At present there are approximately 80 master students and 25 Ph.D.-students associated with the institute. Our institute is responsible for the biochemistry education at The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo. Each year approximately 400 under-graduate students get their biochemistry exam at the institute. The Department of Biochemistry will at all times strive to do research and give education at a high international level, and to educate candidates highly qualified for research and other fields of biochemistry in society.
Biochemistry is the chemistry of life.
This means that biochemistry is concerned with elucidating the chemistry of biological systems and all living organisms. What to do as a biochemist The Department of Biochemistry at the University of Oslo is the largest biochemical department in the country and educates researchers for many different fields of biochemical research. Examples of such research institutions are the universities, hospitals, pharmaceutical and biotechnological industry and analytical laboratories. During the last few years several biochemists has taken up a career as sales representatives for different biochemical and biotechnological companies. There are also good opportunities for a career as a teacher in high school, college or university.