MRes Equine Science

Why an MRes in Equine Science? The equine science sector has an estimated turnover of £250 million pounds and supports 1.6 million jobs worldwide. Postgraduate qualifications in this sector greatly enhances employability and the MRes in Equine Science has specifically been designed to fulfil this goal. This course will equip you with specialist knowledge in a specific area of equine science and give you a range of critical and analytical skills widely sought after in the research and development sector of the equine industry. This skill set from the MRes will also make you highly competitive for advertised PhD positions in equine and veterinary science. Why study at Aberystwyth? With 360 members of staff (principle investigators, technicians and post-doctoral fellows), 1350 undergraduate students and more than 150 postgraduate students, IBERS is one of the largest research and teaching institutes within the UK. Excellence in teaching was recognised by outstanding scores (90-98%) in the National Student Satisfaction Survey for three consecutive years (NSS 2017, 2018, 2019), being awarded the Gold Award in the recent Teaching Excellence Framework (Teaching Excellence Framework, 2018) and wining University of the year for teaching quality for the second consecutive year ( Good University Guide, The Times and Sunday Times, 2018 and 2019. Employability data from the Recent Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE, 2017) shows that 97% of IBERS graduates were in work or further study six months after leaving Aberystwyth University. The economic and social impact of IBERS research was also recognised in 2011 when IBERS won the national BBSRC Excellence with Impact Award. Aberystwyth University is the longest-established provider of equine related higher education in the UK, with an internationally renowned reputation for teaching and research in equine science. Our MSc in Equine Science was established in 1978. IBERS has its own equine teaching yard which is the only dedicated and fully licensed equine research yard in UK outside of veterinary college

IELTS 6.5 with minimum 5.5 in each component, or equivalent

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• Aberystwyth, United Kingdom