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Are you interested in studies preparing you for working with the unfolding nature crisis, sustainable goals, food production, human health, or pollutants? Eager to focus on urgent issues where biology plays an important role for understanding and contributing to solutions for societal problems? Department of Biological Sciences at University of Bergen offers study programs that will give you the training and tools that prepare you for this. 

Our bachelor's and master's programmes

We also offer two 5-year Integrated master's programmes: 

Aquaculture (civil engineer)
Aquamedicine

 

Research
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Millions in Research Funding for Fish Health at UiB

Sea lice and bacterial diseases are among the biggest challenges in Norwegian aquaculture. Now, two researchers at the University of Bergen have received funding from the Research Council of Norway to develop new knowledge that can improve fish health and strengthen sustainability in the industry.

Early Career Researchers
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First BIO-ECC Conference brings together more than 100 early-career researchers, students and technical staff

From deep-sea research to biomedical advances, the event created valuable connections across the local biological sciences community.

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.