School of Life Sciences

University of Dundee

Discover Life Sciences and Transform your Future

A fully accredited curriculum degree designed and delivered to give you the knowledge and skills required to pursue a career in science. A challenging course, done like nowhere else.

Studying

Biological Sciences

Gives students a truly research led experience led primarily by people who are actively researching the subject areas.

Biomedical Sciences

Opportunities to study core themes Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience

  • Studying abroad in Canada for a year changed my life completely. I had the opportunity to meet people from all over the world, to experience a different culture, to travel around North America and continue with my science education at the University of Alberta

  • Being first to undergo the significantly improved and intensified degree structure, stirred up my thirst to ensure that the gained knowledge could be put in to practice and help you to be among the best in your future career

Destination Dundee

Why choose us?

  • Taught by specialist teachers who are also Fellows of the Higher Education Academy
  • Great exchange opportunities in Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore and North America
  • 96% of our graduates are employed or in further study soon after graduation
  • The skills and knowledge employers want
  • Ranked 55th in the world for Medicine and the Life Sciences
  • Dundee ranked 8th in the UK in the 2016 National Student Survey (Time Higher Education)
  • Dundee is the Scottish University of the Year (The Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2016 and 2017)
  • Ranked in the World's Top 200 Universities and 31st in the UK (Times Higher World University Rankings 2015/16)
  • Ranked in the top 10 in the Uk for employability (Times Higher Education 2016)
  • Ranked in the top 20 most innvative Universities in Europe, and 5th in the UK and 1st in Scotland (Reuters 2016)
  • Named the UK's Top University under 50 years old (Times Higher Education 2016)

Broaden your Horizons

Ready, set, grow!

Studying abroad offers a unique opportunity to grow academically, professionally and personally while going on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure.

An industrial placement can give you the edge when it comes to looking for employment. Use the year to gain practical experience and value added skills while earning some extra money.

At Dundee Life Sciences we give you the opportunity to push yourself to be the best.