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Master in Marine Biology

Modality
In-person
Branch of knowledge
Science
Ambit of knowledge
Ciencias medioambientales y ecología.
School(s)
Faculty of Biology
Rúa Lope Gómez de Marzoa, s/n, 15782
Santiago de Compostela
881813245 (Conserxaría)
881813308 (Decanato)
facultade.bioloxia.decanato@usc.gal
Campus
Santiago de Compostela
Coordinator
Jesus Dominguez Conde
Contact
jesus.dominguez@usc.es

This inter-university master's degree has a dual aim: to provide fundamental knowledge and further training for professionals in tasks related to Marine Biology, and to train research personnel so they may join science centres or research teams in public or private entities or companies

  • Duration: 2 academic years
    RUCT code: 4312997
    ECTS Number: 90
    Seats number: 10

    Dean or center director:
    Jesús Ángel López Romalde
    jesus.romalde@usc.es

    Title coordinator:
    Jesus Dominguez Conde
    jesus.dominguez@usc.es

    Use languages:
    Spanish, Galician

    Coordinator university:
    University of Vigo

    Partaker universities:
    University of Santiago de Compostela University of A Coruña University of Vigo

    Xunta de Galicia title implantation authorization date:
    245/2011 do 15 de decembro (DOG do 03/01/2012)

    BOE publication date:
    28/05/2012

    Last accreditation date:
    11/09/2017

    This is an inter-university master's degree between the universities of A Coruña and Vigo and that has a dual aim: training professionals to develop tasks related to Marine Biology to further the training of professionals who are already carrying out these activities so that they can then work at scientific research centres in marine biology or research teams in public or private institutions or companies from the sector.

  • Créditos que deberá cursar el alumno para obtener la titulación:
    Obligatorios 42
    Optativos 18
    Prácticas Externas Obligatorias 6
    Trabajo Fin de Máster 24
    Total 90

    No se contemplan

  • This inter-university master's degree has a dual aim: to provide fundamental knowledge and further training for professionals in tasks related to Marine Biology, and to train research personnel so they may join science centres or research teams in public or private entities or companies

  • General objectives of the title:
    The special connection of the Autonomous Community of Galicia with the marine environment demands the training of specialists who can take charge of the evaluation, management and correct assessment of the diversity and marine resources of a given geographical area, guaranteeing their conservation within the framework current legal. Likewise, it is equally essential to train personnel dedicated to developing teaching and research tasks in the field of marine biology.
    Specific objectives of the title:
    to. Provide students with the latest and newest techniques and tools to design and execute experimental work, as well as to analyze and evaluate theoretical and practical problems related to the field of marine biology.
    b. Train them in capacities and competences that allow their integration in R + D + i departments or research centers of other public and personal institutions.
    c. Provide them with the fundamental knowledge in the sustainable management of marine resources.
    d. Provide them with general complementary tools that will be useful in the future in other biological and biotechnological areas related to the conservation and management of the marine environment.
    Achieving these goals comes with gaining a series of knowledge and acquiring a series of skills and abilities. Among the knowledge that students can acquire in this program, those on:
    to. Organization, structure, operation and study methods of marine organisms and ecosystems.
    b. Evaluation and study methods of polluting processes and other attacks on the marine environment.
    c. Response of marine ecosystems to anthropogenic activity.
    d. Molecular analysis techniques and their applications in aquaculture, fisheries, traceability, conservation and evolution.

    The abilities and skills that students will be able to acquire will be diverse. In general, it can be highlighted that they will receive instruction on:
    to. Search and use of scientific-technical bibliography.
    b. Basic software management for data analysis and process evaluation.
    c. Instrumentation management for the sampling of natural communities and quantification of environmental variables. Application of statistical data processing techniques.
    d. Writing and preparing technical reports and scientific articles.
    and. Undertaking initiatives and decision-making related to environmental impacts on marine ecosystems.

  • Mobility

    La movilidad de los/as estudiantes está regulada a través del “Reglamento de intercambios interuniversitarios”. A través de la Oficina de Relaciones Exteriores se gestionan programas de intercambio tanto nacionales (SICUE), como europeos (ERASMUS) y extracomunitarios (intercambios con países de América Latina o países de habla inglesa): Portal Internacional

    Internships

    Debido al doble perfil del máster, la Comisión Académica del Máster propondrá diferentes opciones para la realización de las practicas externas vinculadas por la temática con la orientación del máster cursada, que permitirán que el alumno desarrolle un itinerario profesionalizante o académico/investigador. Mediante estas prácticas externas se pretende promover el análisis crítico mediante la visualización desde el mundo “real” de los problemas prácticos y cotidianos que surgen dentro del campo de las empresas y los laboratorios marinos.

    Los alumnos que opten por el perfil profesional podrán realizar sus prácticas en empresas del sector marino.

  • El alumno debe realizar un Proyecto Fin de Máster en el que realice un trabajo relacionado con alguno de los aspectos tratados en el Máster. Resulta un trabajo de síntesis de los conocimientos adquiridos y además favorece la planificación y estructuración de un proyecto, con lo que el alumno debe organizar, bajo la supervisión del tutor específico TFM, la estructura y organización de los contenidos y resultados obtenidos. Si el perfil seleccionado es académico-investigador, el tutor debe ser un Doctor designado por la Comisión Académica del Máster.

  • The course relies on a wide range of professionals and professors of recognised prestige in the field of Marine Biology both nationally and internationally.

The contents of this page were updated on 05.22.2024.