The BSc degree programme in Biology offers broadly based training in which students obtain a diverse range of competencies. In the first section of the degree course, students learn basic principles, for example, through a newly created basic module on which the later modules are based. In the second section, students can choose a specialisation from a wide range of compulsory elective modules and write a bachelor's thesis on current issues in one of the subject areas. Students gain professional perspectives through a professional internship and seminars in the field.

In the first year of the MSc degree course in Biology, students gain an insight into all subject areas as part of laboratory rotations. Then students have the flexibility to combine compulsory elective modules in the specialisations of "Molecular Biology of the Cell" or "Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology". This concept creates the perfect balance between cohort formation within the class and individuated studies with a wide range of specialisation options. Practical relevance is guaranteed by a internship integrated the degree programme.

The BSc and MSc degree programmes promote internationality through a mobility window provided for in the course plan, and both programmes recognise credits earned abroad. Financial support for study visits and work placements abroad can be applied for as part of a scholarship.

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The Institute of Biology at the University of Kassel has an animal facility, botanical experimental facilities, a cell culture laboratory, an isotope laboratory and microscopy laboratories (atomic force microscopy (AFM), confocal laser microscopy, selective plane illumination microscopy (SPIM) and electron microscopy).

The institute conducts internationally competitive, third-party-funded research projects in all the subject areas represented. Within the department, members of the institute have founded the interdisciplinary DFG Research Training Group Multiscale Clocks. Furthermore, the Institute of Biology maintains intensive interdisciplinary collaborations with other institutes and departments of the university within the context of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Nanostructure Science and Technology (CINSaT).

The University of Kassel considers itself to be an equal opportunity, family-oriented, open, inclusive and intercultural university. It views the diversity of its members as a productive resource and aims to prevent discrimination on the basis of personal and social characteristics. An encouraging and motivating working environment is to be created for students and employees. Information and support from the Dual Career Service of the Office of Gender Equality.

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