The Master's degree program in Ecology and Environmental Protection is a one-year academic program of 60 ECTS credits. It is intended for the education and training of students for scientific research and professional work in the field of ecology and environmental protection. The study program includes three mandatory and 16 elective courses that provide students with the acquisition of additional knowledge and skills in specific areas of ecology. The most important goals of the Master's degree program in Ecology and Environmental Protection are to deepen knowledge about biological diversity, its structure and mutual interactions of living organisms and their relationship with the environment, as well as to develop the ability to apply them in solving current problems of modern civilization in the field of ecology and environmental protection. Graduates of the Ecology and Environmental Protection Master's degree program possess integrated biological knowledge, as well as specific competencies necessary for scientific research and professional work in the fields of ecology and environmental protection. The knowledge acquired upon completion of these studies provides competence and expertise for further education at doctoral level in the country and abroad, for work in scientific institutes, agriculture, forestry and other areas where knowledge from ecology is applied.