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Profile

With over 2100 students and over 500 employees, The Faculty of Natural Science 1 – Biosciences represents one of the largest faculties at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.

The professors are the bearers of teaching and research and, with their expertise, lead subsequent generations into biosciences research and career fields.

The faculty includes the three institutes:

• Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
• Institute of Biology
• Institute of Pharmacy

Teaching:

• B. Sc. and M. Sc. in Biochemistry
• B. Sc. and M. Sc. in Biology
• Pre-Service Teacher Education in Biology for high school (“Gymnasium”), middle School and special school
• Pharmacy (State Examination and Diploma)
• M. Sc. Pharmaceutical and Industrial Biotechnology (in English)
• M. Sc. Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (in English)
• M. Sc. Biodiversity Sciences (in English)

Research:

• biodiversity research: organismic-ecological focus with plants and insects
• molecular biological sciences: plant biochemistry, physiology, genetics and molecular biology
• protein & RNA research
• pharmaceutical-applied research: drug discovery, biotechnology, nanotechnology, mass spectrometry, biosynthesis and biomedical materials

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