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Our study programmes:

Bachelor's (3 years) in Biology and Molecular Biology

Master's (2 years) in Biology (7 specialisations) and Molecular Biology

Integrated master's (civil engineer, 5 years) in Aquaculture

Integrated master's (5 years) in Aquamedicine

 

Do you have questions about our study programmes? Please contact the Study Section (studie.bio@uib.no)
See an overview of our courses.

online exhibition
Life through the looking glass

Life through the looking glass

The online exhibition presents works-in-process of young scientists from the EvoCELL network. The researchers are studying animal evolution from a cellular perspective, by applying cutting-edge technologies to uncover a previously invisible world.

SMALL FISH AND NUTRITION
BLUE ECONOMY: Small-scale fisheries provide hope to fight malnutrition among large parts of the world population, illustrated by this photo from Zanzibar of the boat Uchumi Bluu, which means “blue economy” in Swahili.

The overlooked role of small fish to fight malnutrition

The Norad supported project “Samaki”, which means fish in Swahili, unites Norwegian researchers with colleagues in Tanzania to study how small-scale fisheries are the key to combat malnutrition. This is part of a bigger picture in the fight for scarce resources and on the question whether small fish...

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Why evolution favours symmetry

From sunflowers to starfish, symmetry appears everywhere in biology. This isn’t just true for body plans – the molecular machines keeping our cells alive are also strikingly symmetric. But why? Does evolution have a built-in preference for symmetry?

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A Moonshot in the Freezing Arctic Depths

An interdisciplinary team from the University of Bergen, has taken a major step forward in deep sea exploration and sampling of Earth’s last truly remote and inaccessible seafloor environment – the extreme depths of the ice-covered Arctic Ocean. 

Student projects
Image showing BIO316 students preparing for sampling at Marineholmen for the microplastic workshop

Biology students investigate microplastics at Marineholmen

By Antonia Areali, Ilyasse Bsaithi, Anne Hareide Lund, Charlotte Nakken, Emily Nicolaysen, Åsne Omdal, Emmeli Rundqvist, Torunn Stople, Rune Storli og Cameron Thompson

BIO's vision

BIO aims to produce fundamental and pioneering knowledge of the origin of life, its development, processes and systems, and help solve major global challenges.

BIO is associated with a number of research and education centres
bioCEED
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Centre for Geobiology
Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research
CRISP (Centre for Research-based Innovation in Sustainable fish capture and Pre-processing technology)
Sea Lice Research Centre
The Michelsen Centre for Measurement Science and Technology
The Hjort Centre for Marine Ecosystem Dynamics