Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät at the Uni Düsseldorf

Wissenschaftliche Einrichtung Biologie

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Basic information

Teaching staff in core subjects

Teaching staff at the department	79
Total number of students	2,260
Number of master degree students	365

Total score for support in the study entry phase

7/12 points

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees

62.7 %

Share of anglophone research groups

Teacher support	2.5
Support in studies	2.5
Courses offered	2.7
Teaching of technical/professional competence	5/8 points
Teaching of methodological competence	2/8 points
Teaching of interdisciplinary competence	2/6 points
Study organisation	2.5
Exams	2.6
Laboratory internships	2.3
Excursions	3.4
Research orientation	2.4
Job market preparation	2.5
Support for stays abroad	2.2
Rooms	2.9
Library	1.9
IT-infrastructure	2.3
Overall study situation	2.6

Further degree courses of the department

none

Special features regarding teaching
Joint teaching of biologists and biochemists in some of the modules of the biology degree; Close links with the university’s computer scientists and bioinformaticians; Offers in medicine and affiliated institutes (diabetes Institute, environment-medical research) for biology students
Other special features
Study programme variants that start after the 4th semester: PLUS/International and Quantitative Biology; Close integration with Forschungszentrum Jülich (focus on structural research, biotechnology, bio-economy (conversion to bio-based economic forms), close integration with the medical institutes; Excellence Promotion CEPLAS (Plant Sciences), the second funding period is currently being applied for Modern research areas Synthetic Biology and Systems Biology

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(S)-Students' judgements (F)-Facts (P)-Professors' judgements

Last update 2018: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education.