Welcome to the School of Biological Sciences

"The School of Biological Sciences at Essex has a friendly, supportive and lively environment with over 50 academic staff and 850 undergraduate and postgraduate taught students. We provide research led, high quality teaching over a wide spectrum of the biological sciences, with degree options ranging from how molecules to how organisms interact with their environment offered through 8 undergradualte BSc Degrees and 10 taught MSc programmes. Our teaching and research laboratories have had major investment over recent years enabling us to provide excellent facilities for our students.

The School of Biological Sciences has a strong research focus that provides an excellent programme of research degrees from MSD to PhD. This is led by the interests of the academic staff carrying out research of international quality at the forefront of their respective fields. Our research addresses major scientific issues in the areas of Environmental Biology, Marine and Microbial Sciences, Plant Biology, Molecular Biophysics, Molecular Medicine and Sports and Exercise Science. "

Professor Christine Raines
Head of School