Why Dundee

There has never been a better time to be a student of life sciences. The phenomenal growth in our understanding of how living things work and interact with their environment, coupled with technological advances, has contributed to the impact that scientific research has on everyday life. The College of Life Sciences at Dundee has a proven record in making new discoveries and applying these to improving the quality of life and health in the community.

High Quality Degrees and Outstanding Teaching

Our teaching is consistently rated amongst the best in the UK and is top rated - “Excellent” for all aspects of biology - by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council.

A Wide Range of Degree Choices Covering All Aspects of Life Sciences

The Life Sciences curriculum is designed to allow flexibility in your final degree choice.

• Common entry requirements and a common core curriculum in the early years - so that you can experience many aspects of Life Sciences before making your final degree subject choice.
• Choose from a suite of 18 Honours degree titles
• All degrees available as 3 or 4 year Honours degrees - so that you can choose a 3 year Honours degree starting at Level 2 if suitably qualified.

For many Life Sciences degrees programmes you have an option to include some relevant modules from outside the Life Sciences in the early years of the programme - e.g. Environmental Science, Psychology, Geography and IT.

One of the World’s Leading Centres for Life Sciences Research

Biological research in the College of Life Sciences achieved the top rating (5*) in the 2001 Government Research Assessment Exercise, maintaining its reputation for world class research and ensuring that:

• Top-rated research staff are involved in planning and teaching our degree programmes.
• Recent research developments are reflected in our teaching, particularly at the advanced levels. where you choose modules from a wide menu of options taught at the level of current research.
• Final year laboratory-based projects are carried out in top-class laboratory facilities supervised by leading scientists in the field.

The College of Life Sciences is one of the most research active sections of the University of Dundee and includes the Wellcome Trust Biocentre and the Sir James Black Centre, which house one of the largest groups of internationally renowned research scientists in the world.

Excellent Job Prospects after Graduating

Dundee University has one of the highest graduate employment rates in the UK.