BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences at University of Plymouth

Course Details

Are you passionate about biology in all of its forms? Do you want to study a broad biology degree without the constraints of choosing a specialism too soon, with equal emphasis on lab and field skills? You will build an understanding of biology from viruses to mammals and from freshwater to rocky shores, gaining state-of-the-art practical and transferable skills highly sought by employers, graduating ready to shape the future of fields from ecosystem management to laboratory research.

In the 2019 National Student Survey, 97% of students felt staff on this course were good at explaining things and 95% found the course intellectually stimulating.* This programme focuses on biology of a wide range of environments from soils and the oceans to hydrothermal vents and volcanic lakes.

Key features

• Study the whole spectrum of contemporary biology, on a course consistently praised externally for its outstanding teaching quality and well-constructed programme.
• Gain theoretical and practical skills in the laboratory and dig deeper into the interplay between biology and real life so you'll graduate with the skills to immediately enter the world of work.
• Learn on location, through intensive residential field trips to Slapton Ley and the Azores (price included in your tuition fees).
• Experience practical biology in the real world with an optional work placement between your second and final year.
• Build the knowledge, skills and practical awareness for a variety of careers.
• Work with your personal and course tutors to develop key graduate skills to boost your employability.
• Keep pace with the ever changing discoveries, insights and thinking in ecology, biodiversity, cell biology, animal behaviour and physiology.
• Be inspired by staff who are leading the way in their subjects, carrying out research that turns heads worldwide. 
• Boost your practical skills using our specialised facilities including controlled environment chambers, experimental glasshouses, and an electron microscopy unit.