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• The English Master‘s program Insect Biotechnology and Bioresources is offered by the faculty 09 Agricultural Sciences, Nutritional Sciences, and Environmental Management in cooperation with the faculty 08 Biology and Chemistry and the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences.
• With more than a million scientifically described species, insects form the largest group of organisms on earth.
• As an emerging interdisciplinary research area, insect biotechnology explores insects as well as insect-associated micro- and macroorganisms as newly emerging bioresources for medicine, plant protection, pharmacy, industrial food and biotechnology.
• During your studies you will work intensively on the systematics and ecology of insects, acquire specific scientific and technical knowledge and learn about various methodical research approaches in order to investigate insects and their associated organisms as a new resource for food and luxury food, enzymes and bioactive natural products and finally to refine fully-developed products.
• The study program stands out with its strong emphasis on research and practical relevance and as well as with a high level of interdisciplinary approaches and projects.

• Winter semester starts in October, International students must plan their visa applications accordingly.

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• Application form
• Curriculum Vitae
• Educational Documents (transcripts/Marksheets),
• Motivation letter
• Language proficiency certificate
• Work experience letter
• APS certificate for Chinese & Vietnamese applicants etc.
• List of documents may change from time to time , Please check on Course Website

• For Winter semester – 15 Jul(for applicants with a non-German Masters degree) 15 Jul(for applicants with a German Masters degree)

• Please submit your applications here Course Website

• Finding a part time employment is possible once you arrive in Germany. If you speak German, then it gets easy for you.
• You are permitted for to work for certain number of hours e.g.20 hours/week with a valid study permit.
• Please check on your visa document, it is mentioned on it.

• Please check on University Website.

• The Justus Liebig University Giessen founded in 1607(JLU) is a traditional research university that attracts around 28,000 students. In addition to a wide range of courses - from the classic natural sciences to law and economics, social and educational sciences to linguistics and cultural studies - it offers a range of life science subjects that is not only unique in Hesse: human and veterinary medicine, agriculture and the environment and nutritional sciences as well as food chemistry. 
• Among the great personalities who have researched and taught at JLU are a number of Nobel Prize winners, including Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (Nobel Prize in Physics 1901) and Wangari Maathai (Nobel Peace Prize 2004). Since 2006, research at JLU has been continuously promoted in the Excellence Initiative and