Systems Biology Major | Current Students

To complete the Systems Biology program, you have to successfully take the following mandatory courses listed in the table. Added to it are a couple of optional courses you can take as well.

Wintersemester 2025/2026
Semester 1

Courses	Date	Time	Where
General Introduction Meeting Masters	13/10/25	10:00	Online
Introduction Major Systems Biology	15/10/25	10:00	SR 42 BioQuant
Lecture and Tutorial: Frontiers in Biosciences 1	15/10/25	18:00	gHS INF230
Lecture and Tutorial: Frontiers in Biosciences 2	Jan-Mar 2025	8:15-9:45	Check HeiCO
Practical course and Seminar: Quantitative Biology	14. Nov.- 5. Dec 2025	10:00-18:00	BioQuant
Practical course and Seminar: Computational Biology	January 2026	10:00-18:00	BioQuant

Optional but recommended
Practical introduction in computational modelling: In Silico Methods in Biochemistry	3 weeks starting 20.10.25	10:00-18:00	BioQuant
Lecture and Exercises: Mathematics for Systems Biology	Starts 24.10.25	WiSe 25/26 Fridays 10:00-12:00 Tuesdays 16:00-18:00	BioQuant

Summersemester 2026
Semester 2

Courses	Date	Time	Where
Lecture and Tutorial: Systems Cell Biology	April-July 2026	8:00-10:00	BioQuant
Lecture and Tutorial: Physical Methods in Systems Biology	April-July 2026	8:00-10:00	BioQuant
Course and Seminar: Advanced Computational Systems Biology	tba	10:00-18:00	tba
Course and Seminar: High throughput and Omics	tba	10:00-18:00	tba

Semester 3

In this semester you should undertake two lab rotations, working for at least 6 weeks on a small project in a laboratory of choice, attending seminars in that laboratory and writing a lab report.

Semester 4

The Master's thesis work lasts 6 months. You undertake a laboratory research project relevant to the Major Systems Biology, write a thesis, and defend it in an oral presentation. The seminar is usually held in the research group where you do your Master's thesis.