Study programme
Dutch-taught Master of Biology: Biodiversity, Conservation and Restoration
This programme is taught in Dutch. For informational purposes only, we provide basic information about this programme in English. Were you looking for the English equivalent of this programme? Take a look at the study programme of the English-taught programme
2024-2025
Model path over 2 years
In the first semester of the first year, it is not allowed to include optional courses in your study programme.
Fundamentals and skills
Biostatistics
Ecology of Populations and Communities
Freshwater Field course
Freshwater Ecosystem Functioning
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Plant and Soil Ecology
Conservation and restoration in practice
Conservation Genetics
Conservation and Society
- Tobias Ceulemans
- Ladislav Miko
Biodiversity Conservation
Species Conservation and Management
Conservation Internship
to choose in part 1 or 2 of the master depending on whether the students already starts the Master Project in part 1
Internship
- - NNB
Masterproject
Students who started the Master Project in part 1 of the master choose Master Project 2 for 20 ECTS credits, the other students choose the Master Project for 30 ECTS-credits.
Master Project Biology including internship
- - NNB
List of optional courses
18 ECTS-credits to choose from the list below. In the first semester of the first year, it is not allowed to include optional courses in your study programme.
Academic Literacies for Scientists
Bio-mechanics
Island biology
Methods in Environmental Biology
Plant-microbe Interactions
Laboratory Animal Science (Core Module)
2023-2024
Model path over 2 years
In the first semester of the first year, it is not allowed to include optional courses in your study programme.
Fundamentals and skills
Biostatistics
Ecology of Populations and Communities
Field course
Freshwater Ecosystem Functioning
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Plant and Soil Ecology
Conservation and restoration in practice
Conservation Genetics
Conservation and Society
- Tobias Ceulemans
- Ladislav Miko
Biodiversity Conservation
Species Conservation and Management
Conservation Internship
to choose in part 1 or 2 of the master depending on whether the students already starts the Master Project in part 1
Internship
- - NNB
Masterproject
Students who started the Master Project in part 1 of the master choose Master Project 2 for 20 ECTS credits, the other students choose the Master Project for 30 ECTS-credits.
Master Project Biology including internship
- - NNB
List of optional courses
18 ECTS-credits to choose from the list below. In the first semester of the first year, it is not allowed to include optional courses in your study programme.
Academic Literacies for Scientists
Bio-mechanics
Island biology
Human Behaviour
Methods in Environmental Biology
Plant-microbe Interactions
Scientific Writing in English
Laboratory Animal Science (Core Module)
2022-2023
Model path over 2 years
In the first semester of the first year, it is not allowed to include optional courses in your study programme.
Fundamentals and skills
Biostatistics
Ecology of populations and communities
Field course
Freshwater ecosystem functioning
Geographic information systems (GIS)
Landscape ecology
Plant and soil ecology
Conservation and restoration in practice
Conservation genetics
Conservation and society
- Ruurd van Diggelen
- Ladislav Miko
Habitat conservation
Restoration ecology
Species conservation and management
Conservation Internship
to choose in part 1 or 2 of the master depending on whether the students already starts the Master Project in part 1
Internship
- - NNB
Masterproject
Students who started the Master Project in part 1 of the master choose Master Project 2 for 20 ECTS credits, the other students choose the Master Project for 30 ECTS-credits.
Master Project Biology including internship
- - NNB
List of optional courses
18 ECTS-credits to choose from the list below. In the first semester of the first year, it is not allowed to include optional courses in your study programme.
Academic Literacies for Scientists
Bio-mechanics
Island biology
Human behaviour
Methods in environmental biology
Plant-microbe interactions
Scientific writing in English
System ecology
Laboratory Animal Science (core module)
2021-2022
Model path over 2 years
In the first semester of the first year, it is not allowed to include optional courses in your study programme.
Fundamentals and skills
Biostatistics
Ecology of populations and communities
Field course
Freshwater ecosystem functioning
Geographic information systems (GIS)
Landscape ecology
Plant and soil ecology
Conservation and restoration in practice
Conservation genetics
Conservation and society
- Ruurd van Diggelen
- Ladislav Miko
Habitat conservation
Restoration ecology
Species conservation and management
Conservation Internship
to choose in part 1 or 2 of the master depending on whether the students already starts the Master Project in part 1
Internship
- - NNB
Masterproject
Students who started the Master Project in part 1 of the master choose Master Project 2 for 20 ECTS credits, the other students choose the Master Project for 30 ECTS-credits.
Master Project Biology including internship
- - NNB
List of optional courses
18 ECTS-credits to choose from the list below. In the first semester of the first year, it is not allowed to include optional courses in your study programme.
Academic Literacies for Scientists
Bio-accoustics
Bio-mechanics
Ecomorphology
Behaviour: seminar and skills
Island biology
Human behaviour
Meteorology, climatology and global change
Methods in environmental biology
Plant-microbe interactions
Scientific writing in English
System ecology
Laboratory Animal Science (core module)
2020-2021
Model path over 2 years
In the first semester of the first year, it is not allowed to include optional courses in your study programme.
Fundamentals and skills
Biostatistics
Ecology of populations and communities
Field course
Freshwater ecosystem functioning
Geographic information systems (GIS)
Landscape ecology
Plant and soil ecology
Conservation and restoration in practice
Conservation genetics
Conservation and society
- Ruurd van Diggelen
- Ladislav Miko
Habitat conservation
Restoration ecology
Species conservation and management
Conservation Internship
to choose in part 1 or 2 of the master depending on whether the students already starts the Master Project in part 1
Internship
- - NNB
Masterproject
Students who started the Master Project in part 1 of the master choose Master Project 2 for 20 ECTS credits, the other students choose the Master Project for 30 ECTS-credits.
Master project biology: part 1
- - NNB
Master Project Biology including internship
- - NNB
Master Project Biology: part 2 including internship
- - NNB
List of optional courses
18 ECTS-credits to choose from the list below. In the first semester of the first year, it is not allowed to include optional courses in your study programme.
Academic Literacies for Scientists
Bio-accoustics
Bio-mechanics
Ecomorphology
Behaviour: seminar and skills
Island biology
Human behaviour
Meteorology, climatology and global change
Methods in environmental biology
Plant-microbe interactions
Scientific writing in English
System ecology
2019-2020
Model path over 2 years
In the first semester of the first year, it is not allowed to include optional courses in your study programme.
Fundamentals and skills
Biostatistics
Ecology of populations and communities
Field course
Freshwater ecosystem functioning
Geographic information systems (GIS)
Landscape ecology
Plant and soil ecology
Conservation and restoration in practice
Conservation genetics
Conservation and society
- Ruurd van Diggelen
- Ladislav Miko
Habitat conservation
Restoration ecology
Species conservation and management
Conservation Internship
to choose in part 1 or 2 of the master depending on whether the students already starts the Master Project in part 1
Internship
- - NNB
Masterproject
Students who started the Master Project in part 1 of the master choose Master Project 2 for 20 ECTS credits, the other students choose the Master Project for 30 ECTS-credits.
Master project biology: part 1
- - NNB
Master Project Biology including internship
- - NNB
Master Project Biology: part 2 including internship
- - NNB
List of optional courses
18 ECTS-credits to choose from the list below. In the first semester of the first year, it is not allowed to include optional courses in your study programme.