Master's Degree in Conservation Biology

• Type of education: Face-to-face.
• Number of new entry places offered: 40
• Number of credits: 60
• Languages taught: Spanish.
• Guide price: € 45.02 per credit.
• Master's Scholarship: see relevant information here .

About

The Master in Conservation Biology aims to train experts in diagnosing biodiversity conservation problems, as well as to address possible solutions. Biodiversity is the "variety of life in all its forms and levels of organization", including the environmental and evolutionary processes that maintain it, so its conservation requires the training of professionals capable of applying "transversal" approaches. For this reason, Conservation Biology has been growing as a multidisciplinary response to the planetary crisis of biodiversity, with a clear vocation for integrating very diverse disciplines in the field of biology, to which recent developments in sociology and the economy.

Academic year 2020-21

No defined course

goals

Training experts capable of diagnosing biodiversity conservation problems, as well as addressing possible solutions. Biodiversity is the "variety of life in all its forms and levels of organization", including the ecological and evolutionary processes that maintain it, so its conservation requires the training of experts capable of applying "transversal" approaches. The Master's Degree in Conservation Biology reflects this need for integration thanks to the collaboration of the departments and specialists linked to the field of conservation.

Recipients

University graduates in Biological, Environmental or Marine Sciences, or in Agricultural and Forestry Engineering and related areas.

Why study this master?

The academic orientation of the University Master 's Degree prepares the student for the continuation of his career in any scientific field of Conservation Biology (doctoral thesis, career in universities and research centers).

In accordance with the fields of professional action of biologists (BOE of May 23, 1996), this University Master's Degree prepares for the following professional opportunities in administration or business:

1. Ecological aspects of nature conservation and spatial planning. Identification and management of invasive species, design and location of infrastructures, application of restoration programs.
2. Organization and management of protected natural spaces, zoos, botanical gardens and museums of Natural Sciences. Genetic evaluation and management of conservation programs.
3. Scientific and technical advice on issues related to Conservation Biology (definition and management of conservation units, habitat fragmentation, etc.).
4. Environmental education and recreational biology (ecotourism).

Admission requirements for masters

Non-enabling university masters

• Be in possession of any of the following titles:
  • Spanish official university degree .
  • Title issued by an institution of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and empowering in the country of issue for access to Master's education.
  • Title of educational systems outside the EHEA that empowers in the country of issuance for access to Master's education, homologated or declared equivalent to the degree and academic level of Degree or Degree by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training . In case of lacking the mentioned homologation or equivalency, it will be necessary to have authorization or access permission granted by this University.
• Or be carrying out during the course in which you pre-enroll studies leading to the obtaining of any of the previous degrees and be in a position to prove the obtaining of the same before September 30, 2020 .
• In addition, students from foreign educational systems, whose mother tongue is different from Spanish, must prove level B2 of the Spanish language (or higher) .
• Specific requirements that any of the requested masters may have. You can consult it by accessing the website of the Master itself.