About

The School of Environment & Life Sciences is a thriving centre and each year welcomes approximately 300 students from countries across the world.

Our students benefit from purpose built facilities, including a variety of laboratories and lecture theatres. The School is housed in the majestic Peel Building. Many of our courses are accredited by leading industry associations in recognition of the quality of our curriculum.

Away from the campus, we offer a range of exclusive placement, research and training opportunities with leading companies and research institutes, all off which prepares students to take leading roles within the scientific community.

Students of our wildlife courses can volunteer for zoological studies at sites including the Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project in Borneo, while our biosciences students benefit from placements with organisations including GlaxoSmithKline, Astra Zeneca and the National Health Service.

Our environmental health course is the longest established course of its kind the UK and is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, making us one of the most prominent providers of environmental health training in the UK.

We have over 50 academic staff of international standing, whose research ranges from cancer therpaeutics to parasitology, genomics, wildlife and fisheries management, sociobiology, remote sensing and spatial ecology.

View our Google map which visualises our School's research collaborations across the globe.