Biology (Hons) University of Malta

Overview

Apart from core subjects such as biochemistry, cell biology, ecology, ethology and evolution, plant and animal biology, diversity of plants and animals, conservation biology, plant and animal biology, and animal form and function, the three year Biology (Hons) course at the University of Malta  also covers a broad diversity of other subject areas including field biology, research methods for the biological sciences, marine biology, microbiology, parasitology and immunology, bioinformatics and genomics, biotechnology, and aquaculture and fisheries biology.

Career opportunities

• The opportunities for employment are numerous, given the availability of both long-standing careers such as ones involving teaching and laboratory work, as well as of new career opportunities such as those within the field of applied biotechnology in industry and research, and of environmental biology in research, planning, management and monitoring of living resources and the environment.

• Potential employers in Malta include industry (in particular, ones dealing with biotechnology and pharmacology), the aquaculture sector, private environmental consultancies, and governmental entities and authorities, such as the Malta Environment and Planning Authority and the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of the Ministry for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change.