BSc Microbiology
This course is accredited by the Royal Society of Biology. You will spend a lot of time in our £5 million Super Lab gaining hands-on lab experience. Practical learning and laboratory experience starts early in semester one of the first year. Your lab skills will improve throughout the first and second years. In your final year, you will become a member of a research laboratory and carry out your own year-long research project. Some students have even had their work published in scientific journals.
What you will study
Microbiologists play an important role in helping to prevent disease, develop new treatments, clean up the environment, and keep food safe. You will study the micro-organisms which affect the environment, human, animal and plant health, and find out how to use microbes to make medicines and vaccines.
You will explore the use of good and bad bacteria, viruses and eukaryotic microbes, and learn different methods needed for the safe handling of level 2 pathogens. These are biological agents that can cause disease, including Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria and Salmonella. Our range of optional modules in the second and third years allows you to tailor your study to your interests.
When you graduate you will be qualified to work with microbial pathogens. This means you can work in a laboratory in research or a pharmaceutical company.
You will learn:
All microbiology teaching staff are actively involved in research. This ensures that you are learning up-to-date topics and ideas. We aim to produce graduates who are ready to go out and help tackle some of the biggest problems facing our world today.
This course is accredited by the Royal Society of Biology. You will spend a lot of time in our £5 million Super Lab gaining hands-on lab experience. Practical learning and laboratory experience starts early in semester one of the first year. Your lab skills will improve throughout the first and second years. In your final year, you will become a member of a research laboratory and carry out your own year-long research project. Some students have even had their work published in scientific journals.
What you will study
Microbiologists play an important role in helping to prevent disease, develop new treatments, clean up the environment, and keep food safe. You will study the micro-organisms which affect the environment, human, animal and plant health, and find out how to use microbes to make medicines and vaccines.
You will explore the use of good and bad bacteria, viruses and eukaryotic microbes, and learn different methods needed for the safe handling of level 2 pathogens. These are biological agents that can cause disease, including Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria and Salmonella. Our range of optional modules in the second and third years allows you to tailor your study to your interests.
When you graduate you will be qualified to work with microbial pathogens. This means you can work in a laboratory in research or a pharmaceutical company.
You will learn:
All microbiology teaching staff are actively involved in research. This ensures that you are learning up-to-date topics and ideas. We aim to produce graduates who are ready to go out and help tackle some of the biggest problems facing our world today.
