Ecology and Evolution Master’s Study Programme
The four semester “Ecology and Evolution" Master's Study Programme is offered by the Faculty of Biological Sciences. The start of studies for the Master's Study Programme is in the Winter or Summer Semester, respectively. The application deadline for the Winter Semester is the 15th of July and for the Summer Semester, the 15th of January. Application takes place via an Online Application Portal in cooperation with uni-assist in Berlin. You will find the current Study Regulations here (german).
The Master's Study Programme addresses ecology and evolutionary biology, which are closely related causally and in terms of content. It offers consolidating training in modern biodiversity research and provides important basic information for understanding biodiversity against the background of current environmental changes. The thematic offering extends from systematic-taxonomic curriculum contents to physiological up to ecological and experimental evolutionary biological aspects. In terms of methodology, molecular biological techniques up to ecosystem and biodiversity analyses are imparted. The M.Sc. is modularly divided into half-semester study units. For the first five modules, students can select from 3 to 4 subjects that are offered parallel to one another in each case and choose curricular focuses in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology (see Overview of the modules). Internships, for example, in scientific collections, government agencies or industrial and other application areas with ecological contents will also be approved. In addition to basic academic research, employment in research facilities, in environment protection and conservation, for agriculturally and forestry oriented employers, in scientific collections or in the chemical or agrotechnical industry can be considered.
In addition to the Goethe University, the following institutions participate in this Study Programme: the Senckenberg Research Institute and Museum as well as the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre BiK-F.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Professor Dr. Meike Piepenbring - Leader of the Master's Study Programme, Piepenbring@bio.uni-frankfurt.de, Tel. 069/798-42222
Dr. Sabrina Schiwy –Coordinator of the Master's Study Programmein the Biologicum, Schiwy@bio.uni-frankfurt.de, Tel. 069/798-42173
Prerequisites
The prerequisite for this course of study is a bachelor's degree from a university or a university of applied sciences in the biological sciences or a related specialist discipline or a comparable degree, in which the completed study programme must have a standard period of study of at least 6 semesters. Laboratory courses, vocational training or vocational experience are not required for admission to the Master's Study Programme in Ecology and Evolution.
Structure and contents of the Degree Programme
1st semester: 2 elective modules
2nd semester: 2 elective modules
3rd semester: 1 elective module and introduction to scientific work (6 weeks full-time in the work group)
4th semester: Master's thesis (6 months full-time in work group)
In the 3rd semester it is possible to study in a foreign country (e.g. with ERASMUS).
You will find an Overview of the modules and additional information on the modules here as well as in the Study Regulations.
