Hydrobiology

1. You’re standing by a pond with a net and a sample container. What do you do?

2. How do you feel about spending hours at a microscope identifying plankton?

3. A lake turns green in summer and fish start dying. What would you want to find out?

4. How do you feel about fieldwork on a river in rain or cold, wearing waders?

5. How do you feel about chemistry, such as measuring oxygen, nitrates and pH in water samples?

6. The programme is taught in English, and you’ll do field trips and lab work with students from many countries. How do you feel about that?

7. A dam is planned on a river. What would interest you most?

8. Have you ever kept an aquarium, or would you like to?

9. You have to identify dozens of aquatic invertebrates using an identification key. How do you feel?

10. What motivates you most to study Hydrobiology?