Focus on key themes and issues within ecological, conservation and environmental science – and prepare for a career addressing the challenges that face our natural world.

Our Biosciences courses are ranked 1st in the UK for student & feedback satisfaction, and 3rd for teaching satisfaction by the Guardian University Guide 2022. Our Biological Science courses are also ranked 1st in the UK for student experience and teaching quality by The Times Good University Guide 2022.

You’ll choose from themes reflecting our research specialisms in applied ecology, conservation, monitoring & management, ecological theory, environmental change, water and global sustainability.

Developing advanced skills in lab work, ecological surveying and geographic information systems, you’ll progress from UK field training to field research in the savannah of South Africa, tropical rainforests of Borneo or the montane environments of the Swiss Alps.

Graduates from this course can go on to work in:

• ecological survey and habitat management consultancy
• environmental impact assessment
• science communication
• teaching, lecturing and research.