MSc Animal Behaviour
University of East AngliaNorwich Research Park, Norwich
Course overview
This comprehensive MSc programme equips you with a broad and versatile skillset essential for the study of animal behaviour. You’ll gain both conceptual knowledge and hands-on experience. Our dynamic course underscores the importance of understanding how animals adapt and respond to their environments, a crucial consideration in the Anthropocene era.
This knowledge is increasingly relevant in fields such as cognitive psychology, One Health, biomedicine, human-animal interactions, welfare, ethics, and conservation. You’ll delve into the critical methods for quantifying animal behaviour across different species, employing both traditional techniques and cutting-edge remote sensing technologies. Additionally, you’ll learn to address contemporary challenges in animal behaviour and cognition, developing transferable skills for compiling, handling, and analysing large datasets.
Key highlights
- Combines conceptual knowledge with hands-on experience in animal behaviour
- Methods for quantifying behaviour across different species
- Uses traditional techniques alongside cutting-edge remote sensing technologies
- Explores how animals adapt and respond to environments in the Anthropocene
- Relevant to welfare, ethics, conservation, One Health and biomedicine
- Builds transferable skills in compiling, handling and analysing large datasets
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — Typical UK Entry Requirements: Degree classification Bachelors degree - 2.2 Degree Subject Life or Physical Sciences
Careers this course leads to
- Animal behaviourist
- Animal welfare officer
- Conservation officer
- Research assistant
- Ecological consultant
- Data analyst
Cost of study
UK/Home: £14,450 per year | International: £28,250 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of East Anglia, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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