Undergraduate

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Undergraduate

Join the longest running undergraduate conservation course in the UK, designed to equip students with skills in both the social and natural sciences.
BSc Ecology and Conservation

Meet your lecturers

Our staff are active researchers and specialists in their fields, who bring their first-hand conservation experience into their teaching. Our research output is ranked 1st in the UK (REF 2021).

Ecology and Conservation

Hear more about our undergraduate programme from Senior Lecturer, Dr Jake Bicknell, and DICE student, Ella.


Where you'll be

Our facilities are state-of-the art, and include ecology and genetics labs, a field ecology site on campus, computer labs, and the 300 acres of parkland where the Kent campus sits.

What is DICE?

The Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) is an award-winning research institute based at the University of Kent. Read more about our history at the button below.

How you'll learn

Alongside lectures and seminars, you'll learn in lab-based practicals and on field trips, both on our own campus and further afield, to Sandwich Bay, Jersey and Costa Rica.

Green spaces

Our students are often involved with surveys and monitoring around the campus, working closely with our Sustainability and Grounds teams. Read more about biodiversity management on our campus.

Join DICE

Our graduates go on to make real change across the world, leading conservation initiatives in the field, working in ecological consultancy, education, government bodies, NGOs, zoos, and more.

Hear from our students

DICE Writes is a blog written by members of DICE, including staff, students and alumni. Read blog posts from our students to learn more about studying BSc Ecology and Conservation at DICE.

Our programme

  • Undergraduate

    Ecology and Conservation - BSc (Hons)

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    Our programme integrates the natural and social sciences to give you a deep and interdisciplinary understanding of conservation. Explore the interaction between people and nature, in subject areas like climate change, environmental sustainability, and conservation policy, alongside natural science areas of focus, including rewilding, biogeography, conservation genetics and wildlife management.

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