The course will provide students with practical training in conducting field-based wildlife research during a three month long stay in Nepal. Through group exercises, the students will take part in the whole scientific process, from planning and designing studies, collecting- analyzing- and interpreting data, to producing scientific reports. Central research topics are (i) behavioral ecology (e.g. studying foraging- and antipredator behavior of grassland ungulates), (ii) population ecology (e.g. learning techniques for surveying abundance and distribution of large carnivores, ungulates, small mammals and birds), (iii) community ecology (e.g. investigate species interactions by using camera traps) and (iv) human-wildlife conflicts (e.g. conducting questionnaire surveys to assess impact of large carnivores on livestock herders).