How do plants adapt in areas with regular flooding or drought? And what are the consequences of an increase of water acidity for a fish or a micro-organism? In the specialisation, you?ll become an expert in stress adaptation of individual organisms. Next to in-depth courses about molecular physiology, ecophysiology and quantitative biology, you?ll spend at least a whole year performing your own experiments. In this way, you?ll learn hands-on to work with advanced equipment including electron microscopes and mass spectrometers and you?ll develop a critical research mentality.
Career prospects of the Adaptive Organisms programme at
After graduation, our students quickly take up positions as researchers in universities, research institutes, government departments or companies. And ? often after obtaining their PhD degree ? they also apply their academic background to societal issues, for example as a communications or policy officer. In general, our graduates end up as a:
- Researcher at a university or research institute
- Researcher in a company, either a large or a start-up company
- Researcher at a governmental institute or NGO
- Consultant in agriculture or nature conservation
- Policy officer
- Communications officer at nature organisation
- Teacher in biology (HBO or secondary education level)
Want to know more?
Would you like to learn more about this programme and Radboud University? Join us for our Master?s Open Day on 16 March 2019! To learn more and register for this exciting event, visit www.ru.nl/masters/openday.
