Biodiversity and Conservation MSc

Western Bank, Sheffield,, United Kingdom

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12 monthsProgram duration

33,970 GBPTuition Fee/year

Environmental SciencesMain Subject Area

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Program overview

Main Subject

Environmental Sciences

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

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 learning about conservation issues in major ecosystems, from tropical forests to cities, and coral reefs to the deep sea, and the constraints posed by budgets, policy and legislation.

Fieldwork will form a large part of your learning. In our Field Biology module you'll gain hands-on experience of designing and conducting a project in the field, helping you to understand the challenges faced in real-world conservation projects. Our current MSc students will be completing their field course on the North Norfolk coast, one of Europe’s premier wildlife sites and a region with significant conservation challenges and varied management efforts.

You'll receive training in the principles of experimental design and data collection in an area of outstanding conservation and biodiversity interest, equipping you with the key skills to plan, manage and generate data from your own research.

Throughout your course, we’ll show you how environmental change can impact biodiversity and how the effective management of ecosystems can positively impact both biodiversity and the ecosystem itself.

You’ll also conduct an independent research project, spending three months researching an area of biodiversity or conservation that matches your interests and equips you for your future career. 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 previous research projects include:

Is land sparing or land sharing farming best for conservation of biodiversity and carbon in upland UK?
Bigger, better, more, joined: habitat fragmentation and the conservation of rare birds in the Peak District
Traits in space and time: mobilising biodiversity data for conservation, macroecology, and macroevolution
Investigating the abiotic and biotic factors influencing territory distribution of an avian riverine specialist
Biodiversity change under climate and environmental variation
Using eDNA data for biodiversity monitoring

Program overview

Main Subject

Environmental Sciences

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Is land sparing or land sharing farming best for conservation of biodiversity and carbon in upland UK?
Bigger, better, more, joined: habitat fragmentation and the conservation of rare birds in the Peak District
Traits in space and time: mobilising biodiversity data for conservation, macroecology, and macroevolution
Investigating the abiotic and biotic factors influencing territory distribution of an avian riverine specialist
Biodiversity change under climate and environmental variation
Using eDNA data for biodiversity monitoring

Admission Requirements

IELTS

6.5+

TOEFL

88+

PTE Academic

61+

Cambridge CAE Advanced

176+

Minimum 2:2 undergraduate honours degree in a relevant subject with relevant modules.

Program Duration

1 Year

Starting Month(s)

Sep

Tuition fees

Domestic

Starts from

13,260 GBP

International

Starts from

33,970 GBP

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Western Bank, Sheffield,, United Kingdom

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