reinhard.wetzker@uni-jena.

de
georg.pohnert@uni-jena.de
erika.kothe@uni-jena.de
master@uni-jena.de
Required application documents

We understand that a large number of documents are required to

apply, but we have tried to simplify the application process as
much as possible. Please note that we require the following
documents in time:

1.This application cover sheet

2.Motivation letter (in which you describe your intention to
pursue graduate studies in the field of your choice)
3.Curriculum vitae including complete contact information,
educational background, and professional experience (preferably
in the Europass format or similar)
4.Your secondary education certificate (baccalauréat, high school
diploma, etc.)
5.Your college entrance examination scores (if applicable in your
country)
6.All previous university degrees (Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of
Science, etc.) if available before the application deadline -
otherwise, please make a note of the anticipated date of issue
7.The corresponding transcript for each degree, including your
cumulative grade point average (minimum requirement is the
proof of credits of the term before last)
8.Proof of English or German proficiency (TOEFL, IELTS, DSH,
TestDaF, etc., as required by your program of choice)
9.Chinese, Mongolian an Vietnamese students must also submit
the APS from the German Embassy.
Also, if any of the above documents are not in German or English,
please include official translations into one of these two
languages.
Faculty of biology of pharmacy
Institute of Applied and Ecological Microbiology
Friedrich schiller university of jena
Objectives of the study program “Microbiology”
The Master study program "Microbiology" builds consecutively
on a biological education and is focussed on research. A good
scientific basic education in a Bachelor study program (normally
in biology), enables enroled students in the Master program to
independent scientific work in a modern interdisciplinary
scientific field. The study program is especially dedicated to the
integration and consolidation of knowledge in microbiology.

Organismic consortia with microorganisms are determining life

on Earth. Homo- and heterogenic organismic consortia are the
basis of interactions with plants in the rhizo- and phyllosphere,
for the interaction with animals or man, or for the generation of
multitrophic consortia in the complex soil matrix. Therefore, a
detailed understanding of the microbiological fundamentals is
essential. Additionally, microorganisms are of outstanding
importance for applications in the field of biotechnology (high cell
density fermentation, „Quorum sensing" for the production of
agents), environmental protection (elimination of pollutants),
agriculture (increase of yield and tolerance towards stress),
medicine (antinfectives) as well as in general biology (as model
systems).

Besides the subject specific scientific abilities, graduates gain

communicative skills of displaying science in the public and they
can gain the international qualification that is required nowadays,
by the possibility of a semester abroad. The Master program
offers a consecutive scientific graduate study, especially in the
fields of biology, microbiology, bioinformatics, biochemistry, cell
biology, medical microbiology or biogeosciences, being offered by
the Friedrich-Schiller-University as well as by universities in
Germany and abroad.

With that, the graduates of the study program are perfectly

trained for science (graduation) and for industry (especially for
biotechnology).

The job market for microbiologists is still excellent. At regional

level, the connection to the job market has already been
established by the close cooperation with biotechnology
companies in the proposal of the "Jena School for Microbial
Communication", where 12 Jena companies of the biotech-
microscopy trade participate as cooperation partners.
Supraregional, companies like BASF, Bayer or Novartis have been
interested in graduates from Jena microbiology already for a long
time. Even internationally, microbiology in Jena could mediate
graduates successfully (e. g. Novo Nordisk, Denmark; Ciba Geigi,
Switzerland; etc.).