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SFS Kenya: Wildlife Health and Conservation

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Program Overview

Immerse yourself in Kenya’s diverse ecosystems while exploring the role of wildlife health and medicine in conservation. Traveling from the Amboseli ecosystem to primate habitats near Nairobi to the Maasai Mara Reserve, you will study how disease, human–wildlife conflict, and environmental pressures affect elephants, lions, cheetahs, raptors, and other threatened species.

Through lectures, field excursions, and discussions with experts, you will gain insight into the practices of wildlife health management and the ecological, social, and medical dimensions that influence conservation outcomes. By the end of the program, you will have a deeper understanding of how wildlife health connects to the broader future of conservation in Kenya.

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Program Highlights

Journey on multi-day trips to the Nairobi Primate Institute and Maasai Mara National Reserve, observing primates, megaherbivores, and predators in their natural habitats.
Travel across wildlife conservancies in the Amboseli ecosystem to explore pressing health challenges facing elephants, lions, cheetahs, raptors, and other endangered species.
Learn how human–wildlife conflict, climate change, and emerging diseases are shaping conservation outcomes in East Africa.
Connect with leading ecology, conservation, and veterinary science professionals to gain insight into real-world wildlife health management practices.
Discover how wildlife medicine, ecology, and community engagement intersect to safeguard biodiversity and the future of threatened species.

What's Included

Tuition & Fees
Accommodation / Housing for Program Duration
Weekday Meals (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Some Program Activity Costs
Airport Transfer (Pick-Up)
Airport Transfer (Drop-Off)
Cultural Training / Program / Orientation
Emergency Support

Program Details

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Locations

  • Kenya

Fields & Subjects

  • African Studies
  • Anthropology
  • Biology
  • Conflict Studies
  • Ecology
  • Economics
  • Environmental Studies
  • Humanities
  • Liberal Arts
  • Social Sciences
  • Statistics
  • Zoology & Wildlife Sciences
  • Geography
  • Development Studies
  • Culture
  • Travel & Tourism
  • Sustainable Development
  • Agriculture
  • Ethnic Studies
  • Conservation & Preservation
  • Foreign Language
  • Government
  • Natural Sciences
  • Animal Science
  • Science

Available Terms / Availability

  • Years Offered
  • 2026, 2027
  • Terms Available
  • Summer

Eligible Nationalities

  • All Nationalities
  • This Program is also open to Solo, Couples, Group

Education Levels & Language

  • Language
  • English
  • Education
  • Any/All Education Levels Accepted

Accommodation Options

  • Dormitory
  • Group living

Application Procedures

  • Transcript
  • Online Application

Age Requirement

18-35

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tessleeJune 2014

Hakuna Matata

I really enjoyed my time at this program. We spent most of our time in the field as most of our classes were done on safari or interviewing local people. We would take take the knowledge we learned in lectures and apply it to the field. This program was science intensive, but very doable for students coming from other majors. Professors were knowledgeable and passionate about the topics they were teaching. There was only one course on cultural immersion, since it was mostly science based. One course allowed for learning Swahili along with a one day home stay and visits to the different local tribes of the area. Each day was constant learning and new experiences that forced me to lived in the moment to try to take in all that this country had to offer.

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