Conservation Biology and Applied Ecology (M.Sc.)

Conservation Biology and Applied Ecology (Master)

BioEU Master of Science Programmes

Are you interested to learn about the fascinating complexity of living organisms, from single molecules to global ecosystems? Would you like to become familiar with cell biology, biochemistry, neurobiology, molecular genetics, evolution, ecology, bioinformatics, metabolomics or proteomics, would you like to understand behavior, neuron function, mechanisms of microbial infection, parasiolgy, tumor development or tissue regeneration?

The eight BioEU Master of Science Programmes offer you tailor-made -curricula according to your personal interests. Selecting a particular BioEU Master programme will allow you to become a specialist in your chosen field of interest, and, during the master programme, you will be involved in ongoing projects in leading edge research groups either at the university of Würzburg or partner universities. Furthermore, you may directly continue your research activities in a subsequent doctoral programme in a leading edge environment.

Programme Profile: Conservation Biology and Applied Ecology

The programme combines training/education/classes in basic and applied animal ecology, conservation biology, tropical biology, and global change biology. It is target of the program to introduce students to fundamental ecological and evolutionary principles, to teach important topics in applied and conservation ecology and provide training in methods covering remote sensing, animal census techniques, statistical data evaluation and development of conservation strategies and programs.

The program’s topics cover a large variety of ecological and conservation related courses, e.g. on biodiversity research, climate change biology, animal-plant interactions, ecological sustainability, evolutionary and behavioural ecology, ecological theory and modelling, macroecology, biological conservation, agroecology, forest ecology, chemical ecology, soil ecology, ecology in alpine or tropical environments, ecosystem services like pollination and biocontrol, insect ecology, biology of social insects including honey bees and ants. Courses in other disciplines of biology are possible like socio-biology, neurogenetics and behaviour as well as courses on remote sensing in the department of geography, courses in the Centre of Computational and Theoretical biology (CCTB) or in the Centre of Artificial Intelligence and Data Sciences (CAIDAS). Statistics and scientific writing are additional skills, which will be trained.

The two selected topics are composed of two theory modules as well as a practical course unit each. Further research training is provided in selected fields of interest. Students are actively involved in ongoing research projects and learn to independently plan and perform both theoretical, experimental and observational work and finally, to summarize and discuss results obtained in their master thesis.

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