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When you study with us, you can select from a wide range of modules across the School of Biological Sciences, giving a high degree of flexibility.
You'll have the chance to tailor your degree to your own interests, meaning you can study your passion from day one.
Use our campus as your laboratory – our award-winning Whiteknights campus is a rich, biodiverse environment for entomologists and ecologists, with more than 130 hectares of woodlands, lakes, gardens and meadows.
You’ll also have access to the University’s Herbarium, the Cole Museum of Zoology, which houses several significant, donated insect collections, and our new £60m Health and Life Sciences building.
We offer a range of opportunities to develop work-related skills and gain valuable real-world experience during your studies.
From year-long placements in industry to partnerships with organisations on research projects, there are many ways to enhance your career prospects.
Luke Forrest
BSc Zoology graduate
on being offered a permanent job at DSTL
Reading's Zoology field school provided a "bucket-list" opportunity for aspiring palaeontologist, Issy.
She travelled to Dinosaur Provincial Park in Canada, aka “The Badlands”, where she gained hands-on experience in identification, excavation and preservation of dinosaur and reptile bones and fossils.
Depending on your course, you could spend two weeks, a semester, or a full academic year abroad.
This can be part of a standard three-year degree, an extended four-year degree, or a shorter length of time such as a summer school.
We’ll help you decide where to go and for how long, guide you through the application process, and support you when you’re abroad.
To find out more about the benefits of studying abroad, and discover where you could go, visit the website.
As a numerate scientist, you will graduate with transferable skills for a wide range of animal-based or biological sciences-based careers.
Overall, 92% of graduates from Biological Sciences are in work or further study within 15 months of graduation.*
*Based on our analysis of HESA data © HESA 2022, Graduate Outcomes Survey 2019/20; includes first degree Biological Sciences responders.
Matthew Greenwell
BSc Zoology graduate and PhD student
We investigate the past, present and future of the living world, and aim to change the way people think about, and study, ecology and evolution.