Master of Science - Biodiversity and Toxonomy of Plants

The understanding of plant diversity and resources has never been more important. As we face the unprecedented challenges of climate change and environmental degradation, effective environmental surveillance and conservation depend upon detailed knowledge of plants and their habitats.

This program is run jointly by the University and the world-renowned Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE). The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is home to one of the world’s best living collections of plants (15,000 species across four sites, amounting to five per cent of known world species), a herbarium of three million preserved specimens and one of the UK’s most comprehensive botanical libraries.

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh offers collections-based biodiversity research opportunities across a wide spectrum of organisms and geographical regions. This diversity, coupled with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s world-leading research, provides an unrivalled masters program in plant biodiversity.