should develop the ability to: initiate a review of the literature, formulate research questions, design experiments, evaluate results and write a scientific paper. Based on the current department research priorities, training in neurophysiology, cardiovascular, exercise, endocrine, and renal physiology is offered. Research requirements include thesis option only.