Our courses offer flexible modules and field or laboratory placements. Past placements have included Pfizer, Kew gardens, and conservation trusts. Spend a semester abroad at one of our partnership universities, or work on a summer research project through a vacation scholarship. After your degree, our graduate school will connect you to academic and industrial partners from around the world. Graduates move into fields like medicine, environmental research, or wildlife research.

 

You can now preview which undergraduate courses have availability in Clearing, before applications open on 5 July 2025. Check our biological sciences courses on this page, or explore our Clearing course vacancies page.

  • Purpose-built life science building

    with outstanding laboratories and facilities with the latest equipment.

  • International study and industry placement opportunities

  • 95%

    of our Biological Science graduates were in employment or further study 15 months after graduation

    Graduate Outcomes 2021/2022

Biological sciences courses

Choose from a wide range of degrees in biological sciences.

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Our strong research portfolio allows us to deliver world class education at the cutting edge of a wide range of subject areas.
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My work focuses on ways to improve the lives and treatments for those with neurodegenerative diseases like dementia.

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    My undergraduate study sparked a passion that led to my PhD

    Daisy Bown tells us about her progression from a biology undergraduate to a postgraduate student in molecular plant biology at Southampton.

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