Marine Biology, BSc (Hons) at Swansea University

An academic understanding of ocean life across the world has never been more important. Ocean covers more than 70% of the world’s surface. Its future, the future of its inhabitants and the future of our planet are bound together.

Swansea University is ideally located for marine biology field work.  The nearby Gower Peninsula offers a variety of study habitats from rocky shorelines and steep cliffs enclosing small sheltered bays, to sand dunes, salt marsh and estuarine mudflats.

Over the course of this three-year degree you may study the spectacular ecosystems on our doorstep and natural life off distant lands such as India, Borneo and Puerto Rico.

Studying biology at Swansea gives you access to world-leading teaching and cutting edge facilities across ecological, physiological and molecular studies.

If you don’t have the necessary entry requirements to enter on to the first year of a degree, you may be offered a place on a degree course with an integrated foundation year.

WHY MARINE BIOLOGY AT SWANSEA?

Marine Biology at Swansea University has a strong reputation and draws students from across the world.

The College of Science is based on our stunning Singleton Park campus overlooking Swansea Bay.

Biosciences at Swansea is ranked:

• Top in the UK for satisfaction with organisation and management (Zoology, NSS 2019)
• 3rd in the UK for satisfaction with teaching (Zoology, NSS 2019)

Your learning will be shaped by inspirational and internationally-renowned academics including Professor Rory Wilson – Chief Scientific Consultant behind National Geographic’s Great Migrations, and Dr Richard Unsworth – advisor on the globally acclaimed BBC series Blue Planet II.

You will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials, seminars, and discussion groups, supported by practical classes and field courses.

Field courses available near and far allow you to work varied habitats. Recent projects have involved sea turtle migration, whale behaviour, octopus habitat selection and oil pollution.

While most projects are undertaken close to Swansea and the Gower, students have secured placements in locations such as Indonesia, the Caribbean and South Africa. In your final year, you may have the chance to join an international field course in Puerto Rico or Jamaica.

Our state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities include the Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Research, a Zoological Museum, a custom-designed 18-metre catamaran-class survey vessel- R.V Mary Anning and a unique visualisation centre that displays multi-dimensional information from animal tracking data.