3-Term Pathway - Pre-Master's in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics - Continue to Master of Science - Conservation and Biodiversity

This program will prepare students for entry to a postgraduate degree in a STEM-related subject at Lancaster university, where £17 million is currently being invested in state-of-the-art engineering facilities.

The Conservation and Biodiversity master's offers great flexibility, with a wide choice of topics from across disciplines, enabling students to construct a programme that suits their individual interests and career ambitions in this increasingly important field.

Students will have the opportunity to gain a solid foundation in the key theoretical issues, such as wildlife population dynamics and conservation biology, and learn how these are applied to real-world problems, such as managing habitats or dealing with wildlife-human conflicts. Additionally, they will gain and develop the key skills that are valued by employers, such as field skills on species identification, sampling and monitoring, and more generic skills in problem solving, report writing, data analysis and presentation.

Students will complete six taught modules delivered by world-leading researchers from three internationally-renowned partner organisations: Lancaster Environment Centre, Rothamsted Research and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. This gives students the opportunity to interact with a wide range of expert specialists, including conservation biologists, terrestrial, marine and lake ecologists, food security biologists, and earth observation geographers.

Several modules include field trips to the beautiful and topographically varied countryside around Lancaster, and beyond. If students want to travel further afield, Lancaster has research projects and partners across the globe that provide exiting opportunities when it comes to selecting a dissertation project.

This project forms a substantial part of the master's degree. It will enhance students practical and analytical skills and give them the opportunity to apply their learning to a real-world challenge. This may involve doing a project with a government agency or conservation organisation through the award winning Centre for Global Eco-innovation, which uses excellent links with the environmental and conservation sectors.