Maestría en Ciencias Integrativas de las Plantas

The extent of the Master’s Programme in Integrative Plant Sciences is 120 credits (ECTS), to be completed in two years of full-time studies. The degree consists of:

• 80 credits of advanced studies (in integrative plant sciences), including joint courses (20 credits), alternative study modules (30 credits) and the Master's thesis (30 credits)
• 40 credits of other studies from this programme or other programmes

The curriculum contains a personal study plan and it can contain career planning, transferable skill studies, exchange studies at another university, or an internship or apprenticeship period.

You study the diversity of wild and cultivated plants from the Arctic to the Tropics, as well as plant functions from the molecular level, such as ontogeny and regulation of growth and differentiation, to the ecosystem level. The topics include:

• Plant biotechnology and breeding
• Molecular biology and genetics
• Regulation of growth, reproduction and differentiation of tissues
• Biological basis of crop yield and wood formation
• Plant ecology and evolutionary biology
• Diversity and systematics of plants and fungi
• Species identification

Un tutor personal te ayudará a diseñar un plan de estudio individual de acuerdo con tus aspiraciones y requisitos.

Courses and teach­ing

The teaching is diverse, consisting of lectures, modern laboratory and computer courses, field courses, seminars and excursions. The curriculum is closely intertwined with research. You will be introduced to the research groups from the beginning of your studies, so you will swiftly become familiar with research methods as your studies progress. Much of the study material is in various digital learning platforms (such as Moodle), which allow distance learning.

Your advanced studies include joint courses and alternative study modules. With the choice of courses, you can deepen your expertise in particular areas of integrative plant sciences and tailor your degree towards your aspirations. A personal tutor will help you to tailor an individual study plan according to your interests and requirements.

English is the main teaching language. Because the programme is multilingual, you can take your examinations, write your thesis and fulfil other programme requirements in English, Finnish or Swedish.

Mas­ter's thesis

By completing your Master’s thesis (30 credits), you will show that you are:

• capable of scientific thinking
• able to design and carry out experiments under supervision
• profoundly familiar with the topic of your thesis
• capable of effective written scientific communication

A Master’s thesis project usually consists of four distinct phases:

• Design and planning of the study
• Gathering the data (fieldwork and/or laboratory work and/or mathematical modelling)
• Analysing the data (validation/quality control, statistical analysis, plotting)
• Interpreting and discussing the results in the light of existing literature on the topic

Typically, the work is carried out in a research project in which you have a clearly defined and independent role. You must write the thesis yourself. Your work will be supervised by a person, such as a professor or a lecturer, who has a PhD in the same field of research and who knows the topic and the relevant courses well. Upon completing your Master’s project, you will understand how a research project proceeds, from planning the work to carrying it out and reporting the results.

Cooperation with other parties

Un programa multifacético sólo es posible mediante los esfuerzos conjuntos de varias partes. Por tanto la docencia y la investigación se llevan a cabo en colaboración con:

• Institute of Biotechnology (HiLIFE unit)
• Botany Unit of the Finnish Museum of Natural History
• Natural Resources Institute in Finland
• Plant Biotechnology Unit of the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
• Finnish Food Authority
• Finnish Environment Institute SYKE
• Boreal Plant Breeding Ltd. company

This ensures that you will have good prospects for jobs or apprenticeships.

Los invernaderos experimentales y los campos al aire libre del campus de Viikki también se utilizan con fines didácticos. Las cinco estaciones de campo en Finlandia propiedad de la University of Helsinki son un activo valioso y un lugar para diversos cursos de campo. De las estaciones, la Estación Zoológica de Tvärminne está ubicada en la costa sur, la Estación Biológica Lammi y la Estación Forestal Hyytiälä en el sur de Finlandia, y la Estación de Investigación Subártica de Värriö y la Estación Biológica Kilpisjärvi en Laponia, en el norte de Finlandia. En la Estación de Investigación Taita Hills en Kenia, África Oriental, puede vivir una experiencia de aprendizaje completamente diferente y única en la vida.

Usted será capaz de:

• Comprender cómo la investigación en ciencias de las plantas y biotecnología puede contribuir al mejoramiento y la producción de plantas.
• Planificar, coordinar y ejecutar investigación científica básica y aplicada de alta calidad.
• Tener un buen dominio del método científico y evaluar críticamente la investigación en todas las disciplinas científicas.
• Domine las técnicas de laboratorio de primer nivel en ciencias moleculares y fisiológicas de las plantas.
• Use las habilidades básicas necesarias para expandir su conocimiento a otros campos relacionados y comunicarse profesionalmente con expertos en esos campos.
• Actuar en la vida laboral como un experto e innovador en su campo, respaldado por su lenguaje, comunicación, habilidades de laboratorio y otras habilidades transferibles.
• Ser elegible para estudios científicos de posgrado (doctorado)

Con una Maestría en Ciencias Vegetales Integrativas , tiene muchas oportunidades profesionales potenciales. Puede pasar directamente a la vida laboral como experto e innovador en su campo, respaldado por sus habilidades lingüísticas, de comunicación, de laboratorio y otras habilidades transferibles, o continuar con estudios de posgrado (doctorado).