Evolutionary Biology and Ecology

Admission and registration

• Admission

  Third year undergraduate students of BSc Biology, BSc Biomedical Sciences, BSc Earth Sciences, and BSc Health & Life Sciences with a major in Biomedical Sciences from VU Amsterdam, other Dutch universities and other European universities are welcome. All students other than BSc Biology students are strongly recommended to remedy possible knowledge gaps through study of the following material:  

  • Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology 2nd ed. 2012 Edition by F Stuart Chapin III , Pamela A. Matson, and Peter Vitousek
  • Essential cell biology 5th ed. 2019 Bruce Alberts
  • Chapters 1 and 6 of Understanding Evolution 2nd ed. 2020. Kampourakis, Kostas.

  Students from other disciplines or universities, national and international, will be considered for admission following successful completion of a total of at least 36 EC in Ecology, Evolution, Genetics, and Statistics. For each of these four subject areas at least 6 EC should have been obtained. An overview containing the obtained credits within each subject area, the title of the courses, and the official description of the course, should be uploaded during the application in register.vu.nl.  
  
  The minor is open to exchange and Semester in Amsterdam students.

• Registration

  Are you an exchange student or Semester in Amsterdam student? The International Office is responsible for course approval and registration. Please contact either the Incoming Exchange Team or Semester in Amsterdam Team for details:

  • Exchange programme – incoming@vu.nl
  • Semester in Amsterdam programme – semesterinamsterdam@vu.nl