Biological Sciences BSc 36 months Undergraduate Programme By UCL |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

36 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

36,500 GBPTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

Biological SciencesMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Biological Sciences

Degree

BSc

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

Biological Sciences is at the centre of UCL’s world leading research on biodiversity and environmental science as well as human genetics, healthy ageing and many more. Many current research experts from UCL and our partner institutes are actively involved in the teaching of the BSc and MSci in Biological Sciences. Our staff have included Nobel Prize Winners, including 2014 winner and current staff member, John O’Keefe.

In each year of your degree you will take a number of individual modules, normally valued at 15 or 30 credits, adding up to a total of 120 credits for the year. Modules are assessed in the academic year in which they are taken. The balance of compulsory and optional modules varies from programme to programme and year to year. A 30-credit module is considered equivalent to 15 credits in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).

The first year of this programme covers a core range of subjects from across the spectrum of biological sciences, giving you a firm foundation upon which to base your later choices.

In your second year, you can either continue towards a degree in general Biological Sciences, or you can choose from five specialised degree routes.

In your third year you have the choice to take modules from many different subjects across UCL. You can choose a research or an investigative project based with one of UCL's research groups.

Specialist degree programmes

You can stay on the Biological Sciences degree or transfer to any of the following specialist degree programmes after year one:

  • Biological Sciences: Cell Biology focuses on cell function and its role in major human diseases.
  • Biodiversity and Conservation focuses on the interactions between organisms and populations with the environments they inhabit.
    Genetics focuses on evolutionary, genomic and population genetics.
  • Human Genetics focuses on a range of areas in which genetics intersects with other aspects of biology and medicine.
  • Zoology focuses on the study of animals in all their complexity and diversity.

After the second year, you could also transfer to the specialist route (year 3 entry), Biological Sciences: Computational Biology. This option is currently only available as MSci (our four-year MSci Biological Sciences programme).

Upon successful completion of 360 credits, you will be awarded a BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Biological Sciences

Degree

BSc

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

Biological Sciences is at the centre of UCL’s world leading research on biodiversity and environmental science as well as human genetics, healthy ageing and many more. Many current research experts from UCL and our partner institutes are actively involved in the teaching of the BSc and MSci in Biological Sciences. Our staff have included Nobel Prize Winners, including 2014 winner and current staff member, John O’Keefe.

In each year of your degree you will take a number of individual modules, normally valued at 15 or 30 credits, adding up to a total of 120 credits for the year. Modules are assessed in the academic year in which they are taken. The balance of compulsory and optional modules varies from programme to programme and year to year. A 30-credit module is considered equivalent to 15 credits in the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).

The first year of this programme covers a core range of subjects from across the spectrum of biological sciences, giving you a firm foundation upon which to base your later choices.

In your second year, you can either continue towards a degree in general Biological Sciences, or you can choose from five specialised degree routes.

In your third year you have the choice to take modules from many different subjects across UCL. You can choose a research or an investigative project based with one of UCL's research groups.

Specialist degree programmes

You can stay on the Biological Sciences degree or transfer to any of the following specialist degree programmes after year one:

  • Biological Sciences: Cell Biology focuses on cell function and its role in major human diseases.
  • Biodiversity and Conservation focuses on the interactions between organisms and populations with the environments they inhabit.
    Genetics focuses on evolutionary, genomic and population genetics.
  • Human Genetics focuses on a range of areas in which genetics intersects with other aspects of biology and medicine.
  • Zoology focuses on the study of animals in all their complexity and diversity.

After the second year, you could also transfer to the specialist route (year 3 entry), Biological Sciences: Computational Biology. This option is currently only available as MSci (our four-year MSci Biological Sciences programme).

Upon successful completion of 360 credits, you will be awarded a BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences.

Admission Requirements

185+
98+
7+
69+
1380+
38+
100+
A genuine and personal interest and curiosity in the field of biochemistry and molecular biology should be evidenced in your application.

3 Years
Sep

Domestic
9,535 GBP
International
36,500 GBP

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