Primate Conservation 12 months Postgraduate Programme By Oxford Brookes University |TopUniversities
Subject Ranking

# 451-500QS Subject Rankings

Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

17,750 GBPTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

30 Jun, 2025Application Deadline

Programme overview

Main Subject

Environmental Sciences

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Focus on the area of Primate Conservation that you’re passionate about - and learn directly from internationally renowned conservation researchers.
On this course, you’ll gain a deep knowledge of conservation biology and primates. You’ll shape your learning experience around your interests - whether that’s habitat loss, the illegal wildlife trade or population management. You’ll collaborate on meaningful conservation projects and you’ll undertake fieldwork on a topic you care about - within our network of field sites in over 40 countries. 
You’ll work directly with internationally acclaimed tutors who carry out world-leading research across Asia, South America and Africa, including Madagascar. Your tutors have unparalleled expertise on primates, and you can specialise in the topic of your choice within species like:
  • Great apes
  • Gibbons
  • Asian, African and American Monkeys
  • Lorises and galagos
  • Lemurs 
  • Tarsiers

You’ll emerge with the skills to start or accelerate your career in conservation biology.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Environmental Sciences

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Focus on the area of Primate Conservation that you’re passionate about - and learn directly from internationally renowned conservation researchers.
On this course, you’ll gain a deep knowledge of conservation biology and primates. You’ll shape your learning experience around your interests - whether that’s habitat loss, the illegal wildlife trade or population management. You’ll collaborate on meaningful conservation projects and you’ll undertake fieldwork on a topic you care about - within our network of field sites in over 40 countries. 
You’ll work directly with internationally acclaimed tutors who carry out world-leading research across Asia, South America and Africa, including Madagascar. Your tutors have unparalleled expertise on primates, and you can specialise in the topic of your choice within species like:
  • Great apes
  • Gibbons
  • Asian, African and American Monkeys
  • Lorises and galagos
  • Lemurs 
  • Tarsiers

You’ll emerge with the skills to start or accelerate your career in conservation biology.

Admission Requirements

6.5+
2.7+
You will normally be required to have, or be expecting, a good honours degree in anthropology, biology, ecology, psychology or an acceptable related discipline.
If you are not a graduate, or if you have graduated in an unrelated discipline, you will be considered for entry to the course if you can demonstrate in your application, and at an interview, that you are able to work at an advanced level in the discipline. You may also be asked to write a short essay and/or present evidence of original work in support of your application.
We will consider appropriate credits obtained elsewhere. Accreditation of prior learning (eg a conversion course or an advanced research training course) will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the course manager. 
Transfer between part-time and full-time modes, transfer from the diploma to the MSc, or deferral of study may be possible in certain circumstances at the discretion of the examination committee. 

30 Jun 2025
12 Months
Sep

Domestic
10,350 GBP
International
17,750 GBP

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