MA/MS in Biological Sciences: Ecology and Evolution

This two-year track examines how living organisms relate to one another, how species evolve, and how ecosystems function, carried out through the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics and the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences. The aim is to understand how organisms and ecosystems function and change under natural processes and human influence, covering how plant and animal species originate and form communities within ecosystems, and how biodiversity might be protected. It is one of four specialised tracks within the wider Biological Sciences master, alongside a more general option, with courses and internships available in the Netherlands, elsewhere in Europe, or further afield.