Department of Microbiology and Immunology is one of an eleven departments within Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University. Its responsibilities are teaching, training, research and service in the field of microbiology, immunology and molecular biology. Several international courses at the postgraduate levels in microbiology and immunology including the core subjects, elective and advanced courses are offered to the students of the D.T.M. & H. as well as M.Sc. and Ph.D. in tropical medicine. Our department also shares some parts in teaching microbiology and immunology in other courses of Mahidol University and other universities and institutions. Several students selected to work for their thesis towards the M.Sc./Ph.D. degrees in various laboratories of the department each year. Short courses on the subjects are given periodically.

The departmentis actively involved in teaching and training various post graduate courses of the faculty. These are:
1. Master of Science in Tropical Medicine [M.Sc. (Trop. Med.)]
2. Doctor of Philosophy in Tropical Medicine [(Ph.D. (Trop. Med.)]
3. Graduate Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (D.T.M. & H.)