Biology at Radboud University

The Master's programme in Biology focuses on the biological workings of organisms, systems or the body and examines the relationships between humans, plants and animals and how they adapt to their environment. The programme explores these relationships at all levels, from the smallest molecules through ecosystems and entire populations.
 

As a student in the Master's programme for Biology at Radboud, you will work closely with our experts in on-going research projects at the Institute for Water and Wetlands Research, the Institute of Neuroscience and the Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences.

What will you learn?
The question of how humans, plants and animals adapt to their environment is central in the Radboud University Master’s programme in Biology. You will have the opportunity to focus on the big-picture (ecosystems, river courses and populations) as well as the little cells (genes and pollen) to gain a better understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of the natural world around you.

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Course Content

Students in the Biology programme can choose from the following specialisations:
 

• Adaptive organisms
  A challenging research-orientated programme that covers the fundamental processes involved in stress responses of plants, micro-organisms and animals. In the Adaptive Organisms specialisation, you’ll become an expert in stress adaptation of individual organisms.
   
• Conservation and Restoration Ecology
  In this Master’s specialisation, you will get insight in the relations between individuals, populations and communities with their environment. You will also learn how they react to environmental stress. This fundamental knowledge can be applied in nature protection and restoration or in nature-based industrial processes, for example water purification.
   
• Microbiology
  Improving health and environment, and providing in-depth insight into present-day clinical microbiology and microbial research in general. In this specialisation you will study the interface between fundamental and applied ecology and medical microbiology.
   
• Transnational Ecosystem-based Water Management Double Degree programme
  The specialisation in Transnational Ecosystem-based Water Management is an international programme for future water managers, combining ecology, hydrology, and socio-economics. We focus on ecological solutions, often more effective than technical adjustments. Think of estuaries with sea grass fields breaking the waves instead of reinforcing dikes, or self-purification of drainage-basins, making dredging unnecessary.
   
• Water and Environment
  This specialisation is connected to the Institute for Water and Wetland Research (IWWR), a leading institute in research to wetland ecosystems and stress biology. Do you want to dive into water and environmental issues on all scales and connect scientific findings to societal implications or environmental policies? This might require a change of viewpoint: whereas ecologists take species as their viewpoint, we start with stressors, such as the carbon dioxide emissions, agricultural pesticide use, or hunting.
   
• Science in Society
  This specialisation will equip you with the knowledge, tools and skills to be a professional intermediary between science and society whilst getting a broader societal perspective.
   
• Science, Management and Innovation
  Getting proficient in what happens in the world of business and public administration: how innovation is managed in company strategies, how government designs policy and how that interacts with societal challenges. This specialisation will take you out of the lab and place you right in the heart of society.

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Career

Graduates of this programme could find work as:
 

• Researchers for private or public institutions, NGOs or companies
• Consultants for governmental organizations or private firms
• Policy officers
• Educators
• PhD students
• Analysts
• Project managers or coordinators

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Admission

A completed Bachelor's degree
Your degree has to be equivalent to a Dutch university diploma in Biology or a related field. The Examination Board will determine if an international student has the required knowledge to be admitted. The Examination Board will also indicate if the student is required to follow specific courses from the Bachelor's programme to eliminate possible deficiencies.

A proficiency in English
In order to take part in this programme, you need to have fluency in both written and spoken English. Non-native speakers of English* without a Dutch Bachelor's degree or VWO diploma need one of the following:
 

        A TOEFL score of >575 (paper based) or >90 (internet based)
        An IELTS score of >6.5
        Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CAE) or Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) with a mark of C or higher

* Applicants are considered to be a native speaker of English if they are from Australia, Canada (with exception of Quebec), Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, UK, USA or South Africa.
    

Specialisation specific requirements
Each specialisation has more specific requirements. Check the specialisation website for details.

Application deadlines:
1 May (EU/EEA applicants)
1 April (Non-EU/EEA applicants)

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Biology - Impressions of your Masters study

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Overview of Masters programmes - Radboud University

		Artificial Intelligence
		Behavioural Science (Research)
		Biology
		Biomedical sciences
		Business Administration
		Cognitive Neuroscience
		Computing Science
		Corporate Finance and Control
		Data Science
		Economics
		Environment and Society Studies
		Human Geography
		International and European Law
		Niederlande-Deutschland-Studien
		Political Science
		Work, Organisation and Health
		Anthropology and Development Studies
		Arts and Culture
		Business Law
		Communication and Information Studies
		Historical, Literary and Cultural Studies
		History
		Information Science
		International Business Communication
		Linguistics
		Linguistics and Communication Sciences
		Mathematics
		Medical Biology
		Molecular Mechanisms of Diseases (Research Master)
		Molecular Sciences
		North American studies
		Pedagogical Sciences
		Philosophy
		Philosophy (Research)
		Physics and Astronomy
		Psychology
		Social and Cultural Science (Research Master)
		Spatial Planning
		Theology
		Theology and Religious Studies
		Transnational Ecosystem-based Water Management

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Open Days

Bachelor’s Open Day: Friday and Saturday 3.-4. November 2023

Master’s Open Day: Thursday 23. November 2023

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