Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA), University of Bengkulu (UNIB) was approved on the basis of the Decree of the Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia No.195/O/1999 dated 10 August 1999 concerning the establishment of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Bengkulu. Since it was officially established in 1999, FMIPA UNIB has accepted its first students in 2001 with the opening of four Study Programs at once (Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics).
The Biology Masters (S-2) Study Program was established in 2021 with Opening Decree No. 9141/E1/TP.01.06/2021 dated 23 September 2021 which was signed by the secretary of the Directorate General of Higher Education (Paristiyanti Nurwardani). The first study program has been implemented in 2022 with the name of the Biology Master’s Degree (S2) study program. This study program has been accredited “Baik” based on the BAN-PT Decree No. 990/SK/BAN-PT/PB-PS//M/II/2012.