**Course overview**\ Are you passionate about environmental protection, wildlife conservation and ecology? The biggest threats to our natural environment and biodiversity are climate change, habitat loss and invasive species. Our MSci Environmental Biology will help you study the effects of these threats and, crucially, how to manage and reduce them. This integrated master’s degree is designed to take you further. In your final year, you’ll complete your own research project, extending your knowledge of environmental biology as well as developing your research expertise and skills in data analysis, project management and communication. These skills are highly valued in environmental consultancy, conservation, policy and research careers. Throughout the course, we cover diverse and interconnected topics – including ecology, conservation, animal behaviour, botany, sustainability and environmental protection. You’ll be able to specialise in the areas that interest you the most. As well as the theory and background, we’ll teach you the practical skills needed for a career in the environmental sector. All environmental biology students will get involved in fieldwork, a central part of the course. This real-world experience will build your familiarity with surveying techniques commonly used as an environmental consultant. Alongside environmental science students, you'll start developing professional techniques including: * using geographic information systems (GIS) * preparing phase 1 habitat maps * identifying plant species * surveying bat roosts * testing water quality In addition to laboratory work, day trips and visits to local sites, there’s even the option to join residential field courses abroad – in countries such as Malaysia, Spain and Sweden. \ \ **Why choose this course?\ Course highlights** * Enhance your studies through field trips to local, national and potentially even overseas locations. * Learn from our researchers who are actively working on projects with environmental consultancies – and attend training delivered by visiting ecologists from local consultancies. * Opportunities to complete an industry placement year or study abroad as part of your degree. **Proven results** * We’re a top 20 UK and top 100 world university (QS World University Rankings 2026). * The average starting salary for School of Biosciences undergraduates within 15 months of graduation was £29,189 (HESA Graduate Outcomes 2022/23).
A Level: ABB | ABB/AAC/A*BC including Biology. Citizenship Studies, Critical Thinking, General Studies, Science and Society and Leisure Studies not accepted. | T Level: D | T Levels are considered on a case-by-case basis to ensure sufficient biology content is studied; please contact us for more information. | Scottish Higher: ABBBB | This qualification is accepted in combination with two Scottish Advanced Highers at grades AB including Biology. | Access to HE Diploma: 24 UCAS points | Access to HE Diploma: 21 UCAS points | Access to HE Diploma | This qualification will be considered where appropriate biology content is being studied. The requirement is 60 credits- overall with 45 graded credits at Level 3. 24 credits must be achieved at Distinction plus 21 graded Level 3 credits at Merit, including 15 credits from biology units. Please contact us to check the suitability of your specific qualification units. | GCSE/National 4/National 5 GCSE English and Maths at grade C/4. | Scottish Advanced Higher: AB | To include Biology. This qualification is accepted in combination with five Scottish Highers at grades ABBBB. | Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016): DD | This qualification will be considered alongside A Level grade B. Applications are considered on an individual basis to ensure sufficient biology has been studied. The required A Levels for mixed BTEC and A Level grade profiles depends on the biology content studied in the BTEC. Please contact us for more information. | International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme: 30 UCAS points | To include Higher Level Biology grade 4. Alternatively, 655/664/754 in 3 Higher Level Certificates including Higher Level Biology. | WJEC Level 3 Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales: {'start': ['A*'], 'end': ['C']} | This qualification is accepted as equivalent to a non-biology A Level. | Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016): DDD | Applications are considered on an individual basis to ensure sufficient biology has been studied; please contact us for further information. | Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016): D | This qualification will be considered alongside A Level grades B,B. Applications are considered on an individual basis to ensure sufficient biology has been studied. The required A Levels for mixed BTEC and A Level grade profiles depends on the biology content studied in the BTEC. Please contact us for more information.
No less than 5.5 in each element. As well as IELTS, we also accept other English language qualifications. This includes TOEFL iBT, Pearson PTE, GCSE, IB and O level English. Check our English language policies and equivalencies for further details: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/studywithus/international-applicants/english-language/english-language-requirements.aspx If you need support to meet the required level, you may be able to attend a Presessional English for Academic Purposes (PEAP) course (https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cele/pre-sessional/index.aspx). Our Centre for English Language Education is accredited by the British Council for the teaching of English in the UK. If you successfully complete your pre-sessional course to the required level, you can then progress to your degree course. This means that you won't need to retake IELTS or equivalent. Please note: For pre-sessional English or one-year foundation courses, you must take IELTS for UKVI to meet visa regulations.
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