Internationally recognised for the quality of our teaching and research, the Department of Biological Sciences is a dynamic and friendly place to study.
Short staff profiles can be found on our Meet the Department of Biological Sciences page.
We offer an exciting range of undergraduate degree programmes spanning biology, medical biochemistry, and biomedical sciences, to zoology, ecology and conservation.
All of our courses are taught by specialist staff with high professional standards and international reputations. We take great pride in our approachability, friendliness and the support that we offer our students, and our commitment to ensuring inclusivity in all activities has earned the department a Silver Athena SWAN award recognising best practice in equal opportunities.
Our teaching quality has been consistently recognised as outstanding, with contact hours being higher than many of our competitors, and our students spending over 25 per cent of their time in scheduled teaching sessions. We offer year in industry options on all of our degrees, enabling our students to gain professional experience and invaluable transferable skills in a real-world environment.
As a major centre for research in the University of London, we are a vibrant scientific community with staff and postgraduate researchers drawn from across the world. Our active research programme is based on four research themes: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Data and Technology Resources, Healthy Ageing and Molecular Medicine, and Sustainable Engineering and Food Security, where academic staff are working at the frontiers of knowledge in their subjects with a thriving postgraduate community and international collaborations.
Key Staff
- For undergraduate admissions enquiries, please contact Prof. Enrique Lopez.
- For Masters by Research enquiries, please contact Dr Paul Devlin.
- For PhD enquiries, please contact Dr Laurence Bindschedler.
- To arrange visits or talks at your school or for school visits here, please contact Professor Lazlo Bogre.
- For any enquiries relating to our research, please contact Professor Alessandra Devoto.
A full Staff Directory can be found HERE.
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