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- Duration: 4 semesters
- Degree Award: Master of Science
- Language: English
- admission free
- Special admission requirements
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Earlier deadlines will likely apply for the winter semester 2025/26 application procedure for applications from third countries (non-EU). Please check the current status at the Master’s application deadlines overview page.
This change is subject to approval by the Ministry of Science and Culture and publication in the Official Notices of the University of Oldenburg.
Microbiology - Master's Programme
Orientation and Goals
International Master’s programme Microbiology
The Master’s programme Microbiology is taught in English. Aim of the study programme is to educate motivated students to become highly qualified microbiologists, ready to work independently in a broad field of academic and applied sciences.
Based at the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), the programme is research-oriented, with a focus on marine and environmental microbiology.
Programme content
By offering a balanced mix of theory and practice, students are trained in classical cultivation-based approaches of microbial physiology as well as in state-of-the-art methods such as (meta-)genomics, proteomics and microbial community analyses.
Graduation and prospects
Our goal is to guide students stepwise through the Master’s programme, in order to successfully finish their own individual research projects for the master´s thesis. By the broad knowledge gain and methodological skills, the students will be well prepared for a career in modern microbiology.