MSc in Life Sciences

Overview

The Department of Life Sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev comprises a team of investigators conducting cutting edge research in numerous realms of modern biology.

Quick Facts

  
Duration: 2 years
Starting in: October, February
Tuition Fee: Total of $10,600 approx.
Location: Beersheba Campus (Beersheba, Israel)

Topics being addressed in departmental laboratories span the entire size range of biology, beginning with the determination of protein structures at atom-level resolution, continuing to the examination of single-celled organisms and multi-cellular systems and reaching the study of whole animals and communities.

In tackling questions related to protein science, microbiology, development, physiology, neurobiology, genomics, structural biology, ecology and other fields, researchers in the Department of Life Sciences rely on a wide variety of experimental systems, including bacteria, archaea, yeast, plants, insects, fish and other forms of marine life, rodents, and mammals, to unravel the mystery of life at the gene, protein, cell, system and organism levels.

Education

The M.Sc. program offers a Thesis (research) track and requires two years of full-time study. Outstanding students may join the combined M.Sc.-Ph.D. track during the 2nd year of their M.Sc. studies. The Life Sciences program is offered by the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

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