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 (to be updated soon) which outlines the content, learning outcomes, teaching methods, international mobility, application procedures etc., and contact us if you have any further questions.
Lynx Observation by an EMME Student
January, 2022 - One of our very own students, Juliette OLIVIER currently in her second year of the Master’s program, set up a camera trap in the Loue Valley in her free time and was lucky enough to get an extra special Christmas gift! She was able to capture these...
2021 GNUFC Excursions
November 2021 - The GNUFC (Groupe Naturaliste Universitaire de Franche-Comté) is a student association whose goal is to organize outings, conferences and other projects on the subject of biology and nature in general. This year’s EMME Master 1 and 2 students...
M1 Remoray Lake Visit – 2021
On November 16, 2021, the EMME M1 students spent the morning at the village of Labergement Sainte Marie, as part of the Anthropogenic Impacts on Ecosystems teaching unit. It is in this village that the house of the Remoray national nature reserve is located. This...
2021 Environmental Law Excursion
On the 13th of October 2021, the M1 students had a field excursion as part of the Environmental Law course with William Apollinari to the regional natural reserve of Côte de Mancy. You can read more about this protected area on reserves-naturelles.org. The guide for...
2021 Integration Weekend
September, 2021 - At the beginning of each academic year, our EMME M2 students organise an integration event for their M1 peers to welcome them to the program, and to France for our international students. This year, the integration event was a weekend long excursion...
M2 Introductory Field Session (IFS) – 2021
September 2021 - For their introductory field session, EMME M2 students spent a week in Levier, about an hour away from Besançon, at the “Les Fauvettes” resort. Students from three other master’s programmes also joined for this week: DyCoB (Dynamique et Conservation...
M1 Introductory Field Session (IFS) – 2021
September, 2021 - This year’s introductory field session was held between the 6th and the 11th of September in the city of Pontarlier, a typical and breath-taking representation of the Franche-Comté region. The introductory field session is multifaceted and dynamic in...
M1 Introductory Field Session (IFS) 2020
September 7th-13th 2020, Pontarlier For the first week of the academic year, the 12 new M1 students travelled to Pontarlier (1 hour from Besançon) to refresh their fieldwork, project planning, and presentation skills. Staying in the Maison Familiale Rurale,...
M1 Internship defenses
EMME Master students will present their works carried out during their internships. You can attend their internship defenses, open to the public. Master 1 students will defend their internship thesis at June 18th and 19th 2019, in amphitheatre B. M2 students will...
Field session of CBEM teaching unit
This field session of the CBEM (Conservation Biology and Ecosystems Management) teaching unit took place from June 3rd to June 7th 2019. The students had to choose one of the subjects proposed by the teaching staff or to propose one subject on their own choice. All...
Workshop on bat detectors
M2 Introductory Field Session 2022
Identifying mammal scat in the field
M1 Introductory Field Session 2020
Lake Bonlieu
M1 Introductory Field Session 2020
M1 Introductory Field Session 2018
Workshop on bat detectors
EMME students with their class hoodies
M2 Introductory Field Session 2021
Map of Internship hosting structures
Learning about mushrooms with GNUFC
M2 Introductory Field Session 2021
M1 EMME Class 2018/19
M1 Introductory Field Session 2018
Learning about mushrooms with GNUFC
Eurasian Lynx caught on a camera trap
Visit to Lake Remoray
EMME Integration Weekend 2021
M2 Introductory Field Session 2022
