Want to know what it's like to study this course at uni? We've got all the key info, from entry requirements to the modules on offer. If that all sounds good, why not check out reviews from real students or even book onto an upcoming open days?
MSc - Master of Science
Sheffield Main
Full Time
SEP
1 Year
Select a course option
MSc - Master of Science
Sheffield Main
Full Time
SEP-26
1 Year
MSc - Master of Science
University of Sheffield
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
MSc - Master of Science
Sheffield Main
Full Time
SEP-25
1 Year
MSc - Master of Science
Sheffield Main
Full Time
SEP
1 Year
Select a an exam type
Course description
This MSc course prepares you for a career protecting biodiversity in a range of natural, agricultural and urban ecosystems around the world. Throughout your course, you'll be in the field learning about conservation issues and the constraints posed by budgets, policy and legislation.
Fieldwork will form a large part of your learning. You'll have the choice of undertaking a tropical field course to The Gambia, with its range of ecosystems providing both excellent wildlife watching opportunities as well as illustrating many of the most important global issues in tropical conservation, or exploring North Norfolk, with its internationally important coastal habitats making it one of Europe’s top wildlife watching destinations.
No matter which destination you choose, you'll receive training in the principles of experimental design and data collection in an area of outstanding conversation and biodiversity interest, equipping you with the key skills to plan and manage your own conservation projects.
You'll develop an understanding of how environmental change can impact biodiversity and how the effective management of ecosystems can positively impact both biodiversity and the ecosystem itself.
You’ll conduct an Independent Research Project, spending three months researching an area of biodiversity or conservation that matches your future career aspirations. You could be field-based, lab-based or complete a computational data-driven project, tackling topics such as urbanisation, ecosystem services, tropical deforestation, and marine conservation.
Example research projects include:
Fieldwork
The cost of all core fieldwork and practical project work is included in your tuition fees, this includes travel and accommodation for any one day field trips and compulsory field courses as well as obligatory safety equipment. Necessary vaccinations and visas required for travel, as well as travel to field sites for research project work, may incur additional costs.
Please see our University website for the most up-to-date course information.
Minimum 2:2 undergraduate honours degree in biological sciences or a related subject.
Students living in
Rest of World
£29,950 per year
Students from International
NA
Check out our
Sheffield city guideBristol, University of the West of England