MSc Plant and Fungal Taxonomy, Diversity and Conservation, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Queen Mary University of London
Institution(s): Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Queen Mary University of London
Contact e-mail: KewMSc@Kew.org
Course duration: 12 Months
Course start date (2022): 19/09/2022
Number of students admitted to course per annum and number/proportion studying plant health or crop science:
Application deadline(s): (please also note any deadline for applications for funding if different from the deadline for course entry): 31st August 2022
Admissions criteria: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/coursefinder/courses/plant-and-fungal-taxonomy-diversity-and-conservation-msc/
Type of funding available: 1. B.A. Krukoff Fellowship in Systematics Bursary – £18,000 per year plus £3,000 for travel, visa and healthcare expenses. Eligibility criteria available here: https://www.kew.org/science/training-and-education/bursaries-and-scholarships/msc-bursaries 2. See QMUL website for funding opportunities: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/funding_masters/
Course description: Skilled scientists in plant and fungal taxonomy are in short supply, and only a small percentage of the planet’s biodiversity has been formally described by science. Study MSc Plant and Fungal Taxonomy, Diversity and Conservation at Queen Mary in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) and you’ll join a new generation of scientists ready to describe, understand and conserve biodiversity for years to come. Whilst studying this degree, you will: Focus on plant and fungal identification skills, in combination with molecular systematics, evolutionary biology, and conservation policy, theory and practice Study at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and access its extensive specimen collections, databases, and scientific research Take a fieldwork module in Kew’s Conservation Centre in Madagascar Learn in-demand skills that underpin work in bioscience, nature conservation, plant breeding and environmental policy development
Potential Supervisors: See: https://www.kew.org/science/our-science/people for Kew Science staff who may supervise a project Specific examples include: Prof. Andrew Leitch, Professor in Plant Genetics, QMUL Prof Richard J A Buggs, Senior Research Leader, RBG Kew Dr Laura Kelly, Research Leader, RBG Kew
Examples of career paths followed by graduates from this course: PhD Candidate at The James Hutton Institute Botanical Horticulturalist at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Plant Science Content Editor at Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International PHSI Plant Health Import Inspector at Animal and Plant Health Agency
