Course summary

Our BSc (Hons) Biology with Biotechnology gives you unique insight into the ways in which biological organisms are used to create innovative new products and technologies. This includes our own cutting-edge research which ranges from finding solutions for bio-based and low carbon alternatives in manufacturing and industry to clean water, conservation, improved breeding and agricultural practices. Biotechnology is a broad but specialist area of biology responsible for some of the most exciting developments of recent times. The earliest biotechnologists used microorganisms to produce food products such as bread, cheese, beer and wine. Now they are responsible for food advances like precision fermentation and cultured meat, not to mention medical breakthroughs like the COVID vaccine, new Alzheimer’s drugs and gene therapies, Bangor University is next to the Irish Sea, Menai Strait and mountains of Eryri, (Snowdonia) so your studies on this Biology with Biotechnology degree take place within easy reach of a diverse range of habitats, soil types, climate and topography, ideal for field work. Extensive facilities for practical classes include Europe’s largest underground soil laboratory, a natural history museum with various vertebrate and invertebrate specimens, our own botanical gardens and 252 hectare site for field research and the study farm at Henfaes Research Centre. ‘Placement Year’ and 'International Experience Year’ options are available for this course. You will have the opportunity to fully consider these options when you have started your course at Bangor and can make an application for a transfer onto such a pathway at the appropriate time. You can find more information about these options on our website and if you have any questions, please get in touch.