1. Bachelor’s degree (180 credits) or equivalent with a major in chemistry, biochemistry, biomedical technology, biomedical methods and technology, biomedical laboratory science, or in other areas of natural, medical, engineering sciences or technology of relevance to the programme with a minimum of 15 credits in chemistry and/or biochemistry.

2. The equivalent of English B, or English 6, in Swedish secondary school.

The course is given in the first semester of the Master’s Program in Biomedical Surface Science and is a course within the main field of study. The course is a mandatory course in the Master’s Program Biomedical Surface Science.

The course aims to enable the students to identify artificial and biological interfaces relevant to Biomedical Surface Science.

Biomedical surface science is discussed defining the concept of artificial and biological interfaces. The role of artificial and biological interfaces in research and development of biomedical and biotech industries is emphasised. The main molecular, surface chemical and biological phenomena at artificial and biological interfaces are discussed with focus on their applications in biomedical methods and products of biomedical technology. The development and growth of biomedical and biotech industries worldwide and at the Malmö-Copenhagen (Öresund) region are analysed.

Upon completion of the course the student should be able to

1. explain biomedical surface science in terms of artificial and biological interfaces,
2. explain the main interactions at artificial and biological interfaces, and
3. explain how processes at artificial and biological interfaces are involved and used in the products or activities of biomedical and biotech industries.

Learning forms based on principles of the proper combination of passive (lectures) and active (seminars, discussions, labs and individual works) learning. For active learning (seminars, discussion, and individual work) independent literature studies, presentations, critical thinking, and problem solving, prevails. Different forms of reporting are used, namely written and oral for weekly seminars and labs reports.

The learning outcomes are examined through: completed laboratory experiments and approved reports, both oral and written, reports on individual works, presentations at seminars, and a written exam.

Right to re-examination
Students who fail the exam are given the opportunity to do two re-takes with the same course content and with the same requirements. The student also has the right to take the examination in the same course in the subsequent course according to the same rule. Examination and re-takes are carried out at the times specified in the course schedule.

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Medicon Valley Alliance. Directory (2008) Academia, Businesses and Public Organisations in Medicon Valley. Birch & co. a/s, Copenhagen, pp. 84.

To cover the contents of the course appropriate scientific papers will be distributed.

Malmö University provides students who participate in, or who have completed a course, with the opportunity to express their opinions and describe their experiences of the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarise the results of course evaluations. The University will also inform participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures taken in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).

If a course is no longer offered, or has undergone significant changes, the students must be offered two opportunities for re-examination based on the syllabus that ap-plied at the time of registration, for a period of one year after the changes have been implemented.

If a student has a Learning support decision, the examiner has the right to provide the student with an adapted test, or to allow the student to take the exam in a different format. The syllabus is a translation of a Swedish source text.