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Fisheries Biology and Management – (M.Sc.)
University of Bergen
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| Application Deadline: | February 1 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | Free - | ||
| Location: | Bergen / Norway | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | August |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 120 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
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The goal of the programme is to give the students an insight into, and an overview of the discipline fisheries biology with emphasis on how exploitation and other external factors influence the living resources in the sea. Students who have completed the programme shall have a good knowledge of the systematics, anatomy, physiology, behaviour, development, life history and ecology of fishes, in addition to oceanography and marine ecosystems.
They shall further have a basic understanding of the population structure of fish stocks, the function and selective properties of fishing gear, exploitation strategies of fish populations from selected ecosystems and simple population dynamic models, in addition to knowledge of how ecological factors in combination with the fishing pressure influence the development of fish stocks.
The students will also get practical experience from work in fisheries biology in the laboratory, in the field and on a research vessel. The students shall also be trained in conducting an independent scientific study based on a material collected in the laboratory or in the field, or based on time series. The thesis could also be based on an extended literature review.
Contents
The Master´s Programme in Fisheries Biology and Management consists of a master´s thesis of 60 ECTS and courses of totally 60 ECTS. The compulsory subjects for the degree are: BIO300 Biological data analysis and research design (10 ECTS), MAR230 Fisheries Ecology (10 ECTS), BIO280 Fish biology I - Systematics and anatomy (10 ECTS), MAR331 Fisheries management (10 ECTS) and MAR330 Responsible fish capture (10 ECTS). You may choose the additional elective subjects in agreement with your academic supervisor.
Master's thesis
In agreement with your academic supervisor, you will choose a master´s thesis and make a progression plan containing important milestones for your project. The master´s thesis can be either a practical research experiment or analyses of collected data series.
Method
In the work with the master´s thesis you will, in an independent way, make use of methods from the subject field in the research of relevant material. The master´s thesis could be based on your own field work and/or available data and experimental character.
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Requirements
The selection of students for admission to the Master's programme in Fisheries Biology and Management is based on the following criteria:
* Your Bachelor's degree must include knowledge and competence in biology corresponding to 60 ECTS (one academic year) and should be documented with course descriptions and learning outcomes for the degree
* The average grade of the bachelor's degree must be at least 2nd class, upper division/B
* Lab experience and practical field experience (must be documented)
* Depth and relevance of educational training
* Extent and relevance of work experience
* A good command of English
* Connection to cooperating institutions of UiB (required for the Quota Scheme)
* Academic degree not older than two years (exceptions can be made if the applicant has relevant work experience)
* The applicant's prospects for having a productive career in the special field of study
* Consideration to ensure diversity in the pool of students admitted to the programme
Number of self-financing students admitted to each master programme: max 3 students
Applicants for the Quota Scheme, from the following institutions:
Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute, Tanzania
Makarere University, Uganda
Yellow Sea Fisheries Resarch Institute, China
University of NhaTrang, Vietnam
Research Institute for Aquaculture No. 3, Vietnam
University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Accreditation
The University of Bergen is one of three Norwegian universities accredited by the US Department of Education. That means that, for more than twenty years now, it has been possible for American students wishing to study at the University of Bergen to apply for financial support from the American student loan programme (FFELP) under the US Department of Education. UiB's accreditation entails regular thorough evaluations of its quality systems by external evaluators.
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