MRes Ecology & Environmental Biology

A Second-class Honours degree or equivalent (e.g. GPA of 3.0 or above) in a relevant scientific subject. Professional experience may be taken into account.

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You will be provided with excellent training for applying for a PhD programme or entering work in ecological consultancy, governmental agencies or conservation sectors.

The MRes also serves as a valuable introduction to UK research for overseas students.

There are considerable opportunities to undertake research work in the UK and overseas.

MRes projects in the past have involved field-work in some of Scotland’s most important natural environments including:

• Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park,
• The Outer Hebrides and Skye
• Overseas in the Falkland Islands
• Peru
• Trinidad
• Tobago
• Egypt
• Svalbard (Norway)
• Canada
• The Azores (Portugal)
• Cayman Islands
• The Philippines

Graduates from these programmes (MSc, MRes) have entered a wide range of roles in academia, business and the third sector.

Examples of job roles in the UK and North America include:

• fisheries biologist
• data manager
• associate marine scientist
• training co-ordinator
• fisheries research assistant

Some graduates have also gone on to study PhDs in evolutionary biology, biological sciences and wildlife biology.

Please visit https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/ecologyenvironmentalbiology/#tab=structure