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Conservation and Forest Protection – (M.Sc.)
Imperial College London
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| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,665 - ≈ € 23,330 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Imperial College London
This full-time one-year course is based at Silwood Park Campus and is intended for graduates with at least a second class Honours degree in a biological or related science subject.
This course provides specialised training, focusing on both forest plantations and natural forests in tropical, temperate and boreal regions and provides an excellent basis for employment within the industry and in conservation in general, and for PhD studies at Imperial or elsewhere.
You will be assessed by written examinations, coursework assessment and a 18-week research project on a tree or forest-related subject. The project can be completed at Imperial or at a wide range of collaborating institutes in the UK or abroad. Some bursaries are available.
Contents
The components of the course are:
* Anthropogenic damage, forest pathology and forest pests
* Biological and chemical control methods
* Conservation
* Decision tools
* Experimental design and statistics
* Forest ecology, management and conservation
* Soils, sites and nutrition
* Systematics of insects and mites
* Research project
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Requirements
ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS:
To obtain maximum benefit from studies at Imperial College all students must have a good command of the English Language. College therefore requires applicants to have taken an English Language test and achieved an acceptable grade or score before admission can be confirmed. The College Senate has approved the tests set out below. Please note that the scores or grades indicated are the minimum levels generally acceptable to the College. Departments have the discretion to prescribe higher requirements either for specific courses of study or in specific cases where there are serious doubts as to the abilities of individual students to undertake proposed programmes of study.
Students must make arrangements to take the appropriate test well in advance of the start of their course. Places will not be confirmed and students will not be allowed to register until confirmation of an acceptable result has been received as set out below.
* A first degree taught in English within the following countries: Australia, Canada, Ireland, Guyana, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America, West Indies.
* Candidates whose first degree was not taught in English but who have then successfully completed a one-year MSc (or equivalent) course at a UK university.
* A grade of not less than C in English Language in GCSE, IGCSE, GCE `O´ Level or equivalent.
* A grade of not less than C in the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE).
* A pass in the University Test of English for Speakers of Other Languages (UETESOL).
* British Council IELTS Test
A score of not less than 6.5 including a score of 5.0 or better in the written and spoken English elements of the academic test.
* TOEFL
A score of not less than 90 overall in the internet-based test (iBT), to include 24 in Writing and 20 in Speaking; or 600 in the paper-based test (PBT), or 250 in the computer-based test (CBT), both to include a minimum score of 4.5 in the written English.
Please note: Imperial College's Institution Code for TOEFL is 0891.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 600 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 250 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 90 |
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