Our oceans need protecting. Gain a deep understanding of the concerns surrounding marine environments and the specialist skills to tackle them on this Cambridge-based course. You’ll go on field trips in the UK and Europe and have opportunities for viewing wildlife and ecology in Africa and marine biology/diving overseas. With Cambridge becoming a world centre for wildlife conservation, you’ll be equipped to work in marine biology, ecology or conservation with governments, environment agencies and research establishments.
We work with employers to make sure you graduate with the knowledge, skills and abilities they need. They help us review what we teach and how we teach it – and they offer hands-on, practical opportunities to learn through work-based projects, internships or placements.
Helping to protect our planet’s habitats and wildlife is fascinating and rewarding work. When you graduate, you’ll have built a deep understanding of issues relating to marine biology, backed up by your own practical experiences on a variety of field trips.
You’ll have the specialist skills you need to work in your chosen area of marine biology, ecology or conservation. You could apply for work in the UK or internationally, for employers such as governments, environment agencies, education institutions and research establishments.
Graduation doesn’t need to be the end of your time with us. If you’d like to continue your studies we offer a wide range of full-time and part-time postgraduate courses including MSc Animal Behaviour: Applications for Conservation and MSc Applied Wildlife Conservation.
We’ll assess you regularly so that you can check your progress. We’ll use a range of methods, including exams, essays, practical reports, computer-based assessments, presentations, reviews of scientific papers and laboratory skills tests.
The Faculty of Science & Engineering is one of the largest of the four faculties at Anglia Ruskin University. Whether you choose to study with us full-time or part-time, on campus or at a distance, there’s an option whatever your level – from a foundation degree, BSc, MSc, PhD or professional doctorate.
Whichever course you pick, you’ll gain the theory and practical skills needed to progress with confidence. Join us and you could find yourself learning in the very latest laboratories or on field trips or work placements with well-known and respected companies. You may even have the opportunity to study abroad.
Everything we do in the faculty has a singular purpose: to provide a world-class environment to create, share and advance knowledge in science, technology and engineering fields. This is key to all of our futures.
Our campus is close to the centre of Cambridge, often described as the perfect student city.
This course gives you the opportunity to take a work placement year between years 2 and 3 of your studies. You’ll get experience of seeking and securing a job and working in an industry relating to your course. You’ll also get the practical experience and industry contacts to benefit your studies and enhance your long-term career prospects.
Although they can’t be guaranteed, we can work with you to find a placement using our contacts with a large number of employers. You’ll have regular contact with one of our course tutors and be supported by a supervisor from your placement company. Together they’ll monitor your performance and give you feedback.
To find out more about placement opportunities, email us at Placements@anglia.ac.uk.
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Field trips that are a compulsory part of your course have no additional cost. Optional residential field trips have an additional cost, as indicated below. You may be eligible for a grant to cover the costs of optional field trips.
UK students (and EU students starting a course before 1 August 2021) can take out a tuition fee loan, which you won’t need to start repaying until after your graduate. Or there's the option to pay your fees upfront.
You can pay your tuition fees upfront, in full or in two instalments. We will also ask you for a deposit of £4,000 or a sponsorship letter. Details will be in your offer letter.
Paying your feesMost new undergraduate students can apply for government funding to support their studies and university life. This includes EU students starting a course before 1 August 2021.
Government funding includes Tuition Fee Loans and Maintenance Loans. There are additional grants available for specific groups of students, such as those with disabilities or dependants.
We also offer a range of ARU scholarships, which can provide extra financial support while you’re at university.
We offer a number of scholarships, as well as an early payment discount. Explore your options:
We require a final grade of DMM in the BTEC Extended Diploma in Animal Management.
We require the following eight mandatory units and an additional seven optional units to be completed, with at least four of these to come from the recommended units below.
