Validated by the University of Portsmouth

What makes this course unique?

 

  • Part‑time blended top‑up degree course – attend on site for 6, week‑long block weeks and follow additional activities to continue your learning remotely in between.
  • Our living collection – use our extensive facilities to carry out innovative research as part of your course on a wide range of industry‑led projects including novel species ethological studies, cognitive and human‑animal interactions research.
  • Students can utilise the state‑of‑the‑art kennels which are licensed for up to 40 dogs on a day care or full board basis and our cattery for practical training and behaviour observations, as well as our Animal Health and Welfare Research Centre which is home to a variety of small mammals and exotic species to widen the range of species to work with
  • Delivered by staff who are active in the field, as clinical animal behaviourists, ABTC assessors and members of the relevant
    behaviour and clinician societies, publishing regularly on topics of animal cognition, behaviour and welfare.

 

View the current programme specification

Qualification:

Level 6

Level of Study:

Part-Time

Dates:

  • 22/09/2025 - 11/06/2027

Interview:

Not usually

Location:

On Campus

UCAS Code:

D328

Duration:

2 years

Institution Code:

S34