Department of Biological Sciences (BIO)

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

Contact us at studie.bio@uib.no
Overview of our courses.

New PhD

Disputation : Joseph Gaudard

Joseph Gaudard will defend his PhD degree at the University of Bergen on June 4, 2026 with the thesis "Global Change Impacts on Carbon Dynamics in Alpine Grasslands".

New research

80 Percent of Arctic Sea Ice Life May Be Hidden in Ice Ridges

New research about the central Arctic Ocean reveals that complex sea ice ridges function as biological hotspots, potentially holding the vast majority of sea ice algae within Arctic sea ice. These ice ridges matter for all sea ice life, from bacteria to polar bears.

News

Image showing the three presenters of the exhibition, Maria, Valter and Paula, in the entrance of a white tent cotaining the exhibition itself

Toxic Beauty exhibition: unveiling invisible ocean pollution through art

The exhibition “Toxic Beauty: Art Inspired by Invisible Ocean Pollutants” was presented across two public events in Bergen, creating opportunities to engage diverse audiences with the often-invisible impacts of marine pollution.

Calendar

GUEST SEMINARS AT THE MICHAEL SARS CENTRE

Line Mariann Grønning-Wang, The Research Council of Norway

Sars Seminar Room. Thormøhlensgt. 55, 5006 Bergen

05.06.2026 10:00–11:00

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K1 Biologen

Mari Andresen Mosdal - The Relationship Between Honeybees (Apis mellifera) and the Abundance and Behavior of Wild Pollinators in a Strawberry Field in Southwest Norway (Presentation)

13:15–13:45

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Master's presentations, Department of Biological Sciences, Thursday, June 11, 2026 (Presentation)

10:15–13:45

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Master's presentations, Department of Biological Sciences, Friday, June 12, 2026 (Presentation)

10:15–13:45

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Master's presentations, Department of Biological Sciences, Monday, June 15, 2026 (Presentation)

10:15–13:45

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.