Aquatic Pathobiology

Study the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of aquatic animal diseases in cultured organisms.

This course has run for almost 40 years and we’ve trained over 200 students (in combination with aquatic veterinary studies) from all over the world. as a graduate, your expertise will be relevant to a wide range of potential careers in aquatic animal health. your selected career path will depend on your personal interests, as well as your previous experiences. graduates have gone on to work as aquatic health consultants, with government fisheries departments and as managers of seafood farms and aquaria. the course provides training for those who wish to pursue a phd, especially in aquaculture, aquatic health, fisheries and aquatic resources management. in combination with the aquatic veterinary studies degree these are the destinations of our graduates over the last five years: about 30 percent have gone on to a phd or further research around 20 percent work in government fisheries departments about 15 percent are university lecturers the remainder are managers of farms or aquaria or have other similar types of employment our career services is 1st in scotland, top 5 in the uk and top 15 in the world (uk international student barometer (isb) benchmark and global isb benchmark 2018)

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in Scotland have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. University of Stirling has partnerships with the following companies: