Studying at BIO
BIO offers numerous research-based study options across a wide spectre of biological disciplines. Read more.
- Bachelor-levels courses, registration deadline 15 April,
- Masters, registration deadlines 15 April /1 Nov.
- master's theses in BORA
- PhD programmes, registration deadlines 15 Aug and 15 Jan.
Research at BIO
The Department of Biology (BIO)will undertake fundamental and ground-breaking research into life’s origins, its development as well as the processes and systems that are involved in many of the global challenges we face today. BIO’s research involves such themes as climate, aquaculture, fish health, nutrition and fisheries. Read more in BIO’s strategy for 2011-2015 and on the research pages.
Focus areas
BIO will:
1. participate in the search for answers to the major unresolved issues within biology
2. be a major player in marine biological research, nationally and internationally
3. contribute to understanding of the effects of global changes on species and ecosystems
4. train highly qualified scientists at the Bachelor, Master and Doctoral levels capable of assuming leading roles in research, education, industry and society.
Read more about BIO’s strategy and research.
Research Centres
BIO researchers are involved in 3 national centres of research excellence and 3 centres for research-based innovation.
"Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research",
"Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research"
"Centre for Geobiology"
"Sea Lice Research Centre"
"The Michelsen Centre for Measurement Science and Technology"
"CRISP (Centre for Research-based Innovation in Sustainable fish capture and Pre-processing technology)"
BIO is multinational
BIO has representatives from over 3 dozen nations working or studying at BIO (in addition to those from Norway!). Learn more.
Welcome to BIO
The Department of Biology (BIO) is a large department with a broad spectrum of research and teaching activities. It has research groups that cover a diversity of themes including developmental biology, microbiology, evolutionary biology, ecology and biodiversity. It has 3 Bachelor programmes, 8 Master programmes and 2 integrated 5-year professional programmes as well as extensive PhD training.
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News
Seminar in honour of Anne Magurran
University of Bergen awarded Professor Anne Magurran an honorary doctorate on August 31. To mark this event, a seminar in her honour was arranged on August 30. In addition to a keynote talk by Professor Magurran, exciting local research was portrayed.
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Nature Climate Change Article
Increasing ocean acidification affects cod larvae
Two BIO researchers are authors on a Nature Climate Change paper.
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News
Biological art
Together UiB’s Department of Biology and Norwegian national dance company Carte Blanche have created a performance where science and art meet on higher ground.
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Field trip
Unique “hands-on” learning opportunity
The research cruise field trip undertaken by Fisheries Ecology students at BIO is a unique learning opportunity that few universities around the world offer.
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News
- Bearded goby females reveal their reproductive secrets (08.11.2012)
- Bea, the guppy doctor (07.11.2012)
- Green light for new EvoFish PhD defence! (15.10.2012)
- Snowbird Cod: Not only Norwegians go to Mallorca! (13.10.2012)
- This week's BIO-INFO