Ecology, Master of Science

University of Wurzburg · Würzburg, Germany

Level
Master's
Award
Master of Science
Language
English
Duration
4 semesters
Campus
Würzburg
Apply by
Register by 15 January 2027 + 1 more
Starts
Winter and summer semester

University of Wurzburg does not publish a fee for this programme on its own. Its published rate for master's programmes is €0 a year for international students.

Entry requirements and how to apply

Entry requirements
Bachelor of Science in biology or equivalent study degree that fulfils the criteria of the "Fachkanon Biologie" / subject specific criteria, in particular: Bachelor of Science in Biology or similar programme Biosciences: 75 ECTS credit equivalents Chemistry (including biochemistry and physical chemistry): 15 ECTS Physics, mathematics, biostatistics: 15 ECTS OR Biosciences: 60 ECTS Chemistry (including biochemistry and physical chemistry): 20 ECTS Physics, mathematics, biostatistics: 12 ECTS OR Biosciences: 70 ECTS Chemistry (including biochemistry and physical chemistry): 10 ECTS Physics, mathematics, biostatistics: 12 ECTS Proof of experimental laboratory experience, preferably by an experimental thesis comprising a minimum of 10 ECTS Please submit either your final degree or your transcript of records to certify the minimum requirement of 150 ECTS. You have to submit your completed transcript of records no later than 15 September or 15 March, respectively.
English language requirement
B2 required, please provide an official language certificate, e.g.: IELTS Academic: 6.5 Cambridge English Qualifications: C1 Advanced
German language requirement
No minimum language level required
Application period
The following is valid for applicants from: all countries For the summer semester: 1 August - 15 January The following is valid for applicants from: all countries For the winter semester: 1 February - 15 July
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About this programme

The multidisciplinary programme combines plant adaptations and their molecular basis, animal ecology, conservation biology and tropical biology. These topics include animal-plant interactions, plant ecophysiology, plant-microbe interactions, plant genetics, biodiversity research, climate-change ecology, and the evolutionary adaptations at the physiological and organismic level. Courses in socio-biology, neurogenetics and behaviour as well as ecological courses like forest ecology, chemical ecology, agroecology, soil ecology, remote sensing and ecological modelling can be chosen. Overall, the study programme reaches from molecular biology of single species to all disciplines of organismic biology. Further topics include constraints for plant growth and development (biogeography, biodiversity), the interactions of plants and animals with abiotic and biotic environmental factors (e.g. plant-bacteria, plant-fungus interactions) including the evolutionary adaptations at the physiological and organismic level, aspects of neurogenetics, genetic regulation mechanisms and behaviour as well as the interaction of individuals, social groups and large populations in complex and variable ecosystems. Using tropical biology with its specialties, unique and general principles in ecology are communicated. Both fundamentals and novel approaches based on molecular biology tools are discussed with respect to organismic biology. The two selected topics are composed of two theory modules as well as

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