MSc in Wildlife Conservation and Management

Application Procedure

Students interested in the BSc/MSc programmes need to complete an Application Form to be considered for admission to the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Documents are available at the Registrar's Office or can be downloaded from the FAES website.

The Application Form and all the necessary documents (Final Diploma or its Certified Copy, Result in English Language Test or its Certified Copy, Scientific activities and results, Curriculum Vitae, References, Certification of Bank Transfer of Application Fee, Medical Certificate, Learning Agreement) must be sent to the address below. Documents may be emailed if the forms have been scanned. An application will be considered only after all of the requested documents have been received. Accepted students will receive an admission letter with all necessary information for the next steps.

Registrar's Office:
Szent István University,
Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
H-2103 GÖDÖLLO, Páter K. street 1, Hungary
Room 2015.
Phone: +3628-522059, +3628-522005
Fax: +3628-410804
Email: dekan@mkk.szie.hu

Admission

Successful candidates will be admitted after the first semester's tuition fee is paid, all the required documents are received and the minimum number of students (10) have registered for the course.

Prerequisites

BSc or equivalent graduate degree in Agriculture, Agronomy, Plant Production, or Animal Science (or equivalent in Veterinary Science), Biology, Ecology, Nature Conservation, or Management of Natural Resource is required. Applicants should have basic knowledge of mathematics and statistics. In addition, applicants must show competence in both written and spoken English.

Required documents

- Secondary School Diploma

- Scientific Activities and Results (not compulsory)

- Result in English Language Test or its Attested Copy

- Medical Clearance

- Curriculum Vitae

The Szent Istvan University, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences is situated in Gödöllo, 30km from Budapest, and can trace its roots back to 1920. With the creation of the The Szent Istvan University, the Agriculture and Environmental Sciences department improved and expanded its fields of training, research and extension services.

The mission of the faculty is to train environmentally and human oriented experts in fields relating to food industry and environmental conservation. The faculty promotes educations and awareness in the fields of crop production, animal breeding, game management and fish breeding, horticulture and agricultural biotechnology.

- Communication for Wildlife Professionals
- Ethology and Behavioural Ecology
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Introduction to Biomathematics
- Agricultural Strategies
- International Wildlife
- Geoinformatics in Wildlife Management
- Conserving Forest Biodiversity
- Environmental Physiology
- Integrated Wildlife and Habitat Management
- Game Hygiene and Processing
- Wildlife Research Methodology
- Product Marketing
- Urban Wildlife Management
- Feeding Ecology of Large Herbivores
- Carnivores Ecology and Management
- Game Damages and Damage Estimation
- Genetics in Wildlife Management
- Fundamentals of Forest Protection
- Wildlife Population Ecology
- Wildlife Nutrition

The BSc/MSc programme tuition fees cover education, research, organized field trips, and study tours.

Application fee: 50 EUR/student (paid at registration)
Tuition fee: 2300 EUR/student/semester (paid 30 days before registration)
Student ID Card: 7 EUR/student/semester (payable at registration)

Other expenses include accommodations listed above (estimated at 250-475 EUR per month) and health insurance (cca. 40/month EUR).

The Szent István University was established in 2000 with the merger of several former independent universities and colleges. The university provides education and training in several fields of life sciences, engineering, humanities as well as social sciences.

Although some of the schools within the university have up to 220 years of teaching experience, the Szent István university as a whole has gained nationwide and international recognition in just one decade.

Szent István University comprises of 10 Faculties, with more than 23,000 students and 3,000 academic staff.

• Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
• Faculty of Applied and Professional Arts
• Faculty of Economics
• Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Mechanical Enginnering
• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
• Faculty of Water and Enviromental Management
• Institute of Health Care and Enviromental Sanitation Studies
• Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering

The wide variety of Departments greatly helps the academic staff to keep pace with the rapid developments in technology and information processing in our times, and has the potential to create graduates with knowledge that can be effectively used all over the world.

Szent István University is dedicated to ensuring top quality teaching and living conditions for its students, and has undertaken an extensive programme of refurblishment: opening a fully refurbished new student hostel for 464 in Gödöllő; multimedia laboratories at the Veterinary Faculty, the Ybl Miklós School of Architecture in Budapest and the School of Liberal Arts in Jászberény; a new student information center has been created in Gödöllő; and student hostels are being renovated both in Jászberény and Gödöllő. In addition to these recent improvements to the universities facilities, Szent István University is planning to expand lecture halls and seminar rooms at the Ybl Miklós School and the entire reconstrution of the education buildings in Gödöllő as part of their ongoing development.