The online application portal for FLBS Summer Session 2025 is now open!
Bio Station summer courses are field based and experiential. Students spend the summer gaining hands-on ecological experience in the beautiful outdoors of Northwest Montana. This is a fantastic opportunity for college students (undergraduates and graduates) to learn something new or grow their knowledge. This experience helps student be more competitive for internships and the post college workforce.
Why the Flathead Lake Bio Station?Gain skills in: scientific equipment, research projects, field work, and communication
- Place based learning includes field trips and overnight camping trips throughout the Flathead Valley and Glacier National Park
- Collaborate with world class scientists (instructors and Station staff) and students from across the country
- Round out traditional lecture courses with field experience to broaden your collegiate experience
- Get your foot in the door with gained experience to open future career opportunities
- Low student-faculty ratio, great facilities, live on the shores of Flathead Lake
- Credits transfer easily to universities across the country
- Visit our website at: flbs.umt.edu/education and make an account
- Complete all sections of the online application including a Medical History Form and Transcripts
- Submit your application before February 2 for a $100 discount
New this year - Discounts!
- We are offering 20% off additional courses. Ex: take two courses and the second will be discounted 20%. Each subsequent course will be 20% each
- Seminars in Ecology is 50% off. Add it to another course during the first four weeks of Summer Session
Scholarships!
- Eligible students will receive: $450 per credit in scholarships (until all funding is allocated)
- Students can apply for scholarship funding by submitting a scholarship statement with their online application and ONE letter of recommendation
Since 1899, Flathead Lake Biological Station of the University of Montana has offered immersive summer field ecology courses with aquatic and terrestrial focuses that emphasize direct field research and interactions with natural resource professionals. Last year, we celebrated our 125th Anniversary!
These rigorous, hands-on courses meet Federal, Montana Board of Regents, and University of Montana regulatory and policy requirements for contact hours and reliably transfer to other colleges and universities.