Biology (Hons) at University of Stirling will teach you the full scope of life through multiple biological disciplines: from bacteria to blue whales, from enzymes to ecosystems.
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Duration
4 years
Starting Date
September, January
TuitionFee
£ 20,300
Location
Stirling, United Kingdom
About the Course
For the first two years you’ll develop an in-depth understanding of the general processes that govern life on Earth, before specialising according to your interests in the latter half of the degree programme. As you develop your practical skills you’ll become involved with research, giving you the opportunity to contribute to biological discoveries.
Fieldwork will be an essential part of your training. In addition to fieldwork in Scotland, we run optional fieldtrips in Years 3 and 4. One course is currently situated in southern Europe (for example, recent trips have travelled to the French Cévennes Mountains, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, to the CERES Field Centre in Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina on the western Portuguese Atlantic coast).
Our staff, active in international research, will ensure you have the skills and in-depth knowledge required for any of the diverse careers in biology.
What jobs can you get with a Biology degree?
From life science jobs to research and teaching, there’s a great deal of variation in jobs available to graduates with an Animal Biology degree including:
research scientist
science writer
medical writer
biotechnologist
higher education lecturer
microbiologist
nanotechnologist
conservation
pharmacologist
secondary school teacher
soil scientist
statistician
zoologist
Animal biologists work in the agricultural, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, and in conservation management and environmental agencies. Other career paths include: forensic sciences, teaching, the food industry, commercial analytical laboratories and, with further study, professions allied to medicine, and in academic, government and industrial research laboratories.
About one third of recent Stirling Biology graduates have continued their studies to obtain a further qualification, such as an MSc or PhD.
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