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BSc Biologie (Kernfach) at Bielefeld University

Bielefeld University, Germany

Programme overview

Core subject of the Kombi-Bachelor exploring the diversity of life and how biological systems work, from molecular processes to ecosystems, with a base in theory and practice (laboratory and field).

Faculty: Faculty of Biology  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught; Kombi-Bachelor core subject (Kernfach)  |  Intake: winter semester  |  Location: Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

In the profile phase students choose three of four topic areas, including genetics, cell biology and physiology, ecology, and behaviour and neural mechanisms.

Career pathways

Graduates can pursue academic or industrial research and development.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A suitable higher education entrance qualification (e.g. Abitur); special rules apply for applicants with a foreign qualification and for vocationally qualified applicants. Admission-restricted (NC). Application deadline (winter semester 2026/27): 1 June to 15 July 2026. German-taught: applicants with a foreign qualification must prove German, for example TestDaF TDN 4 in all four sections, DSH-2/3 or telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule (at least "befriedigend").

Intake: winter semester

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)

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