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Undergraduate and postgraduate

• The Deborah Smith Teaching Building is the centrepiece for our student community and includes facilities such as:
  
  • study spaces like the Think Tank and Creative Lounge
  • teaching laboratories
  • computer rooms
  • flexible learning spaces
  • large capacity lecture theatres with replay technology

Postgraduate-specific

• Depending on your course you'll also have access to facilities in our various research centres:

  • Bioscience Technology Facility
  • Centre for Novel Agricultural Products
  • York Structural Biology Laboratory
  • York Biomedical Research Institute
  • Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity.

• We have received Accreditation or Advanced Accreditation by the Royal Society of Biology for all of our degree programmes.
• Biosciences Society - Student-led society which aims to bring people from all Biosciences degrees together through fun events, socials and excursions as well as guest lectures from speakers.
• We are fully committed to the Athena SWAN Charter which recognises the advancement of gender equality: representation, progression and success for all and we are proud to have held an Athena SWAN Gold award since 2014.
• All of our undergraduate programmes, including integrated Masters, are available with an optional extra year in industry.

Key message about Biology at York.

• Biology is at the heart of so many of the challenges that the world faces, and our aim is to tackle these through excellent bioscience education and world-class, impactful research. 

• 6th in the UK, The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024
• 8th 7th in the UK, Complete University Guide 20242025
• UK top ten for our research, in the Times Higher Education’s REF results 2021
• 1st in the Russell Group for "Learning resourcesAcademic support", National Student Survey 20232024

Undergraduate and postgraduate

• Biological Sciences student blogs (UG and PGT)
• Interview with a York academic - Department of Biology
• Department of Biology tour at the Uni of York
• Free online course, "bugs, brains and beasts"

Undergraduate-specific

• York Virtual Visit page

Postgraduate-specific

• Postgraduate Biology landing page
• York Virtual Visit page