Integrative Plant Sciences

Overview

Life on Earth depends on solar energy captured by plants - they are the base of most food webs and underpin the functioning of all major ecosystems. Plants release the oxygen we breath. 

They convert solar energy into chemical energy, providing us with food, fibres, renewable energy sources, and raw materials for many industries. Plants do not carry out these processes in isolation. 

They interact with other organisms and the physical and chemical environment, communicate and actively adjust to their circumstances. How do they do these things at molecular, physiological and functional levels and how can we profit from understanding that?

When you have graduated from the Master’s Programme in Integrative Plant Sciences from University of Helsinki you will have the current answers, based on cutting-edge research by our scientists, to these big questions, and more.

Career

With a Master’s degree in Integrative Plant Sciences, you will have many potential career opportunities in working life or in doctoral studies. You can work especially

• As a doctoral student, researcher and/or part-time teacher at universities or other institutions of higher education

• As a researcher in national and international institutions in the public and private sectors

• As an expert, civil servant, authority or PR  officer in public administration

• In various positions in international organisations or enterprises engaged in bioeconomy 

• As an entrepreneur or consultant in the biological or environmental sectors of business