Course summary

What Makes This Course Unique? Exceptional facilities, industry connections and immersive learning environment:

• Salmonid Rearing and Trials Centre – our 76‑tank trials centre allows students to get hands‑on with fish research, gaining first‑hand knowledge of running successful research and an insight into nutrition and the future of fish production

• Aquatic Research and Conservation Centre – purpose‑built facility housing a variety of ornamental and tropical species gives students vital exposure to practical fishkeeping.

• Industry related placements – excellent links with potential placement destinations including public aquariums, coarse and game fisheries, government fishery laboratories and numerous fish farms.

• Contribute to industry research furthering our understanding of fish nutrition.

• Participate in fieldwork comparing and contrasting industry site visits.

• Grading and spawning of fish in both our aquatic centres to further the genetics of our broodstock.

• Research dissertations that address real‑world problems.

• Field‑based assignments that allow you to showcase your skills to employers

• A range of presentation types and written assignments that develop key graduate skills such as communication expertise.

• Working with big Scottish Salmon farms developing better rearing and management techniques.

• Employed in governmental bodies like CEFAS, Environment Agency and IFCA shaping legislation and enforcement.

• Self‑employed or employed with own fisheries.

• Pushing the frontiers of ecological research by working in postgraduate education such as Master’s and Doctoral level degrees.