Further support is contingent upon satisfactory progress and availability of funds. Students must have completed all requirements for an M.S. degree before admission to the Ph.D. program. Students without an M.S. degree will not be considered. No individual holding two degrees from the Department of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be accepted for a Ph.D. program in Wildlife Ecology. The Department recognizes that training international wildlife ecologists is crucially important to solving global conservation problems.
Few ecologists exist in foreign countries where environmental problems are severe.
However, several factors limit international student enrollment in the Department of Wildlife Ecology. No special funds are available at the University of Wisconsin for training international students. International students are also responsible for health and accident insurance coverage for themselves and family members. International students are urged to contact The Graduate School for minimum cost of living and insurance costs which may be required at the time of their admission to graduate studies. A major part of the M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs is a research project which results in a publishable thesis.