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Modern biochemistry is at the forefront of breakthroughs in drug discoveries, biotechnology, and forensic science.
Based at our purpose built Life Sciences Building, our flexible interdisciplinary programmes, which include the option of a year in industry, are taught by academics who are at the forefront in their field and who are actively engaged in research on the molecular basis of disease, genetics and the control of gene transcription, oncology, structural biology, DNA recognition and cell signalling.
Southampton’s BSc and MBiochem Master of Biochemistry can equip you with the skills and knowledge required to play an integral part in future scientific development
Study the mechanisms of life and the underlying causes of human disease with our BSc Biomedical Sciences and MBioSci Master of Biomedical Sciences programmes
These flexible, interdisciplinary biomedical sciences programmes provide a good foundation for graduate entry to medicine, allowing you to combine interests in biochemistry, physiology, neuroscience, cell biology, genetics and pharmacology.
The emphasis is on the science that underpins and advances clinical practice rather than the technical basis of routine laboratory tests. Human disease is studied at all levels, from genetic mutations through organ degeneration, such as the brain in Alzheimer’s disease, up to whole-body metabolic disorders like diabetes. The programmes offer an ideal preparation for a graduate career in medicine, clinically related professions or a career in clinical or medical research.
Based at our purpose built Life Sciences Building, our flexible interdisciplinary BSc and MSci programmes, will allow you to study life at several different levels, from molecules and cells to whole organisms and species, right up to communities and ecosystems. With the opportunity to experience field courses in the UK, Spain and Belize, as well as the option to work a year in industry you will gain real hands on experience.
Our MSci Biology and Marine Biology combines modules from Biological Sciences and Ocean and Earth Science, at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton. You will undertake a balanced programme where you will gain the relevant skills and knowledge for a career in biology and marine biology
This four-year integrated course allows you full freedom to mix and match modules to reflect your interests in science and your career aspirations. You will learn how to think outside of the box through interdisciplinary Natural Sciences modules, which will deepen your knowledge across the sciences and will develop the practical and conceptual skills you need to tackle complex issues in the real world.
You will carry out significant and original research projects, including a six-month full time placement where you could find yourself conducting laboratory experiments alongside some of the world’s leading researchers
This programme may suit you if you are studying for A levels in subjects different from those normally required for these degrees. It may also interest you if you are a mature applicant, with skills and experience from employment and can show recent study, or if you come from a part of the world where the education system is different from the British A level system.
The Science Foundation Year aims to give you the knowledge to meet the challenges of our science degree courses. The year provides a rapid introduction to biology, chemistry and mathematics, which will prepare you for your chosen undergraduate degree.
Explore the science of how drugs can treat disease in humans and animals with Southampton's BSc Pharmacology degree.
This programme examines molecular aspects of how drugs can be used to treat disease in humans and animals as scientists seek an improved quality of life for all. Recent advances in this area have resulted in better treatments for AIDS, depression, heart failure and malaria.
You will work alongside scientists engaged in cutting-edge research and learn the major concepts and principles of pharmacology in years one and two through core topics, before completing a research project of your own in your third year.
You will also have the opportunity to put the skills and knowledge you learn into practice by spending a year out in the pharmaceutical industry.
Based in our state-of-the-art Life Sciences building, you will take part in a field trip to Spain in year one and participate in a research team working at the cutting-edge of zoology.
Our BSc and MSci Zoology courses provide broad training in the zoological sciences, while allowing you to select modules from other disciplines, including oceanography, computer sciences and languages. You will have the opportunity to specialise in cell/developmental or ecological/evolutionary zoology in year three. You can also choose between a laboratory-based or field research projects, with fieldwork undertaken in the UK or abroad.
Develop your passion for the natural environment and equip yourself with the skills to help protect our planet with Southampton’s BSc and MSci Ecology and Conservation programmes.
Based in our state-of-the-art Life Sciences building, these courses will give you the opportunity to develop a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of life from molecules and cells, to whole organisms and ecosystems.
These are truly hands-on degrees offering fieldwork in locations as diverse as Spain and Belize, where you will be able to put the theory you learn into practice and develop all important research skills. These research skills will be put to use in your final year when you conduct an original research project. If you choose to take the MSci programme you will also have an advanced in-depth project to complete in your fourth and final year.
Working in collaboration with different disciplines and with other universities, private industry and the public sector, we see science as a means to achieve real-life benefits.
We offer a range of postgraduate opportunities which will allow you to expand your knowledge and develop skills that are key to a successful career. MRes students are based in our Life Sciences Building, or at Southampton General Hospital, one of the country’s leading teaching hospitals. We are recognised for our world-class facilities including the Centre for Proteomic Research, Plant Growth Facility, Macromolecular Crystallisation Facility and Interdisciplinary Centre for NMR.
Our Biological Sciences Post Graduate Taught and Research Degrees include: MSc Neuroscience, MRes in Advanced Biological Sciences, MRes Wildlife Conservation and MRes Evolution: From Galapagos to the 21st Century. We also offer an excellent and supportive environment for PhD study.
We provide an integrated series of training modules to help you develop your professional and personal skills, as well as your scientific expertise.
You will carry out a stimulating project in one of our major research themes and your research work will be closely supervised and supported to help you reach your full potential. You will gain a good grounding in vital subjects such as bioethics, lecture presentation, securing scientific funding and report writing, and can take advantage of networking opportunities at UK and overseas conferences and seminars.
To address these challenges we need highly motivated, talented, well trained neuroscientists.
Based in our state-of-the-art Life Sciences building and taught by researchers at the forefront of their fields, our Master of Neuroscience programme will give you the opportunity to develop your practical, analytical and laboratory skills.
You will take a variety of modules which cover all levels of Neuroscience from the molecular to the behavioural; encompassing molecular, cellular & systems neuroscience, neuroimmunology, neurodegeneration and pharmacology.
These modules will provide you with the foundation to go on and carry out an independent research project in your final year.