A career in systematic ichthyology may be pursued through the Fish Section of the Swedish Museum of Natural History. The museum promotes supervision of undergraduate studies for the degree paper, usually resulting in a BSc or MSc.
Studies are open only to students registered with a Swedish university.
The museum makes available various facilities including laboratory space and access to collections. Occasionally funding may be available for pursuing a particular project. Senior research staff provides the supervision of the thesis work. Students need to be accepted by an institution with examination rights, however, preferentially the Department of Zoology, Stockholm University. Conditions for acceptance and application procedures are posted at the Zoology Department homepage .