Master's Programme in Biology

With a master’s degree in Biology, you will:

contribute to understanding the issues that are important in natural resource management and provide relevant knowledge in conservation and management issues.
retrieve, analyse and apply new knowledge.
analyse, interpret and discuss your own data in an academic and critical manner, in light of data and theories in the field.
work in accord with scientific principles, and understand and respect openness, precision, accountability and the significance of distinguishing between knowledge and opinion.

Our graduates have a combination of biological expertise and a broad natural science foundation. This ensures that they are well equipped to fill important roles in research, education, industry, management and society.

With a master’s in biology, you will have many available career paths in both the public and private sector, such as consultancy agencies, in ministries and directorates both on the national and regional level, and in environmental organisations. They can also study biological and environmental issues in research institutes and relevant industries, such as the growing aquaculture and seafood industry, the biotechnology industry and many others.
Our graduates have landed jobs as for instance:

Aquaculture Technician at Sterling White Halibut
Conceptual Developer at Nature:xpo
Advisor at the Norwegian Environment Agency
This programme is for students who are reflective, critical and inquisitive about nature. You will be trained to think creatively and beyond the standard explanatory models and disciplinary boundaries. You will also learn the most common research methods within field-based, experimental and theoretically-oriented research of ecosystems.