Master's thesis in teaching and learning in higher education

About this programme

No fees are charged for EU and EEA citizens, Swedish residence permit holders and exchange students. The course offers opportunity to deepen knowledge in a specific problem area in teaching and learning in higher education. The course is based on implementation of an individual assignment that includes problem definition, formulation of aim, research question, search and compilation of scientific literature, theoretical, methodological and ethical positionings, planning and implementation of an empirical study, processing and analysis of collected empirical material and presentation and discussion of the result of the study. Admission to the course requires an awarded bachelor's degree of at least 180 credits or an equivalent degree. Furthermore, the student must demonstrate proficiency in English equivalent to English 6 (Swedish upper secondary school level) or English level 2 or an international test in English for example TOEFL or IELTS. The student should have gone through equivalent to 15 credits method course at advanced level (2nd cycle) with approved result and with contents of relevance for teaching and learning in higher education. Selection is based upon the number of credits from previous university studies, maximum 165 credits.