Information for Students
Your journey with the Tropical Biology Association begins here, we have inspired and empowered over 2500 conservationists across the world. Our training programmes and active alumni community can help you develop new skills, network, and achieve your dreams.
Your Are The Future
What are you going to do in life? There are so many possibilities, attending a TBA training, will have positive benefits on your future. Expert-led training to empower you and a globally active alumni network to support you. There really are no limits – join us and unlock your potential.
Gain Real Life Experience
Increase Your Knowledge
Kickstart Your Career
Every long journey starts with a single step, but it’s also great to encounter some helpful stepping-stones along the way. Learning new skills, becoming inspired and re-invigorating that passion for conservation are just a few of the things that our course participants enthuse about. TBA training has a reputation that will make you more attractive to employers as well as universities. Our training is all about embracing new opportunities, and all of this will help improve your CV too.
Gain Confidence
Make Life-Long Friends and Connection From All Over The World
Students from all over the world come together in our training programmes. You’ll get to meet them on your course, within our online learning environment and our social media platforms. Making friends from other countries will open your eyes to all kinds of new things beyond their conservation approaches like different cultures, music, and food. The people you meet on our training courses can turn into friends for life as you all learn and share the same experiences together.
Learn Transferable Skills & Boost Your Employability
You’ll pick up loads of useful, transferable skills during our training that will help you in whatever job or research career you choose. You’ll get better at things like leadership, problem-solving, critical-thinking, adaptability, time-management, research & analytical Skills, communication, teamwork, and public speaking. You’ll also have access to all our resources and support to develop your skills.
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Field Courses
Launch your career in conservation with our month-long courses in tropical ecology and conservation. These courses are for students at advanced undergraduate or early postgraduate level who have a keen interest, but little experience, in tropical biology.
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Alumni Success
Our students gain practical experience which serves them well as alumni, with access to a network of like-minded individuals. TBA alumni have gone on to take important positions in a range of organisations including Nature Uganda and the Tanzanian Forest Conservation Group
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Specialist Courses
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Your Teachers
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Alumni Conservation Projects
Our alumni go on and make a huge impact in conservation with a variety of projects in areas including Community, Wetlands, Forests and more.
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Online Courses
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Student Projects
A key element to our hands-on field courses are the student projects. These are a fantastic opportunity for small student groups to follow their ares of interest in a supportive environment. TBA publishes our students’ papers at the end of the course.