The Master's program Evolution, Ecology and Systematics provides in-depth knowledge of biological systems with a clear focus to current research in organismic and evolutionary biology.
The study is interdisciplinary, so that competencies in ecology, biodiversity (including taxonomic knowledge), evolutionary biology, paleontology, systematics and phylogenetics can be acquired at different organizational levels and for different groups of organisms.
Our mission statement is to provide all students with an individual profiling based on a well-founded basic education. The students complete the five compulsory modules on Basics in Evolutionary Research, Ecology and Diversity, Species Identification, Experimental Design and Analysis of Biological Data, as well as an Excursion. For the required elective modules, we leave a great deal of scope for individual choices from modules of the participating Institutes en for Zoology and Evolutionary Research, and Biodiveristy, Ecology and Evolution. Moreover, we provide interdisciplinary modules in biodiversity science in collaboration with the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, so called iModulesExterner Link.
Our graduates will be able to carry out research-oriented activities at universities, non-university research institutions, museums, public authorities, associations or the private sector.
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Video: Universität JenaThe Master's program Evolution, Ecology and Systematics is aimed at students with a bachelor's degree in biology who are interested in molecular and organismic issues.
The experimentally oriented study is consecutive, research-oriented and leads to the second vocational qualification. The teaching language is English and German, but studying is only possible in English. The beginning of studies takes place in the winter semester.
In addition to lectures, the course program of the Master's program is characterized by a high proportion of independent work in seminars and practical exercises. Various compulsory and elective modules are offered, which enable a broad education in all subjects of organismic and evolutionary biology, but also a focus on a specific topic. Details can be found on the sub-pages to the course program en or in the study documents en. The individual study program can be supplemented with interdisciplinary biodiversity modules – iModulesExterner Link – offered in cooperation with the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig.
In addition to subject-specific scientific skills, our graduates acquire the communicative skills required to present scientific results to the public and can also gain international experience through the possibility of a semester abroad.
In particular, the Master's program qualifies for scientific careers and is the prerequisite for a postgraduate doctoral studies in Zoology, Botany, Systematics, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Microbiology and Functional Biodiversity Research at the FSU Jena as well as in Germany and abroad. The education qualifies for scientific work in all highly topical professional fields of the organismic biology.
Axolotl
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Heuschrecke
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Studies im Labor
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Larvengebärendes Weibchen eines Fächerflüglers
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Messung von mikrobieller Aktivität und Stoffumsätzen in Moorgebiet Schlöppner Brunnen
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Nach röntgenvideographischen Aufnahmen rekonstruiertes Skelett einer Ratte
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Gelbwürfliger Dickkopffalter mit Schnecke
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Probenahme von volativen Stoffen
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Aufgehellter Kopf einer Kaulquappe
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Pflanzen im Gewächshaus
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Feldmaus (Microtus arvalis)
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Orchideenwiese
Foto: Spez. BotanikJena, the City of Science 2008, was appropriately described by Goethe as a city “stacked” with knowledge. Nestling in the picturesque Saale valley, the town couldn’t be more convenient in terms of location or size: here, nothing is far.
Jena is a city of diversity: the university offers a wide range of courses and actively promotes contact between students and scientists from different fields. This attention to networking is one of the reasons behind the success of the dynamic and aspiring city over the last 20 years. Business and academia (in the form of the University and the neighbouring Max Planck and Leibnitz Institutes) work hand in hand, and “town and gown” also collaborate successfully to ensure that Jena continues to develop into a student paradise. Free use of public transport, the absence of university fees, attractive recreational facilities, an exemplary social infrastructure - especially for young families, and a cosmopolitan climate attract over 2000 new students to Jena every year.
Marktplatz in Jena
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Paradies in Jena
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Wagnergasse
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Pulverturm
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Saale
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Blick vom Jenzig auf Jena
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Inspektorenhaus im Bot. Garten (Goethegedenkstädte)
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Gewächshaus im Bot. Garten
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Institutsgebäude Philosphenweg 16
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Jena Experiment
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Dornburger Str. 159
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Arbeitszimmer des Zoologen Ernst Haeckel
Foto: Jan-Peter Kasper (Universität Jena)Biology has a long tradition in Jena. The city was the workplace of the zoologist Ernst Haeckel, the botanist Matthias Jakob Schleiden and the geneticist and botanist Otto Renner. The infrastructure available to students and scientists in the field of Evolution, Ecology and Systematics is internationally outstanding and includes:
As mentioned earlier, distances are small in Jena. This applies too to that between research and teaching which are so closely integrated that students are able to grow confidently into their subject and to learn in an atmosphere of openness and cooperation between the institutes and tutors involved.
We look forward to receiving your application en as a student of the MEES in Jena!