Education of Behavioural Ecology

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. Check our Research page or click on the button below. On WUR Career Platform, you can find an overview of our available projects. You need to make an account to check our projects. 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).

Go to all 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 (see buttons below). On WUR Career Platform, you can find an overview of our available projects. You need to make an account to check our projects. 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 yourself and are looking for a supervisor, please contact Eline Weenink (Thesis/Internship/RP coördinator).

Go to all available internship positions

Go to previous student projects

Questions about theses or internships?

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).

EJE (Eline) Weenink

Thesis/Internship/RP coördinator

BHE Tinbergen Thesis prize

Prize

Every year the BHE Tinbergen Thesis prize is awarded. MSc thesis students are eligible when they have a 8 or higher on their thesis. All these theses are read and judged by the committee. The evaluation is based on among other aspects, the quality of abstract, conceptualization, experimental design, figures and embedding in scientific literature. The committee selects a winner and runner-ups.

Go to the winner of last year

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