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Biology – (M.Sc.)
Radboud University Nijmegen
Faculty of Science
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| Application Deadline: | EEA: May 1; Non-EEA: March 1 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 1,771 ≈ € 10,020 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Nijmegen / Netherlands / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 120 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Radboud University Nijmegen
Studying Biology starts with a fascination for life. Nowadays, global concerns about how living organisms and the environment affect each other are issues of the modern society we live in. How humans, animals and plants adapt to their environment is the central question in Nijmegen's Master's of Biology. The mechanisms that lie underneath this adaptation are studied on a large scale, ranging from the smallest living entities, such as molecules, cells and pollen until larger entities such as ecosystems, river courses and entire populations.
Specialisations
You can choose one of the following specialisations:
- Adaptive organisms
- Communities and Ecosystems
- Water and Environment (Environmental Sciences)
Rich programme
The MSc. programme not only covers a multitude of organisms and places interactions between them into context, it also integrates all levels of organisation from the molecule and the cell up to ecosystems and the landscape. This combination of experience results in a rich and coherent MSc. programme of Master's courses and exciting internships with state-of-the-art research. It prepares you for a career in science, both fundamental and applied, but also provides the necessary knowledge for innovative evidence-based applications in nature and water management.
Personal tutor
This programme offers you many opportunities to follow your own interests under the guidance of a personal tutor. In close collaboration with the academic hospital UMCN St. Radboud and several research institutes in Nijmegen (Institute for Water and Wetlands Research, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Donders Institute) Radboud University offers you a multitude of research fields to choose from which allows you to specialise in a field of personal interest. Our top scientist are looking forward to take you with them on a challenging and inspiring scientific journey.
Contents
You can choose one of the following specialisations:
Adaptive organisms
This track has its prime focus on processes at the sub-organismal level. Using the latest molecular and physiological tools the adaptations of organisms to environmental stresses are studied. The regulatory mechanisms are understood, including the genetic constraints, the physiological plasticity and the evolutionary history of the responses of organisms that we see.
Communities and Ecosystems
This track focuses on the ecology of units of interacting individuals, in populations, communities and ecosystems. The biodiversity is analysed and functionally related to the hydrology, nutritional status and landscape configuration of the ecosystem. Ecogenomics tools are applied to obtain information on unknown components such as microbial composition or evolutionary history of populations.
Water and Environment (Environmental Sciences)
This track focuses on the insight needed to tackle problems such as climate change, flooding, eutrophication, chemical pollution, habitat fragmentation and bio-invasions. We provide you with the laboratory, field and assessment tools needed to protect ecosystem and human health in the context of multiple environmental pressures. If you wish, you can specialise in Transnational Water Management (TWM), an international program set-up together with the University of Duisburg-Essen, or in Human and Environmental Risk Assessment (HERA) of chemicals, carried out together with the Radboud University Medical Centre.
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Requirements
- The equivalent of a Dutch Bachelor´s degree in Biology with relevant subjects. If you don´t have all the right subjects, you will need to catch up. You may take a maximum of six months for this and your success will be evaluated by the examination commission
- Fluency in written and spoken English: a TOEFL score of at least 550 for the paper-based test, 213 for the computer-based test, 80 for the internet-based test, or an IELTS of 6 for non-native English language speakers
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 550 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 213 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 80 |
Funding details
There are various scholarships available for studying at Radboud University Nijmegen. Please check which scholarship is applicable in your case.
Radboud Scholarship Programme
As of February 2008 Radboud University Nijmegen has its own Radboud Scholarship Programme. This programme offers a selected number of talented prospective non-EEA students the opportunity to receive a scholarship to pursue an English-taught Master´s degree programme at Radboud University Nijmegen.
Erasmus Mundus ERANET - COMING SOON!
The ERANET - Mundus project offers a selected number of talented prospective Russian students the opportunity to receive a scholarship to pursue an English-taught Master's degree programme at Radboud University Nijmegen.
Erasmus Mundus SAPIENT
The Erasmus Mundus programme (2009-2013) is an EU cooperation and mobility programme in the field of higher education. SAPIENT provides all South African students the possibility to study at one of the top universities of the International Research Universities Network (IRUN).
Programmes under the auspices of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
Netherlands Fellowship Programme: This Fellowship Programme offers scholarships for selected NFP programmes including selected programmes of Radboud University Nijmegen.
Dutch study grant system: EU/EEA students who wish to take a degree programme in the Netherlands can sometimes be eligible for a Dutch student grant.
STUNED: The Stuned programme is applicable to postgraduate students from Indonesia.
National scholarships
Please also check if there are scholarships or grants available in your own country for studying in the Netherlands. Below we have listed a number of scholarships that are available from specific countries.
Fulbright scholarships: Fulbright Scholarships are available for American graduate students and researchers.
Ford Foundation: Sometimes private foundations may be willing to fund your study period abroad. The international Fellowship Programme from the Ford Foundation is one example.
Soros Foundations: Grants, scholarships and fellowships are available for students and researchers coming from 23 countries, especially in Central and Eastern Europe.
HEC: The Higher Education Commission was set up by the Government of Pakistan and has created a scholarship programme for students from Pakistan.
Colfuturo: This programme is available for students from Colombia.
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