| The award | How you will study | Study duration | Course start | Domestic course fees | International course fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MBiol | Full-time | 4 years | September | - | - |
Study animals and biodiversity at every scale. You'll learn how animals function, how to conserve biodiversity, and how evolution works. If you're thinking about a career in industrial or academic research, this course involves a major research project of your choice in your fourth year.
Our four-year MBiolSci Zoology course is perfect if you're thinking about a research career.
It’s all about animals, their evolution, and their interactions with each other, the environment and biodiversity conservation. You’ll then complete a major research project in your fourth year (known as an integrated masters).
You'll study microbes, invertebrates, birds, fish, mammals, and humans and learn how they evolved, how their physiology works, how they behave, and how they respond to global change. You’ll even discover how their biodiversity is maintained and lost, and use this knowledge to help us address important issues such as tropical wildlife conservation, disease outbreaks, and maintaining functioning ecosystems.
At Sheffield, you’ll be encouraged to be creative, think independently, and express your ideas. You'll be in the lab completing in-depth practicals, and studying animal anatomy and physiology in our Alfred Denny Museum of Zoology. You'll learn off campus too, carrying out fieldwork in the Peak District, visiting scientific spots around the country, and embarking on a once-in-a-lifetime field course in the UK or abroad.
As you progress through your degree, you’ll have the chance to delve deeper into key areas such as biodiversity conservation, evolutionary biology, genetics or ecological modelling.
No matter what areas of zoology you choose to study, you'll develop practical laboratory and transferable skills that make our graduates attractive to employers, including project management, problem-solving, communication skills, and data analysis.
All this experience will prepare you for your third-year research project, where you could be laboratory based, field-based, focus on computer modelling, or even science communication.
Your fourth year is designed to equip you with advanced laboratory or field research skills, ready for a rewarding career in science. You'll spend the bulk of this year focussed on a major research project in an area of zoology of your choice, and graduate with a masters degree.
Please see our website for the most up-to-date fees information.
Please see our website for the full list of accepted qualifications for entry, English Language requirements and to check if you're eligible for additional consideration or an alternative offer through Access Sheffield.
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