MSc Biodiversity Sciences at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

The international MSc Biodiversity Sciences teaches how biodiversity can be quantified across space and time, which evolutionary and ecological processes underlie it and what its change means for humans. Students collect, analyse and visualise biodiversity data; all teaching and examinations are in English.

Faculty: Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät I - Biowissenschaften  |  Department: Institut für Biologie  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; English-taught  |  Intake: Wintersemester  |  Location: Halle (Saale), Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

What you will study

Compulsory modules include design of research studies, statistics in biodiversity sciences, excursions in botany and zoology, a research internship and a project study; students choose project modules offered by biology, geosciences, agricultural sciences and computer science, and finish with the master thesis and public defence (30 CP).

Career pathways

Graduates work in biodiversity research, teaching, international development co-operation on conservation, consulting, management and planning, public-sector monitoring and administration and political consultancy; the degree also qualifies for PhD positions.

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