In the Faculty of Medicine, prospective graduate students will find many research fields from where they may be able to choose a program for a MSc (or other higher) degree. The main areas are anatomy, biochemistry, community medicine, forensic medicine, medicine, microbiology, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, pathology and immunology, pharmacology, physiology, psychological medicine, social and preventive medicine, and surgery. Programs may be offered in research carried out at the Centre for Early Human Development, the Centre for the Study of Mothers' and Children's Health and the Institute of Reproduction and Development.
Prospective students are also referred to the handbooks for the Faculty of Arts. Below are outlines of the principal areas of research and/or coursework programs.