Marine Biology MSc @ UALG

The Marine Biology MSc programme aims to promote multidisciplinary advanced training in Marine Biology, providing skills for the analysis and understanding of marine biodiversity, from genes to ecosystems, their functioning and diversity. The program includes a strong component of participation in practical research, including laboratory and field work in different marine ecosystems. Applications include marine biological resource exploitation, conservation and biotechnology. Courses are taught in English.

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Schedule

The class schedules are available in a Google Calendar. Please click on the button below and then scroll down until you find the schedule of MSc programme.

Schedule

IMPORTANT NOTE - If you have any electives of other MSc programmes you need to check their schedules and see whether they are compatible to your MBM schedule.

Academic Year

See the calendar for the current Academic Year. It contains important dates for the start and end of the semesters, exam periods, Christmas and Easter Breaks, etc.

Academic Year

Study Plan: a quick look

1^st year - 1^st Semester (30 ECTS)

Fisheries Biology and Ecology (6 ECTS)

Marine Population Biology (6 ECTS)

Aquatic Ecosystem Dynamics (6 ECTS)

Techniques in Molecular & Cellular Biology (6 ECTS)

Basic Statistics in R (3 ECTS)

Experimental planning (3 ECTS)

1^st year - 2^nd Semester (30 ECTS)

Ecophysiology of Marine Plants (6 ECTS)

Marine Biogeography & Evolution (6 ECTS)

Advanced Methods in Biological Oceanography (6 ECTS)

Biogeochemical Processes & Global Changes (6 ECTS)

Electives 1.2 - students must choose one 6-ECTS elective unit or two 3-ECTS electives available in the 2nd semester.

IMPORTANT NOTE - To know which elective units are available to you click on ELECTIVES at the top of the page and see which ones are available in this curricular year. Some elective units are available in both years.

2^nd year - 1^st Semester (30 ECTS)

Electives 2.1 - students must choose one 6-ECTS elective unit or two 3-ECTS electives available in the 1st semester.

MSc Thesis (24 ECTS)

IMPORTANT NOTE - To know which elective units are available to you click on ELECTIVES at the top of the page and see which ones are avilable in this curricular year. Some elective units are available in both years.

2^nd year - 2^nd Semester (30 ECTS)

MSc Thesis (30 ECTS)

Study Plan - Mandatory Units

1^st Year, 1^st Semester

14331051

Fisheries Biology & Ecology

Pedro Andrade, Catarina Vinagre

14331052

Marine Population Biology

Ester Serrão, Karim Erzini, Rui Santos

14331053

Aquatic Ecosystem Dynamics

Ana Barbosa, Sofia Gamito

Techniques in Molecular and Cellular Biology

140064318

Techniques in Molecular & Cellular Biology

Eduardo Melo

Study Plan - Mandatory Units

1^st Year, 2^nd Semester

14331055

Ecophysiology of Marine Plants

Rui Santos, Isabel Barrote

14331056

Marine Biogeography & Evolution

Rita Castilho

14331057

Advanced Methods in Biological Oceanography

Helena Galvão, Ana Barbosa

14331058

Biogeochemical Processes and Global Changes

Helena Galvão, Amélia de Carvalho, Cristina Veiga Pires

Marine Biology