Skilled scientists in plant and fungal taxonomy are in short supply – and only a small percentage of the planet’s biodiversity has been formally described by science. Study MSc Plant and Fungal Taxonomy, Diversity and Conservation at Queen Mary and you’ll join a new generation of scientists ready to describe, understand and conserve biodiversity for years to come.

Focus on plant and fungal identification skills, in combination with molecular systematics, evolutionary biology, and conservation policy, theory and practice

Study at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and access its extensive specimen collections, databases, and scientific research

Take a fieldwork module in Kew's Conservation Centre in Madagascar

Learn in-demand skills that underpin work in bioscience, nature conservation, plant breeding and environmental policy development