BSc (Hons) Biology with Studies in the USA
- Part-time study available
- International students can apply
- Overseas study available
- Work placement opportunity
Career Prospects
The Biology degrees provide excellent bases for careers in biomedicine, biotechnology, conservation, the pharmaceutical or food industries, research or teaching. Prospective employers include BASF Agrochemical, local and London hospitals, Police forensic laboratories, and the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency in Farnborough.
Many who spend the second year in the US return stateside to do higher degrees at Toledo or elsewhere.
Placements
We encourage all our students to take up an additional industrial placement year, which we will help to arrange, between years 2 and 3 of the full-time course, making a four year course overall.
In many cases this can be a salaried position with a major company or have financial support linked to a public health laboratory or hospital (such as the Respiratory Physiology Unit at the Royal Aintree Hospital in Liverpool), a horticultural establishment, a wildlife trust, or a research organisation such as the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology.
In our experience, final degree results and employability are enhanced for students who undertake a placement year.