The Master program "Ökologie, Evolution und Naturschutz" (Ecology, Evolution and Conservation) was established in 2010 at the University of Potsdam. In 2019, it was transformed to the internation Master program "Ecology, Evolution and Conservation (EEC)".

Students learn about the state of the art in various specialized fields of ecology, evolutionary research and scientific nature conservation. The program is research-oriented and concentrates on a broad spectrum of modern research methods, with a particular focus on "whole-organism biology" and quantitative research methods.