Sustainable Aquaculture

Our Masters in Sustainable Aquaculture explores the principles of aquaculture and the key factors influencing the viability of aquatic animal farming and food production systems. You’ll develop an understanding of aquatic animal biology, environmental issues, nutrition, reproduction and genetics, disease and health management.

With practical application at the core of your studies, you can choose to focus on specific aspects of sustainable aquaculture, including:

• advanced broodstock management
• aquaculture policy and planning
• livelihood analysis
• environmental management and biodiversity
• feed formulation and resources
• aquatic animal health control
• epidemiology
• ecotoxicology

You can also explore the commercial business of sustainable aquaculture, with optional modules covering marketing, business studies and economics. You’ll learn the skills necessary to establish, manage and appraise aquaculture enterprises and development projects from within the industry or public sector.

A flexible course

This course is highly modular, and has been designed to offer considerable flexibility for learning while maintaining a high standard of training. This structure lets you make more subject choices which will benefit your future career.

There are a number of degree outcomes available. These differ primarily in their defined path of required modules - specialised outcomes have more compulsory modules where the Sustainable Aquaculture degree has greater choice. The degree outcomes are:

• Master of Science/Postgraduate Diploma in Aquaculture
• Master of Science/Postgraduate Diploma in Aquaculture (Environmental Management)
• Master of Science/Postgraduate Diploma in Aquaculture (Breeding and Genetics)
• Master of Science/Postgraduate Diploma in Aquaculture (Aquaculture Nutrition)
• Master of Science/Postgraduate Diploma in Aquaculture (Aquaculture Development and Food Security)

The course is also available on a block-release basis (by selecting individual or a series of modules) over a period not exceeding five academic years.

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Queen’s Anniversary Prize 2019

The Institute of Aquaculture has received the UK’s most prestigious academic honour – the Queen’s Anniversary Prize 2019. The honour recognises outstanding work that shows quality and innovation, and delivers real benefit to the wider world through education and training. It recognises our pioneering work in the world’s fastest-growing food production sector and our bid to tackle global hunger.