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Undergraduate Biology and Biosciences

Research? Field work? Lab work at a pharmaceutical company? Biology and Biosciences at Edge Hill prepares you for a range of roles where you can make a real impact.

With academics making discoveries in biomedical science, ecology, genetics and microbiology, you’ll be immersed in a rich research environment. When you’re not writing lab reports, we might ask you to produce an animation showing a biological process, curate a museum collection, or join us on a field trip (paid for by us).

Our BSc (Hons) Biology degree is accredited by the Royal Society of Biology, and graduates become associate members.

All our students enjoy a residential science trip, while some use our world-class microscopy facilities or undertake a tree climbing course.

Past students have spent a year researching in a Chicago genetics lab, a Sydney hospital, or Estonia’s University of Tartu.

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Research? Field work? Lab work at a pharmaceutical company? Biology and biosciences at Edge Hill prepares you for a range of roles where you can make a real impact.
Marco Dobson

I have gained invaluable experience during my studies by undertaking countless ecological surveys in the most phenomenal environments both abroad and in the UK.

Marco Dobson

BSc (Hons) Ecology and Conservation

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Emily Webber

There have been multiple opportunities for me to travel and study abroad. This is through both field trips, where we gained experience of common data collection techniques, as well as with study abroad, where I was able to study in Mexico for the summer.

Emily Webber

BSc (Hons) Biology

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Biology student Megan

I handled a sea anemone as big as my head during a marine biology field trip - the kind of real-world experience you can’t get in a classroom.

Megan Quail

BSc (Hons) Biology

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BSc (Hons) Plant Science alumni student, Ethan Mitchell-Innes

So many opportunities are provided, all you need to do is take them.

Ethan Mitchell-Innes

BSc (Hons) Plant Science

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BSc (Hons) Plant Science alumni student, Surya Bhat

If you have a love for nature and life in general and want to ensure a future for our planet, I highly recommend considering biosciences.

Surya Bhat

BSc (Hons) Plant Science

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Facilities

The Biosciences building incorporates impressive, modern laboratories, offering exciting and highly relevant practical experience in some of the best equipped facilities in the country.

Resources include fluorescence and scanning electron microscopes, DNA extraction and analysis equipment, climate-controlled insectaries and specialist IT facilities. A dedicated microbiology suite is located in the adjacent Tech Hub.

A number of the leading nature reserves in the country are in close proximity. You’ll be taught within a short travelling distance of impressive field sites such as one of the finest saltmarsh and dune systems in Europe, restored mires of international importance, hay meadows and limestone woodlands. Just a short walk from the University is a farm sympathetically managed for biodiversity, as well as a mixed woodland.

BioSciences