The Department of Biology prepares or participates in the training of teachers at all levels of schools. The focus of the work lies in the preparation of nature science teachers for the secondary schools. At the same time, the department also participates in the training of teachers for kindergartens and primary schools and, in cooperation with the Faculty of Science of the University of South Bohemia, also in the training of biology teachers for high schools. In addition to teaching studies, the department prepares researchers in the field of didactics of natural sciences and biology through doctoral studies.

The research activities of the department include both research and implementation of research results in the field of didactics of science education focused on learning about living and inanimate nature, as well as scientific work in individual scientific disciplines, which the staff of the department deals with.