Biology
Bachelor
✔ Explore all areas of biology in your first semester — from ecology to molecular life sciences.
✔ Shape your own programme with a specialisation and Major that fits your interests
✔ Gain hands-on experience in labs and fieldwork, and work with experts from different scientific fields.
During this programme, you'll learn how living systems work, from molecules to ecosystems. You'll combine biology with mathematics, physics, and chemistry to answer questions about health, biodiversity, and the environment. From your second year, you'll specialize and build the skills to contribute to science and society — whether in research, conservation, healthcare, or biotechnology.
Choose from the following Majors
Do you want to understand how climate change affects marine life? Are you curious about the causes of diseases like cancer, or what happens in the brain during sleep? Do you see yourself working with other scientists to help solve the world's biggest biological challenges? Then Biology at the University of Groningen is the right choice for you.
What to expect from the Bachelor's programme in Biology
- Ecology and Evolution
- Molecular Life Sciences
- Behaviour and Neurosciences
- Biomedical Sciences
- Integrative Biology
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English
Title
Bachelor of Science
Duration
3 years
ECTS credits
ECTS
The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a student-centred system based on the student workload required to achieve the objectives of a programme of study. Its aim is to facilitate the recognition of study periods undertaken by mobile students through the transfer of credits. The ECTS is based on the principle that 60 credits are equivalent to the workload of full-time student during one academic year.
Accreditation
Tuition fee 2025/2026
EU/EEA
The EU/EEA rate is the regular fee for students from within the EU/EEA.
€ 2,601
Non-EU/EEA
The non-EU/EEA rate is the rate for students from outside the EU/EEA.
€ 19,800
Institutional
The institutional rate is for all students who have already obtained a bachelor’s or master’s degree and who want to start a second programme leading to a degree at the same level or at a lower level.
€ 13,500
Admission
Admission URL
Application requirements
Before you apply!
All other profiles and their equivalents must be supplemented by Mathematics A or B, Physics, Chemistry and Biology
Language proficiency certificate for English (except for applicants with a Dutch pre-university education (VWO) as well as the exemptions listed on the language exemptions webpage). More info: https://www.rug.nl/fse/programme/admissions/bsc/language
Check when you can start and what you have to pay!
| Tuition fees | |
|---|---|
| € 2,601 | |
| € 19,800 | |
| € 13,500 |
| Tuition fees | |
|---|---|
| € 2,695 | |
| € 19,800 | |
| € 14,000 |
| Start date | App. deadline EU/EEA | App. deadline Non-EU/EEA |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep '26 | 1 May '26 | 1 May '26 |
| 1 Sep '27 | 1 May '27 | 1 May '27 |
Contact
Main addressBroerstraat 5
9712 PC Groningen
050-3638100