Study Biological Sciences
Why Study Biological Sciences at Birkbeck?
Studying for a degree in biological sciences with us will provide you with fundamental knowledge and practical skills in the context of our groundbreaking and world-leading research.
Our state-of-the-art teaching and research labs mean you will develop the technical and practical skills you need for a career using your science degree. We have particular expertise in cellular, structural and molecular biology, biochemical analysis, computational biology and microbiology research. Our researchers are working on important problems related to infectious diseases, developmental and neurodegenerative diseases and cancer.
What's it like studying Biological sciences at Birkbeck?
Careers in Biological Sciences
Our degrees allow our graduates go on to a wide range of careers in industries and sectors including: microbiology, healthcare, the pharmaceutical industry and education. You'll learn both the theory and practical aspects of each subject through classes and practical work in our laboratories.
Research projects and Lab facilities
Research in our subject area is internationally recognised across a range of areas in the biological sciences, including bioinformatics, chemical biology and microbiology. Our main focus, for which we're world renowned and in which we have a long and distinguished history, is in structural biology – the understanding of biological processes through study of the structure and dynamics of the macromolecular machines that make up the living cell.
Our research plays a key role in the joint UCL/Birkbeck Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology (ISMB), a centre of excellence coordinating Birkbeck and UCL's research into the biomolecular mechanism and its exploitation for medicine and biotechnology.
