MA/MS in Biological Sciences

The programme is built around biological research into plant and animal species and the ecosystems they form part of, carried out through the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics and the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, and oriented toward the sustainable use and protection of biodiversity. It aims to explain how organisms and ecosystems function despite their complexity, and how they change in response to natural processes and human influence, with students contributing to this understanding at scales ranging from molecules and genes up to whole ecosystems. The programme offers four specialised tracks, Ecology and Evolution, Green Life Sciences, Freshwater and Marine Biology, and Evolution of Behaviour and Mind, alongside General Biology as a broader option.