Professional profile and job opportunities

The professional profile of students completing the WMCC master’s degree programme is the Wildlife Manager, i.e. an expert in wildlife management. Specifically, the master graduate will be skilled in:

- conservative and productive management of wild animal populations;

- control and prevention of wildlife diseases both in free-ranging and in captive populations;

- planning, implementation and management of ex-situ and in-situ conservation programmes;

- planning, implementation and management of conservation translocations following IUCN guidelines;

- mitigation of wildlife-human conflicts.

Students achieving a master's degree in WMCC have career opportunities in all private and public positions requiring a solid expertise in wildlife biology and in the administration, management and conservation of wild animal resources. Graduates can typically find a job in a variety of wildlife-related institutions and enterprises such as:

• international and national public bodies responsible for conservation, management and control of wildlife (e.g., parks, fish and wildlife agencies);
• international and national public bodies dealing with public safety and health (veterinary services, food safety agencies, environmental risk agencies);
• international and national bodies responsible for managing the natural heritage;
• companies, professional studios and private consortia engaged in the collection of wildlife data, in impact and strategic assessments, or in the planning of environmental restoration interventions;
• public and private institutions engaged in teaching and in the dissemination of scientific culture (schools, university, education and training centres).