Genetics and Molecular Cytology Pavol Jozef Safárik University in Kosice

Overview

At the Genetics and Molecular Cytology programme offered at Pavol Jozef Safárik University in Kosice  the student is guided to independent creative work and synthetic thinking, which help him/her to solve the biological problems creatively and independently, as well as the practical tasks of applied biology. Graduates have knowledge of biological and interdisciplinary biosciences (genetics, molecular biology, functional genomics, bioinformatics, plant and animal physiology, cytology, immunology, microbiology, virology, biotechnology, botany, zoology, evolutionary biology, human biology, ecology, etc.), and knowledge from several chemical disciplines and other edging disciplines. 

The graduate is competent to solve the problem as a member of the team that masters the basics of scientific methodology and can apply them creatively in solving specific problems. He/she is able to design solutions and evaluate the results of scientific and practical problems. The graduate can formulate recommendations for development of a particular field of science. With the innovative thinking and approach, the graduate is able to present the results obtained from the field of study to a wide professional as well as lay public.

Career Paths

Available data from public sources, as well as monitoring of applicability through university portals, e.g. Alumni space, or monitoring of applicability through the personal contacts of the staff of the departments with graduates clearly demonstrates that graduates of the Master's study programme Genetics and Molecular Cytology (GMCm) find adequate application in practice.