Biology – Master study programme – Zoology and Animal Physiology

Graduate will be able independently to solve research problems in biology and biology applications. He or she will have knowledge and experience in research methods of living systems at the different organization levels (molecule, cell, organism, population, and ecosystem). Graduates will be knowledgeable in the basic biological disciplines (genetics, molecular biology, plant and animal physiology, cytology, immunology,microbiology, etiology, botany, zoology, human biology, ecology etc.). In addition, they will have knowledge in several chemistry disciplines and multidisciplinary sciences such as biophysics, biochemistry and bioinformatics. Further they will possess deep theoretical knowledge in wide range of physiology and zoology disciplines. Graduates will master methodology and experimental practices in its major, which he or she can apply in either future employment or in the 3rd degree of higher education, i.e. Ph.D. programme. Graduates will be able to participate in teaching of biology disciplines at the higher education level. Further, graduates have excellent chances to be successful in jobs at the research and diagnostic facilities in health care, hygiene, and at the institutes of Slovak Academy of Sciences. They can also work in the laboratories at the universities, museums, or environmental protection agencies, as well as in private sector, for example in domestic and foreign pharmaceutical companies.