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Tracing Darwin’s discoveries

And it’s all on the doorstep!

It has become a tradition over the past few years for first-year students of Biology and Zoology to take a trip to Marwell Wildlife, near Winchester, every autumn. Here they have a chance to study the wide range of animals, birds and reptiles on view and broaden their knowledge by taking an initiative test. ..more>

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Topping out ceremony marks milestone in construction of the Life Sciences Building...more>

See our podcast about the new building here.

Calling all final year students

Come to our Open Day

Katie Cruickshanks

Deciding to study for a PhD is an important decision and this Open Day has been devised to help you find out what studying for a PhD involves and the opportunities available in the School of Biological Sciences.
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Chalk streams -
A precious ecosystem in Hampshire

The Vitacress Conservation Trust (VCT) represents a unique collaboration between industry, academia and other stakeholders committed to the conservation and effective management of chalk streams...more>

School of Biological Sciences

Our World-leading Research

In the first major assessment of UK research quality since 2001, the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) has confirmed the reputation of the School of Biological Sciences as a centre for internationally excellent research, putting us amongst the UK’s leading biological research departments

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Our Quality Teaching

We offer a spectrum of degree programmes covering a wide range of disciplines including Biology, Biochemistry, Biomedical Science, Pharmacology and Zoology. Click here for our latest undergraduate brochure, and for our entry requirements, click here.

Dr Jeremy Webb

Our scientists receive prestigious grant to design new vaccines

Researchers from the University of Southampton have received a US$100,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The team, led by microbiologist Dr Jeremy Webb of the School of Biological Sciences, was awarded funding to design new vaccines that will give protection against the bacteria that cause pneumonia and meningitis...more>