This unique course will give you the skills required for success in the highly competitive field of international conservation. You will be immersed in the ongoing conservation work of these organizations, and will be able to choose five-month research project topics linked to their conservation programmes, ensuring that your project contributes to real-world conservation. You will also participate in group projects based at these three organizations. The course provides a strong quantitative basis for conservation work, including decision theory, conservation planning, statistical computing and modelling. Through learning to collect, analyze and use both socioeconomic and biological information, you will gain a truly interdisciplinary understanding of the theory and practice of conservation. By the end of the course you will not only have developed an ability to analyze conservation issues, but you will also know how to put this understanding into action, implementing successful conservation projects.