Ecological and Evolutionary Biology

Ecological and Evolutionary Biology is a doctoral programme with a broad thematic scope, mainly focussing on biosystematics, taxonomy, ecology, palaeoecology, evolutionary ecology, evolutionary biology, ethology, and diversity of organisms on the level of individual species, populations, communities, and floras and faunas of various areas. Special attention is paid to the study of interactions between organisms and their environment, and the study of interspecific interactions, e.g. parasite-host or predator-prey. The programme's broad scope is divided into five specializations: Botany, Ecology, Hydrobiology, Parasitology, and Zoology. These specializations are defined both by the taxa studied and the methods used. They are not clearly discrete but may overlap in some topics, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of current biology. The programme has two primary forms, the on-campus (full-time) and off-campus (combined) form, which differ particularly in their requirements for students' permanent presence at the institution and their participation in teaching. Students of the full-time form may obtain regular scholarship depending on the Faculty rules. A change from the full-time to the combined form of the study is possible upon a student's request. Additional information about the study and other activities at the Department of Botany and Zoology can be found at: