Science without Borders - Ecology
Overfishing, pollution, climate change – the course package in ecology gives you skills to identify and characterize ecological problems, plan and execute investigations. If you wish to get a more advanced knowledge of ecology to increase your possibilities to get an advanced job in a company or government or to merit yourself for future PhD studies, this is an education for you.
The course package in Ecology at Umeå University will give you an advanced knowledge of ecological theory necessary for planning and executing research and nature conservation. The education is closely linked to the research conducted at the department of Ecology and Environmental Science.
Most of the practical exercises have their focus on northern ecosystems, but the education is still highly international since general theory and global environmental problems like overfishing, forestry, river regulations, pollution and climate changes are central themes in many courses.
All master level courses are given in English. Our department is highly international, with undergraduate and graduate students from 10 countries including two from Brazil and PhD-students from 14 countries, among them one from Brazil.
The education gives skills to identify and characterize ecological problems plan and execute investigations and determine and study biological material. You will also learn how to analyze data statistically and how to present and interpret the results in a report. Graduates work after their studies with environmental issues or problems on private companies, for the authorities or continue with Ph.D. studies.
Education with Very High Quality
Swedish National Agency for Higher Education conducts reoccurring reviews and grading of the quality of the higher education in Sweden. In 2011 th agency reviewed and graded Earth Science among other fields of study.
The undergraduate and graduate education in Earth Science at our department where, together with the education in Geology in Lund the only ones that got the highest grade, Very High Quality, for both the undergraduate and graduate education.
We have been working very hard for many years to ensure that our educations are of the highest possible quality, and the grading by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education tells us that we have succeeded.
We are working in the same way, equally hard, and with the same means with our education in Biology that are currently being evaluated and graded by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education. We have every reason to believe that the education in Biology will receive the same grading, Very High Quality, for both the undergraduate and graduate education.
