Zoology with Integrated Master's with Foundation Year

Foundation Year
Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, you'll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that you'd get as an undergraduate student at Keele.

International Students
For International Students, Foundation Years are delivered through our dedicated on-campus provider, Keele University International College. Applications for International Foundation Years are also handled by KUIC; please do not apply via UCAS as the University will not be able to process your application and you may still be charged the UCAS application fee. To find out more and to apply for an International Foundation Year, visit https://kuic.keele.ac.uk/

Zoology with Integrated Master’s
Our four-year Zoology with Integrated Master's weaves master's-level research, analytical and technical skills into your undergraduate journey. From ecology to conservation, you will explore advanced research topics, and put your learning into practice using our cutting-edge laboratories and rich campus environment. In your final year, an extended research project will be of particular value if you are looking to pursue a research career, work in industry or the wider bioscience sector.

Why choose this course?

• Master cutting-edge genomic, satellite, and GIS tools to study and conserve animal populations through integrated lab and fieldwork

• Gain hands-on experience in our state-of-the-art David Attenborough Laboratories and across Keele’s 600-acre diverse campus

• Authentic and diverse assessments allow you to develop key skills that meet academic, professional body and employer expectations

• Benefit from integrated employability training that prepares you for a wide range of careers

• Learn from research‑active academics with specialist knowledge spanning molecular biology to broad ecological systems

The MSci fourth year of study is designed to enable you to enhance your employability and subject-specific knowledge through development of advanced problem solving and communication skills. You will develop enhanced research skills in the critical evaluation of scientific literature and in the design and conduct of an authentic research study, including formulating a complete research strategy and producing a grant proposal.

A key feature of this course is our structured programme of academic and professional development workshops. From communicating effectively to diverse audiences to interview techniques and CV writing, we will provide you with tools, skills and the connections to develop a strong foundation of employability skills for your future career.

About Keele
Keele University was established in 1949 by the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Founded to meet the needs of a changing world, Keele has always had a pioneering vision to be a different kind of university.

We excel in both teaching and research, with some of the most satisfied students in England, and research that is changing lives for the better at a regional, national and global level.

Our beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre.

Course Modules

For a list of indicative modules please visit the course page on the Keele University website.