Biodiversity and Conservation (MSc)

Prepare for a career as an ecological consultant or conservation manager with our MSc Biodiversity and Conservation master’s degree. This programme draws on our world-class reputation for environmental research and offers an industry-relevant education for highly-skilled environmental scientists. This programme will teach you to accurately monitor species diversity, change, population abundance and distribution. You’ll learn how to apply these skills to protect the world’s ecosystems and habitats. On completing the course, you should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: the importance of environmental concepts, terms, principles and methods the value using techniques and ideas in different subject disciplines the socioeconomic context of environmental issues and the legal framework through which environmental regulation is facilitated current issues, paradigms and approaches within a specialist subject area of the environmental sciences the contribution of science, en

IELTS: overall 6.5; reading 6.5; writing 6.5; speaking 6.5; listening 6.5

International students: £15,600 per year

UK students: £31,200 per year

UK/Home: £31,200 per year

International: £15,600 per year

September 2026

Application deadlines UK students The deadline to apply for this course is midday UK time.

• Highfield, Southampton, United Kingdom