Bachelor Thesis in Marine Biotechnology

• Practical, individual laboratory work on a given subject (individual projects) in biotechnology that is given at the beginning of the semester.
• Theoretical project can be done in agreement with teacher.
• The experimental work will go on during the whole semester, but in total it will mean approximately 6 weeks of experimental work in the laboratory.
• Written term paper on the work of the subject (Bachelor thesis).

Applicants from Nordic countries: Generell studiekompetanse + Matematikk R1 eller (S1+S2) og enten Matematikk (R1+R2) eller Fysikk (1+2) eller Kjemi (1+2) eller Biologi (1+2) eller Informasjonsteknologi (1+2) eller Geologi (1+2) eller Teknologi og forskningslære (1+2).

International applicants: Higher Education Entrance Qualification and certified language requirements in English. It is a requirement that students have some prior knowledge of biology and ecology, chemistry and mathematics (Participants must have taken introductory level university courses, and achieved pass grades, in these subjects).

A list of the requirements for the Higher Education Entrance Qualification in Norway can be found on the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education website - nokut.no

Application code: 9336 (Nordic applicants).

• There will be an introduction at the beginning of the semester with presentation of the possible projects/tasks available. A given supervisor(s) or supervisor team is appointed for each project.
• Students choose from projects that are presented.
• Each project will be done in the research group(s) of the supervisor(s)/supervisor team(s) the Norwegian College of Fishery Science (NFH). Projects can also be done in collaboration with external partners.
• Guidance, practical and theoretical, by the supervisor(s) in the objective and work of the project.
• Training of writing scientific reports and reading scientific literature. The writing process starts at the beginning of the semester. Submission of different chapters of the report each month (introduction in January/February, material and methods in March, results in April and discussion in early May).
• Discussion/seminar before each submission.

Language of instruction and examination