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Life and environment science courses at Deakin are developed with industry experts and informed by cutting-edge research. Enrich your study with local and international learning opportunities, including fieldwork, placements and study tours.
Discover your dream course
Get more than just a degree – gain the knowledge and expertise to create meaningful impact in your chosen career. Whether you’re interested in biotechnology or biomedical science, marine and freshwater systems or conserving nature and wildlife for the future; our range of specialised courses prepare you to make a real difference.
Are you considering honours?
An honours degree exposes you to significant national and international research, develops your technical and scientific skills and provides an excellent platform for your future career.
Gain science communication skills
Get the science communication skills needed to create resources across multiple formats and for different audiences. Work with expert teaching staff and collaborate with industry on real-world projects.
Get out into the field
Your education shouldn’t be limited to the classroom. That’s why we take our students out into the world on fieldwork trips to truly experience hands-on, practical learning. Depending on your course, you may learn skills like measuring the health of freshwater environments, coastal planning, surveying wildlife populations, conducting sustainability assessments and more.
In my honours year, I contributed to the Grampians Long Term Small Mammal Project. My research involved working directly with Parks Victoria and contributing to fire management and biodiversity goals for the region.
Bachelor of Environmental Science (Wildlife and Conservation Biology) graduate
Learn in advanced facilities
Our facilities include a purpose-built Crime Scene House, modern chemistry, physiology and preparation laboratories, an aquaculture research facility and more, like our:
- wildlife-tracking technology
- infrared motion-sensing wildlife cameras
- research vessels
- remotely operated underwater vehicles.
We also partner with the Queenscliff Marine Science Centre laboratories. Here, you can handle living marine animals and plants, learn in an aquarium room and enjoy access to the marine and coastal ecosystem on Queenscliff’s doorstep.
Benefit from international experience
When you study with the School of Life and Environmental Sciences, you can choose from a trimester abroad, overseas internships and international volunteering opportunities. Each year, you’ll have the opportunity to enrol in the Global Environmental Placement, which offers amazing options to work with turtles in Costa Rica, lions or sharks in South Africa, dolphins in Tanzania, lionfish in Thailand, as well as many other options.
The connections Deakin has across the globe are remarkable. I’ve been to jungles in Borneo and Viking museums in Denmark all because of Deakin.
Bachelor of Environmental Science (Environmental Management and Sustainability) graduate
Consider a research degree
Understanding and managing the threats facing Australia’s environment requires a multidisciplinary approach to research and teaching. Reimagine your career, connect with industry and make your impact alongside world-leading researchers at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences.
Our students in action
We believe in the connection between theory and hands-on learning, where classroom knowledge comes alive through real-world application. Take a look at where your degree could take you, and how you could be applying your practical skills to tackle environmental and life sciences challenges with confidence.
Contact us
Get in touch if you have any further questions regarding the School of Life and Environmental Sciences.
+61 3 9244 6699
