Read about the latest news and updates relating to the Master’s degree in Conservation Biology, specialising in Ecology, Monitoring and Management of Ecosystems. You can learn more about the EMME programme through this flyer which outlines the content, learning outcomes, teaching methods, international mobility, application procedures etc., and contact us if you have any further questions.
M2 Botany Field Session 2022
December 2022 - As part of the EMME Master's programme, three M2 students enrolled in the specialisation course in botanical taxonomy, Alisa Shakurova, Kevin Potter and Marius Pavat, went to study Mediterranean vegetation directly in the field between 28 November and...
EMME Integration Weekend 2022
September 2022 – Every September, the academic year for the Master EMME begins with an Introductory Field Session (IFS) – a teaching unit taught during both the M1 and M2 years of the Master’s. This year, the weekend between these two IFS courses offered the perfect...
M2 Introductory Field Session (IFS) – 2022
September 2022 – A new academic year, and a new Introductory Field Session (IFS) for the EMME M2 students. They started their second year in the Franche-Comté countryside, hosted at the Centre de vacances Les Fauvettes in Levier. They spent this first week with...
Internships for 2021/2022 M1 students
Trigger warning: there is a photograph of a snake in this article. June 2022 – The first year of the master’s is almost finished for the 2021/2022 M1 class. During the M1 year, internships range in duration from 2 to 3 months. Most of the students started their...
Bat workshop on “Teensy Recorders”
In May 2022, a workshop was hosted at the university by Lise Dauphin and Raphaël Verollet, lecturers for the M2 EMME teaching unit: Taxonomic Specialisation in Bats. This workshop was organised by the French Society for the Study and Protection of Mammals (SFEPM) to...
Interview with Diana – M1 International Student
Diana Ortiz Perez is a 2021/2022 EMME M1 international student from Mexico. Interviewer: Why did you choose France? Diana: I wanted to put myself into a challenging environment, because I believe that when I am in a different place than mine, my mind starts to act...
Interview with Alisa – M1 International Student
Alisa Shakurova is a 2021/2022 EMME M1 international student from Russia. Interviewer: Why did you choose France? Alisa: I'm a huge fan of studying and obtaining new scientific and social experience. Also, I always was interested to try different possible education...
EMME Hoodies 2021/2022
This year, M1 and M2 students got new Master hoodies with the back logos designed by our very own M2 students Julie Manzinalli and Augustine Dhôte! Here is our very handsome bunch of M1 students in their hoodies with one of our teachers Mickael Sage on the top left.
M1 Conservation Biology Field Course – 2022
On Thursday February 17, 2022, the EMME M1 students set out for a field course concerning the unit of Conservation Biology & Ecosystem Management. This course was guided by two of our associated teachers: Mickael Sage and Thomas Déforêt who are also co-directors...
M1 Ecological, Environmental & Spatial Data Processing (ESDP2) – 2022
February, 2022 - As part of the Ecological, Environmental & Spatial Data Processing unit, EMME M1 students were assigned by Francis Raoul to lead their very own study on spatial modelling of bird species and distribution in Besançon. Students split into pairs and...
M1 Introductory Field Session 2021
EMME students with their class hoodies
M2 Introductory Field Session 2022
Lake Bonlieu
M1 Introductory Field Session 2018
Visit to Lake Remoray
Eurasian Lynx caught on a camera trap
M2 Introductory Field Session 2021
M1 Introductory Field Session 2018
Map of Internship hosting structures
M1 Introductory Field Session 2020
Identifying mammal scat in the field
Learning about mushrooms with GNUFC
Workshop on bat detectors
Workshop on bat detectors
M1 EMME Class 2018/19
M1 Introductory Field Session 2020
Learning about mushrooms with GNUFC
M2 Introductory Field Session 2022
M2 Introductory Field Session 2021
