Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences

Admission Requirements

Enrolling for this study plan is possible after having obtained one of the following degrees:

Academic Bachelor's programme biologie

You may also be asked to provide additional documents so we may evaluate your application.

Aanbevelingsbrief 1 / Letter of recommendation 1
Aanbevelingsbrief 2 / Letter of recommendation 2
Motivatiebrief / Letter of motivation
Puntenlijst / Transcript of records

Enrolling for this plan is also possible having completed the Bridging Programme Master of Science in Biology (only in Dutch).

Enrolling for this plan is also possible having completed the Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Biology (only in Dutch).

Enrolling for this plan is also possible having completed the Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Biology.

Enrolling for this plan is also possible having completed the Bachelor of Biology (only in Dutch).

Overview of the study plan

Compulsory: 45 ECTS-credits.
Electives: 75 ECTS-credits to choose from the three tracks and/of from the list of general electives.


Compulsory

Compulsory: 45 ECTS-credits.

Compulsory First Year

All courses are compulsory.

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 9 ECTS credits.

6ECTS credits - Analysis of Biological Data
3ECTS credits - Introduction to GIS

Compulsory Second Year

Compulsory Second Year

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 36 ECTS credits.

3ECTS credits - Bioethics
3ECTS credits - Scientific Presentation Skills and Career Planning
30ECTS credits - Master Thesis Biology

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Electives

Electives: 75 ECTS-credits to choose from the three tracks and/or the lists of general electives.

To complete this module, students must obtain 75 ECTS credits.

Track Ecology & Evolution

Track Ecology & Evolution

6ECTS credits - Social-Ecological Systems
3ECTS credits - Origin of Life and Paleontological Evolution
6ECTS credits - Terrestrial ecology
3ECTS credits - Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics of Sex
6ECTS credits - Freshwater Ecology and Management
6ECTS credits - Biogeography
5ECTS credits - Marine Ecology
5ECTS credits - Freshwater Ecology
6ECTS credits - Experimental Plant Ecology
5ECTS credits - Biology of Animal Societies
3ECTS credits - Evolutionary Ecology
3ECTS credits - Biogeography
6ECTS credits - Fieldtrip Ecology
6ECTS credits - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Track Global Change

Track Global Change

6ECTS credits - Social-Ecological Systems
6ECTS credits - Sustainability: an Interdisciplinary Approach
6ECTS credits - Decision Support for Sustainability
6ECTS credits - Terrestrial ecology
3ECTS credits - Biological invasions and management
6ECTS credits - Freshwater Ecology and Management
5ECTS credits - Marine Ecology
5ECTS credits - Freshwater Ecology
3ECTS credits - Conservation Genetics
3ECTS credits - Agroecology
6ECTS credits - Global Change Biology
3ECTS credits - Natural Risk Management
3ECTS credits - Chemical Risk Assesment
6ECTS credits - Social Demography

Track Herpetology

Track Herpetology

3ECTS credits - Biogeography
6ECTS credits - Natural History of Reptiles
3ECTS credits - Toxins in Amphibians and Reptiles
6ECTS credits - Biogeography
6ECTS credits - Fieldtrip Ecology
6ECTS credits - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
3ECTS credits - Origin of Life and Paleontological Evolution
3ECTS credits - Conservation Genetics
3ECTS credits - Advanced Developmental Biology
6ECTS credits - Animal Behaviour
3ECTS credits - Current Topics in Herpetology
6ECTS credits - Natural History of Amphibians

General Electives

General Electives
"Professional Internship" can only be chosen once during the master programme, either as 6 or as 12 ECTS-credits.

3ECTS credits - Field Sampling and Analysis
3ECTS credits - Molecular Microbiology
3ECTS credits - Marine fisheries management
6ECTS credits - Professional Internship
12ECTS credits - Professional Internship
3ECTS credits - Tutoring

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