With a Master’s degree in Biology, programme option Marine Biology and Limnology, you can obtain a position both in public and private sector, for example:
- in consultancy agencies in various ministries,
- directorates in counties and municipalities, or
- in biological or environmental research institutes and industries.
If you take one year of practical pedagogy, you will also be qualified to teach in upper secondary schools.
Further research
If you are interested in pursuing a career in research at an academic institution or industry, you may continue with PhD studies at a Norwegian institution or an institution abroad.
Most universities and many publicly financed institutions all over the world focus on research related to the topics you have studied during the Master’s programme in Marine Biology and Limnology.
There are also researcher positions available in the aquaculture industry and in other industrial research departments.
Read more about the PhD programme at the University of Oslo.