Newcastle University

The study of animal behaviour is an exciting and theoretically rigorous area of the biological sciences with possible applications in:

  • conservation
  • animal welfare
  • biomedical science
  • agriculture

The Centre for Behaviour and Evolution at Newcastle University brings together world experts in:

  • behavioural ecology
  • comparative cognition
  • neuroethology
  • animal welfare

Experts at Newcastle have discovered, among other things, that:

  • bees learn better when exposed to caffeine
  • starlings who were hungry as babies become heavier as adults
  • mice have pain faces

You can also be part of this exciting research community.

Entry Requirements

This programme accepts both medical and dental students wishing to take a master’s degree as an intercalation. You will need to have successfully completed your third or fourth year of study.

Closing Date

There is no closing date for this course