University of Edinburgh Biology Programs

University of Edinburgh’s teaching emphasizes a skills-based, research driven curriculum.  As a result, not only will you learn key concepts, you will be doing it in an investigative way, collaboratively asking and, as you learn more, answering your own questions. 

Fieldwork at local sites, such as the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, provides hands-on research and enquiry opportunities. These experiences help you to develop essential aspects of scientific research, such as recording of ideas, observations, results, and conclusions. Biological sciences is a collaborative field in which you will explore questions of biology in research groups throughout the year. You will also gain practical experience through an individual research project in one of our academic research laboratories in the final year.