12 Animal Welfare Degree Programs

This highly respected Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare MSc programme will enable you to develop the skills, knowledge and scientific understanding to pursue a career addressing local and global challenges to animal welfare. Our multi-disciplinary programme is delivered by an internationally renowned research-led team, specialising in applied animal behaviour.

The Animal Welfare and Behavior Certificate is designed for individuals interested in understanding the scientific and practical aspects of caring for animals. The program covers key topics like anima...

This program is designed for people interested in understanding animal behavior and improving animal welfare through a clinical lens. It combines theoretical knowledge with practical skills, giving st...

Animal management and welfare is a rapidly growing field of study and work. If you're keen to get stuck right away, this unique program could be the next step you need to take in your career.

You consider animal rights and the ethics around using animals for food, sport, and scientific research. How should society reflect those rights and ethics in our law-making and public policies? We scrutinise the many forms of animal use in different settings, such as farming, transportation and slaughter, laboratories, homes, zoos and various other entertainment locales, and about free-ranging animals in natural environments. As you progress through the programme, you master the skills and knowledge involved in assessing and ensuring the welfare of animals using a range of data and sound scientific processes.

The department's comprehensive hands-on program allows you to apply the principles you've learned in the classroom to a variety of species in real life including farm animals, exotic animals, laboratory animals, as well as your own pets. Extensive facilities are available for you to gain experience in areas such as veterinary medicine, animal biotechnology, animal facility management, animal nutrition and animal food manufacturing.

Animal Wellbeing is Designed for farm owners, managers, and 2ICs, the program focuses on the benefits to be gained through affordable, practical, good animal care practices. On completion, you will understand the market expectations and benefits of good animal care practice. You will learn how to use body condition and locomotion scoring to monitor animal well-being, recognize and avoid heat stress, and understand time budgeting.

The field of Animal Care allows students with a deep-rooted love for animals of many species to explore various topics and career paths.

The field of Animal Care allows students with a deep-rooted love for animals of many species to explore various topics and career paths.

Do you want to work with injured or orphaned wildlife? Do you want to develop the skills to rehabilitate and release wild animals? Do you dream of one day opening your own rehabilitation center?

The pre-veterinary program at Becker College has an academically rigorous science-based curriculum designed to meet the requirements for admission to most veterinary schools.

The Animals and Society - Certificate program aims to explore the complex relationships between humans and animals. It offers students a chance to understand how animals are treated, viewed, and integ...