• Master of Science in Biology at Northwestern University is a duration of 2 years.
  • It is an on-campus program offered on a full-time basis.
  • The Department of Biology offers two graduate programs: Botany and Zoology. Both programs offer graduate work leading to the degrees of Master of Science, Master of Science in Teaching, and Doctor of Philosophy.
  • The specializations of the program include ecology, evolution, behavior, development, comparative and environmental physiology, molecular biology, neurobiology, genetics, and phylogenetics.
  • The program involves laboratory and field-based studies as well as theoretical work in the areas of expertise.
  • Students get the opportunity to research in a variety of terrestrial and aquatic environments, across geographic regions (tropics through subpolar), and on a range of organisms.