Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences

Admission Requirements

Enrolling for this study plan is possible after having obtained one of the following degrees:

Academic Bachelor's programme biologie
AANBEVELINGSBRIEF / LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION 1
AANBEVELINGSBRIEF / LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION 2
MOTIVATIEBRIEF / LETTER OF MOTIVATION
PUNTENLIJST / TRANSCRIPTS (NIET VOOR VLAAMSE DIPLOMA'S)

Enrolling for this plan is also possible having completed the Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Biology.

Overview of the study plan

Phased out programme (for students started before 2022-2023)
Compulsory: 42 ECTS-credits.
Electives: 78 ECTS-credits to choose from the list of elective courses. "Professional Internship" can only be chosen once during the 2-year master programme, either as 6 or as 9 ECTS-credits.


Compulsory

All courses are mandatory.

Compulsory part 1

This course is compulsory in the first year of the model trajectory.

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 6 ECTS credits.

6ECTS credits - Integrated practical Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences

Compulsory part 2

These courses are compulsory in the second year of the model trajectory.

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 36 ECTS credits.

3ECTS credits - Scientific Presentation Skills and Career Planning
3ECTS credits - Bioethics
30ECTS credits - Master Thesis Biology

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Electives

78 ECTS-credits to choose from the list of elective courses.
Analysis of Biological Data can only be chosen during the first year of the master, Biosafety and Professional internship only during the second year, either as 6 or as 12 ECTS-credits.

To complete this module, students must obtain 78 ECTS credits.

Elective courses

Elective courses

5ECTS credits - Genetics and Reproduction
5ECTS credits - Beta Cell Therapy in Diabetes
5ECTS credits - Hematopoietic Cell Therapies
6ECTS credits - Advanced Developmental Biology
3ECTS credits - Molecular Microbiology
3ECTS credits - Recombinant Antibody Engineering
3ECTS credits - Microbial Life in Extreme Conditions
3ECTS credits - Stem Cell Biology
6ECTS credits - Adult Stem and Progenitor Cells
6ECTS credits - Embryonic Stem Cells
6ECTS credits - Professional Internship
9ECTS credits - Professional Internship
5ECTS credits - Molecular Parasitology
5ECTS credits - Cellular Biology and Immunology
6ECTS credits - Plant Molecular Biology
5ECTS credits - Gene Therapy and gene editing
3ECTS credits - UNESCO Biosphere Reserves as Model Systems
3ECTS credits - Genetic Toxicology and Health
3ECTS credits - Molecular Pharmacology
5ECTS credits - Plant Responses to Environmental Stress
3ECTS credits - Advanced Aspects of Molecular Pharmacology
6ECTS credits - Guided Self-Study
3ECTS credits - Bioinformatics

Electives from the new master's programme

Electives from the new master's programme

6ECTS credits - Analysis of Biological Data
3ECTS credits - Toxins in Amphibians and Reptiles
3ECTS credits - Cellular Immunology
3ECTS credits - Biosafety
5ECTS credits - Capita Selecta of Microbiology
3ECTS credits - Drug Discovery and Development
3ECTS credits - Laboratory Animal Science 1
3ECTS credits - Laboratory Animal Science 2
3ECTS credits - Laboratory Animal Science 3
3ECTS credits - Medical Biotechnology and Parasitology
8ECTS credits - Molecular Targets in Cancer Cells

Electives subject to approval by the chairman of the educational board.

Electives subject to approval by the chairman of the educational board.

6ECTS credits - Functional and Experimental Plant Ecology
4ECTS credits - Biocontrol of Plant Diseases and Bio-fertilisation
4ECTS credits - Plant Biodiversity
5ECTS credits - Immuno-imaging and molecular therapy
3ECTS credits - Biosafety
3ECTS credits - Protein Trafficking and Posttranslational Modification
3ECTS credits - Cellular Biotechnology
5ECTS credits - Regulation of Cellullar Processes
10ECTS credits - External course (10 credits)
3ECTS credits - Applied Immunology
5ECTS credits - Proteïnechemie, functie en structuur
5ECTS credits - Capita Selecta of Microbiology
5ECTS credits - External course (5 credits) Version 3
8ECTS credits - Molecular Targets in Cancer Cells
3ECTS credits - Analytical Biochemistry
5ECTS credits - Plant-soil Interactions
15ECTS credits - External course (15 credits)
3ECTS credits - Medical Biotechnology and Parasitology
4ECTS credits - Human Genetics and Diseases
3ECTS credits - Cellular Immunology
5ECTS credits - Immuno-imaging and molecular therapy
4ECTS credits - Biocontrol of Plant Diseases and Bio-fertilisation
3ECTS credits - Origin of Life and Paleontological Evolution
21ECTS credits - External course (21 credits)
3ECTS credits - Brewery Technology
5ECTS credits - Gene Therapy and gene editing
5ECTS credits - Hematopoietic Cell Therapies
3ECTS credits - Laboratory Animal Science 1
3ECTS credits - Laboratory Animal Science 2
3ECTS credits - Laboratory Animal Science 3
3ECTS credits - Micro- and Nanobiotechnology
3ECTS credits - Toxins in Amphibians and Reptiles
3ECTS credits - Drug Discovery and Development
3ECTS credits - Natural History of Burrowing Herpetofauna
3ECTS credits - Cell Biology and Cell Signaling
6ECTS credits - Analysis of Biological Data
5ECTS credits - Plants, Pathogens and Pests
5ECTS credits - Biodata Mining
5ECTS credits - Bioinformatics and Omics
4ECTS credits - Epidemiology : Study Design and Analysis
5ECTS credits - Genetics and Genetic Engineering
4ECTS credits - Human Infectious Diseases
5ECTS credits - Molecular Biology
5ECTS credits - Plant Disease Biology and Management
5ECTS credits - Manipulation of the Immune System
3ECTS credits - Plant Yield
3ECTS credits - Protein Structure and Function
3ECTS credits - Technology of Products of Plant Origin
7ECTS credits - Applied Immunology
3ECTS credits - Vaccine Technology
5ECTS credits - External course (5 credits) Version 2
3ECTS credits - Business Management and Entrepreneurship
5ECTS credits - Immunology
7ECTS credits - Food Technology
5ECTS credits - Social and Economical Aspects of Biotechnology
3ECTS credits - Academic English 5
3ECTS credits - Entomology
3ECTS credits - International Environmental Policy and Law
3ECTS credits - Environmental Law
3ECTS credits - Bioinformatics
3ECTS credits - Molecular Pharmacology
3ECTS credits - Molecular Biophysics
3ECTS credits - Mechanisms, Kinetics and Applications of Enzyme Catalysis
5ECTS credits - High Throughput Techniques
5ECTS credits - New therapeutic approaches to disorders of the central nervous system
4ECTS credits - Data Processing and Representation in Life Sciences
3ECTS credits - Biotechnology Regulation
4ECTS credits - Phytopathology

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