B.Sc.Biology and Genetics
| Study location | Lithuania, Kaunas |
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| Academic field | Natural environments and wildlife (ISCED 852) Environmental biology (JACS C150) |
| Type | Bachelor, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 4 years (240 ECTS) |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | B.Sc. (Bachelor of Life Sciences) |
| Tuition fee | €3,836 per year |
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| Application fee | €100 one-time |
| Registration fee | To be confirmed You need to choose an individual service package. Please contact the center curator or your agent and consult. You become a part of student union and ambassador program automatically after you will get Base or Standard or VIP status. *Do not forget to ask discount |
| Entry qualification | High school / secondary education (or higher) Minimum 60% CGPA Admission score is counted based on: Motivation letter * 0,3 + English * 0,3 + Mathematics * 0,2 + Biology or Chemistry * 0,2. Minimum admission score to qualify: 5,4. Please provide the secondary school leaving certificate in the original language. If the diploma is not issued in English, a certified translation should be provided. The document must be legalised/apostilled. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. It is necessary to have notarized certified documents translated, legalized and apostilled. |
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| Territory requirements | Applications are NOT accepted from the following territories (based on citizenship): Bangladesh, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen. |
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| Language requirements | English Proof of English Language: applicant has to present document proving B2 level (TOEFL 87-109 iBT/534-633 PBT, IELTS 5.5-6,5, Cambridge English First (FCE) 161-180, BEC Vantage 161-180, Michigan ECCE (min. 650), PTE General Level 3, TOEIC Listening & Reading 785, TOEIC Speaking & Writing 310, Duolingo 100-125, EnglishScore 400-499) if the applicant is not native speaker and/or had not received education in English. |
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| Other requirements | A motivation letter must be added to your application. Upload your Curriculum vitae (CV) |
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Overview
After completion of this study programme students will be able:
- To understand principles of immune, nervous and other systems, their structures, integration with other vital systems of biological objects;
- To work with living cells, organisms, populations.
- To evaluate processes taking place inside of the cell, work with cell cultures under laboratory
conditions, to apply obtained results for modeling of biological systems, to evaluate intercellular
interconnections, relations between single individuals and populations;
- To apply modern investigation methods, to work according principles of good laboratory practice,
rules of bioethics, to collect, process, preserve and prepare research material under laboratory and
field conditions;
- To apply acquired knowledge to solve emerging problems, to recognize, analyze biological problems, – To plan strategies to solve these problems,
- To plan and carry out various measurements, process and interpret biological data,
- To classify and present these data;
- To analyze diversity, morphological structure, composition, nourishment, reproduction, life cycles,
classification of biological objects, to characterize biological object systems, their functioning and
interaction.
Programme structure
1 Year
I semester
A, B, D courses* – 18;
General Biology – 3;
Mathematics 1 – 6;
II semester
A, B, D subjects* – 6;
Invertebrate Biology – 5;
Plant, Fungi and Algae Systematics and Morphology – 5;
Mathematics 2 – 6;
General Physics – 6;
Plant Biology Practice – 5;
2 Year
I semester
A, B, D courses* – 12;
Vertebrate Biology – 5;
General and Analytical Chemistry – 5;
Molecular Physics and Optics – 5;
Professional Language in Natural Sciences – 3;
II semester
A, B, D courses* – 8;
Plant Ecophysiology – 6;
Morphophysiology – 5;
Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry – 6;
Animal Biology Practice – 5;
3 Year
I semester
A, B, D courses* – 4;
Biochemistry – 6;
Statistical methods in Environmental Sciences and Biology – 6;
Physical and Colloidal Chemistry – 6;
Term Paper No 1 – 2;
II semester
Biophysics – 5;
Microbiology and Basic Immunology – 6;
General Genetics – 6;
Term Paper No 2 – 3;
4 Year
I semester
Cell Biology – 6;
Evolutionary and Population Genetics – 6;
Developmental Biology – 6;
Ecogenetoxicology and health – 5;
Special Biology Practice – 5;
II semester
Basic Biotechnology and Bioinformatics – 6;
Neurobiology – 6;
Final Thesis – 15;
*A, B – optional courses.
D – elective courses.
Career opportunities
Graduates can work at the:
Companies related to biotechnology, biopharmaceutics and food industry;
Research and study organizations dealing with various activities related to biotechnology, bioinformatics, biopharmaceutics, and environment preservation.
The BA programme in Biology provides the following study opportunities at Masters’s Degree level:
Biology, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Ecology, and other master programmes related to physical and biomedical sciences.