Elective module

The Elective module should broaden and enrich your individual study programme and integrate well into an individual student's career.
It lends itself to the study of Soft Skills such as scientific writing, writing a research proposal, working in a granting agency, scientific publishing, patent-related skills, biological safety courses etc. The Elective Module may also be used to gain international or applied research experience, for example in an industrial or ecological context or to broaden the student´s view on a specific research area.

An individual project in a research group (compareable to the Project Module) is also accepted for the elective module.
 

General module description MN-B-EM
For further information and application / certification forms download the specific PDF document:

• EM what to know and what to do

The following options for the elective module will be acknowledged without specific application / certification forms:

• Accelerate your career! Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Leadership for MINT students (offered every term, 3 CP, check the webpage for mathematics and natural sciences!)
• Competence trainings, courses and lectures offered by the ProfessionalCenter (usually 3 CP, for example)
• Language courses offered by the university (providing new proficiency).
• MN-B-EM 1: Synaptic Physiology in Health and Disease (3-weeks full time, 6 CP)
• MN-B-EM 2: Interdisciplinary College
• MN-B-EM 3: Allgemeine Pharmakologie und Toxikologie
• MN-B-EM 4: Data analysis in the life sciences (February 23^rd - March 13^th 2026, 6 CP)
• From Molecules to Mice to Man , module description (Fridays, 13:00 - 15:00; 6 CP; Buildung 322 Seminar Room 2; start 17.10.2025)

Application & Certification Forms

Studying abroad

If you plan to do a module abroad the Elective module and the Project module are particularly suited. However, you need to contact the student adviser  Dr. Jan Weber) in advance to discuss your plans for approval.