BIO-8024 Northern Biodiversity Hotspots: taxonomy field courses - 5 stp

Intensive course extending over one week.

This course is limited to 15 students.

PhD students at UiT apply for a seat by registering for classes in StudentWeb before 22nd of June. The registration starts 15th of May.

Other applicants apply for admission through SøknadsWeb before 1st of June. Application code 9301. For applicants who are granted a seat, a study right will be created, and these applicants apply for a seat by registering for classes in StudentWeb before 22nd of June.

Biodiversity loss, often referred to as biodiversity crisis, is a global environmental problem causing international concern and demanding urgent counteracting measures. Biodiversity is commonly defined in terms of a number of species present in a particular environment, or in total in the world. This makes species not only one of the fundamental biological concepts but also a focus of global conservation efforts. That is why practical experience with morphology based species identification is in high demand in both basic and applied biological research.

During the year 2024 we offer plant identification course "Flora of Skibotn and surroundings" which will take place 29 July -3 August 2024 at the Skibotn field station, Troms, Norway. Skibotn area has a remarkably high vascular plant species number for such northern latitudes (68-69 degrees N) challenging the general concept that species richness decreases as latitude increases. Daily excursions to both lowland and mountain habitats will be combined with practical work in the class to identify the collected materials using the identification keys and learn diagnostic characters of plant taxa.

The course is run with financial support from the national graduate school Photosyntech in collaboration with ForBio - Research school in Biosystematics.

See additional information about course registration on Photosyntech:

Field course: northern biodiversity hotspots, flora of Skibotn and surroundings - Photosyntech

and ForBio webpages:

https://www.forbio.uio.no/events/courses/2024/Skibotn_field_course2024.html

ForBio members that are PhD-students or PostDocs in Norway can have their travel and living costs at the Skibotn research station covered.

Who can apply as a singular course student:

• PhD student enrolled at another institution than UiT. PhD students must upload a document from their university stating that there are registered PhD students. This group of applicants does not have to prove English proficiency and are exempt from semester fee.
• Holders of a master´s degree of five years or 3+2 years (or equivalent) may be admitted. These applicants must upload a Master´s Diploma with Diploma Supplement / English translation of the diploma. Applicants from listed countries must document proficiency in English. To find out if this applies to you, see the following list: Proficiency in English must be documented - list of countries. For more information on accepted English proficiency tests and scores, as well as exemptions from the English proficiency tests, please see the following document: Proficiency in english - PhD level studies

Maximum 15 participants.

If more than 15 applicants, priority will be given as follows:

• Participants admitted to the PhD programme at UiT
• Participants in the Associate Professor programme (Førstelektorprogrammet)
• PhD candidates from other universities
• People with a minimum of a Masters degree (or equivalent), who have not been admitted to a PhD programme