Dissection-free degree programme possible; High proportion of experimental lectures; Empirical final theses; High proportion of optional required modules and great flexibility in the choice in the optional fields; Research-oriented teaching; Strong links with the Natural Sciences and Mathematics departments and the university medical centre; Range of international excursions. Supplementary oral examination in case students do not pass their examinations on their final attempt.

High proportion of experimental lectures; Empirical final theses; High proportion of optional required modules and great flexibility in the choice in the optional fields; Research-oriented teaching; Strong links with the Natural Sciences and Mathematics departments and the university medical centre. Option to complete final theses at an associated institute (IMB, IBWF, LIR, MPI, etc.) International orientation. Member of the Forthem Alliance of nine European universities Rhine Main University networks the University of Mainz with the Goethe-University of Frankfurt and Darmstadt Technical University.

Participation in Erasmus student exchange programmes with 16 partner universities, two departmental representatives for international affairs, cooperation with central institutions, international department and "Incoming" department, range of excursions abroad, possibility to write final theses abroad, member of the EU-funded FORTHEM alliance of 9 European universities, international course of study with the Université de Bourgogne in Dijon.

Université de Bourgogne, Dijon; Universität Wien; Universiteit Antwerpen; Univerzita Karlova; Københavns Universitet; Universitat de Barcelona; Universidad de Valencia; Ethniko Kai Kapodistriako Panepistimio Athinon; Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza'; Trinity College Dublin

Core Facility Light Microscopy offers STED, FLIM, FRAP, classical confocal microscopy, live cell imaging, long-term in vivo microscopy. Core Facility Electron Microscopy. Core Facility Nucleic Acid offers next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology with the support of Bioinformatics. Core Facility Biomolecules and Bioanalytics. High-Performance Computing (MOGON.)

Institutes affiliated with the Department of Biology: IMB (gene regulation, epigenetics and genome stability in growth, aging and pathogenesis); IBWF (fungi, their products and enzymes for pharmaceutical and agricultural applications). Graduate colleges: Gene Regulation in Evolution; R-Loop Regulation; int. PhD programmes. Collaborative Research Centres: Regulation of DNA Repair and Genome Stability; Polymer Concepts for Understanding Cell. Func.; Research focuses on resilience, adaptation, healthy aging (ReALity), translational neurosciences (FTN). European networked study FORTHEM. Two MPIs

Guidance for long-term students, daily opening hours in the Academic Office/Examination Office, also during the non-lecture period. Erasmus student exchange programme with 12 partner universities, 2 departmental representatives for international matters; Possible to write final theses abroad; Core Facilities Imaging; Electron microscopy, next-generation sequencing, precision mechanics electronic workshops, MOGON supercomputer; International PhD programme "Gene Regulation, Epigenetics and Genome Stability" connection to the Institute of Biotechnology and Drug Research.

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