As an historical process, wildlife educations in higher learning institutions have some differences in Turkey comparedto those of the developed western countries. Especially, opening of the wildlife programs and departments has not received thenecessary attention until recent years in Turkey. Wildlife education is given as associate degree, undergraduate and postgraduatelevels in the Universities of Turkey. The number of associate degree programmes, named as Hunting and Wildlife , isincreasing day by day within various universities. Departments of Wildlife Ecology and Management are mostly located withinthe forestry faculties. Only in Usak University, "Department of Wildlife Ecology and Management" is placed in the Faculty ofAgriculture and Natural Sciences. In this review, the importance of wildlife education, its historical process in both Turkey andespecially in developed western countries, its contribution to the economy, job opportunities, encountered problems and solutionswere discussed.