Compulsory/recommended | Unit |
Mandatory | Unit 1:Animal Breeding and Genetics |
Mandatory | Unit 2: Animal Biology |
Mandatory | Unit 3: Animal Welfare and Ethics |
Mandatory | Unit 4: Practical Animal Husbandry |
Mandatory | Unit 5: Animal Behaviour |
Mandatory | Unit 6: Animal Health and Diseases |
Mandatory | Unit 7: Work Experience in the Animal Sector |
Mandatory | Unit 8: Investigative Research Project |
Recommended | Unit 9: Practical Skills in Animal Science |
Recommended | Unit 10: Animal Metabolism |
Recommended | Unit 11: Advanced Animal Nutrition |
Recommended | Unit 17: Principles of Animal Nursing |
Recommended | Unit 18: Aquatic Animal Health and Husbandry |
Recommended | Unit 20: Human and Animal Interaction |
Recommended | Unit 21: Exotic Animal Health and Husbandry |
Recommended | Unit 23: Zoological Animal Health and Husbandry |
Recommended | Unit 24: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Management |
We required a final grade of Distinction in the City and Guilds Level 3 Advanced Technical Extended Diploma in Animal Management.
We require you to have studied at least ten of the following modules. Some of these will be compulsory on your City and Guilds course.
Compulsory/recommended | Unit |
Recommended | Unit 3202: Undertake and Review Work-Related Experience in the Land-Based Industries |
Recommended | Unit 303: Animal Health and Husbandry |
Recommended | Unit 304: Animal Feeding and Nutrition |
Recommended | Unit 305: Animal Behaviour and Communication |
Recommended | Unit 306: Biological Systems of Animals |
Recommended | Unit 307: Animal Welfare and Breeding |
Recommended | Unit 308: Wildlife and Ecology Conservation |
Recommended | Unit 309: Wildlife Management and Rehabilitation |
Recommended | Unit 315: Animal Nursing |
Recommended | Unit 316: Zoological Collections |
Recommended | Unit 318: Fundamentals of Science |
Recommended | Unit 319: Inheritance and Genetics |
Recommended | Unit 320: Chemistry for Biology Technicians |
Recommended | Unit 321: Cell Biology and Genetics |
Recommended | Unit 322: Biochemistry and Microbiology |
Recommended | Unit 324: Science Investigation and Report Writing |
Recommended | Unit 328: Ecological Concepts and Application |
Recommended | Unit 329: Population Surveys, Ecology and Conservation |
Recommended | Unit 367: Undertake a Specialist Project in the Land-Based Sector |
Whether you're studying entirely online or through a blend of on-campus and online learning from September 2020, you'll need a computer and reliable internet access to successfully engage with your course. A small number of our courses require additional technical specifications or specialist materials. Before starting the course, we recommend that you check our technical requirements for online learning. Our website also has general information for new students about starting university in 2020-21.
Our published entry requirements are a guide only and our decision will be based on your overall suitability for the course as well as whether you meet the minimum entry requirements. Other equivalent qualifications may be accepted for entry to this course, please email answers@anglia.ac.uk for further information.
We don't accept AS level qualifications on their own for entry to our undergraduate degree courses. However for some degree courses a small number of tariff points from AS levels are accepted as long as they're combined with tariff points from A levels or other equivalent level 3 qualifications in other subjects.
Entry requirements for foundation year study at ARU College:
Whether you're studying entirely online or through a blend of face-to-face and online learning from September 2020, you'll need a computer and reliable internet access to successfully engage with your course. Before starting the course, we recommend that you check our technical requirements for online learning.
We welcome applications from international and EU students, and accept a range of international qualifications.
Whether you're studying entirely online or through a blend of face-to-face and online learning from September 2020, you'll need a computer and reliable internet access to successfully engage with your course. A small number of our courses require additional technical specifications or specialist materials. Before starting the course, we recommend that you check our technical requirements for online learning. Our website also has general information for new students about starting university in 2020-21.
If English is not your first language, you'll need to make sure you meet our English language requirements for undergraduate courses.
If you don't meet our English language requirements, we offer a range of courses which could help you achieve the level required for entry onto a degree course.
We also provide our own English Language Proficiency Test (ELPT) in the UK and overseas. To find out if we are planning to hold an ELPT in your country, contact our country managers.
Full-time, full-time with placement undergraduate (3 years, 4 years with foundation year, 4 years with placement)
January, September