The Swedish Armed Forces Medical Centre is nationally responsible for the qualified education in military medicine. Studies at university level for conscript medical personnel were introduced in 1997, with the course Battlefield emergency care for nurses (7,5 ECTS points). Two years later, a parallel course for physicians was started. Other courses have also been studied at university level. Starting in 2001, a total of fifteen units throughout the country have arranged the Basic course in battlefield emergency care for Medical Orderly (15 ECTS points). The units have received academic support from local colleges and universities, while curriculum, study literature, supervision and examination have been the responsibility of the Armed Forces Medical Centre. The present reorganisation of the Swedish Armed Forces will result in a situation where the entire military medical education will be located in Gothenburg. Physicians, nurses and medics will be educated at the same campus. A close connection to the University of Gothenburg has been established, in order to promote the educational process of military medicine. Teachers at the Medical Centre will have positions as lecturers at the university, which will be favourable for the students in their acquisition of knowledge.