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Faculty:Faculty of Natural Sciences and Healthcare
Programme Workload:80 CP / 120 ECTS CP
Programme Duration:2 years
Forms of the Programme Implementation:Full-time studies
Admission Requirements:Bachelor’s degree in biology or medicine, or environmental science, or 2nd level higher professional education in the field of biology, medicine, pharmacy or veterinary medicine.
Obtainable Degree:Master of Science in Biology
Study course descriptionsStudy course descriptions

The Aim

is to prepare high-level specialists in the field of biology with deep theoretical knowledge and practical skills, capable of making independent decisions and conducting creative scientific research.

Knowledge

  • theoretical knowledge in the field of biological science, critical understanding of concepts, theories and regularities;
  • main findings of biology in an interdisciplinary context;
  • basic principles of scientific research in the field of biology.

Skills

  • knows how to independently select, critically evaluate and analyze the obtained information;
  • able to discuss current issues in the field of biological science with other specialists and representatives of related professions;
  • knows how to independently conduct scientific research in the fields of biology.

Competence

  • to take initiative and responsibility, work individually or in a team;
  • to integrate the knowledge of fields related to biology in the process of self-development and self-improvement in the perspective of the future professional career;
  • to evaluate the influence of your own competences and influence of the social environment.

Programme Director

Professor, Dr. biol. Inese Kokina
e-mail: inese.kokina@du.lv