Education of the Behavioural Ecology Group

Education by the Behavioural Ecology Group covers the whole field of animal behaviour, including basic behavioural mechanisms, behavioural ecology, applied animal behaviour, animal welfare and life history decisions. Our courses are directed towards both Biology and Animal Science students.

Thesis

Are you a BSc or MSc student with a fascination for the intricate world of animal behaviour and are you looking for a thesis topic? Explore the thesis opportunities we currently offer, get inspired by browsing through the research topics within our group. If you find a topic of your interest, contact the contact person of the project. When you contact one of our staff members about a thesis topic, please wait for their response, before contacting other staff members. If you are interested in doing your thesis at our chair group, but aren't sure about the topic yet, please contact Eline Weenink (Thesis/Internship/RP coördinator).

Course code Course title
BHE80324 MSc thesis Behavioural Ecology (24-33 ECTS)
BHE80336 MSc thesis Behavioural Ecology (36 or 39 ECTS)
YAS80312 BSc thesis Animal Sciences
YBI85812 BSc thesis Biology (12 ECTS)
YBI86324 BSc thesis Biology (24 ECTS)

Available thesis topics

Internship & Research practice

Are you an MSc student with an interest in understanding the complex behaviours of animals and their interactions with the environment? And are you looking for an internship or research practice opportunity? The Behavioural Ecology group offers several opportunities for internships and research practices and provides an overview of available and previous internship or research practice topics. If you found a topic of your interest, contact the contact person of the project. When you contact one of our staff members, please wait for their response, before contacting other staff members. If you found an internship and you are not sure who can supervise it within our chair group, please contact Eline Weenink (Thesis/Internship/RP coördinator).

Course code Course title
BHE70224 MSc Internship Behavioural Ecology (24-30 ECTS)
BHE70324 MSc Internship Behavioural Ecology (24-36 ECTS)
BHE79224 MSc Research Practice Behavioural Ecology (24-30 ECTS)
BHE79324 MSc Research Practice Behavioural Ecology (24-36 ECTS)

Available internship positions

Previous student projects