Welcome to the School of Biosciences

The School is made up of five Divisions and associated Research Centres :  

The School also has a branch at the University's Malaysia campus where BScs in Biotechnology, Environmental Science and Nutrition and Plant Biotechnology, and an MSc in Crop Biotechnology/Crop Biotechnology with Entrepreneurship are offered.

The School's research philosophy is:

• Discover and apply fundamental knowledge from "Farm to Fork"
• Ensure effective resource utilisation
• Enhance sustainability
• Improve quality and safety of food production in the context of animal and human health.

Our research excellence is recognised independently as being of international importance . In the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) we obtained 5A in all of our units of assessment, the highest mark in the UK for our subject areas.

The 2008 RAE was announced in December 2008. The joint submission by the School of Biosciences and the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science (both on the Sutton Bonington Campus) confirmed our top position in the UK in our subject areas (we submitted under ‘Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science’) as assessed by independent analysis conducted by Research Fortnight. This provides a ‘Research Power’, an important measure because it gives an excellent indication of both critical mass in research and international impact . Of the 104 academic staff submitted (crucially, the 2nd highest), 95% of research activities (that include research environment and esteem) are recognised on the international stage and 60% are described as world-leading/internationally excellent .

The School's teaching quality is regularly recognised as outstanding .  A score of 23 out of 24 was achieved in the most recent Teaching Quality Assessment, again the highest mark in our subject areas .

Excellence in research informs excellence in teaching

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