We believe that in this we have a significant advantage over many much larger and less flexible Institutions. The Department is housed in the South Building, newly refurbished in 1996 at a cost of more than 5M, which contains over 4500 square metres of superbly furnished research and teaching space. The Department is excellently equipped for most modern molecular and cellular biological techniques, from x-ray crystallography to confocal microscopy. Our new teaching laboratories can accommodate up to 180 undergraduates and provides the largest facility of its type in the University. Like other Departments of the University of Bath, the Department of Biology and Biochemistry is proud of its tradition of close links with Industry.
Many research projects involve industrial partners and funding, both in the UK and abroad.
The Department continues to be the premier UK provider of integrated sandwich course degrees in Biology and Biochemistry, arranging more than 150 student placements each year in industrial, government and University research laboratories. The Department continues to develop. We invite enquiries from prospective PhD students, from academics who are interested in research developments, and from potential research sponsors and partners. The University of Bath is recognised as one of the UK's leading teaching and research universities. This reputation follows the University's research rankings gained in the 1996 Research Assessment Exercise and its continuing recruitment of high calibre undergraduate and postgraduate students.