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- Purple Bar moth is 1,000th species sequenced in landmark project
- Sandy Hetherington wins prestigious Leverhulme Prize
- Dr Amy Buck is honoured with the Max Planck-Humboldt Medal
- Sandy Hetherington wins the European Research Council Starting Grant 2023
- Researcher wins UKRI - Artificial Intelligence for Health award
The School of Biological Sciences is ranked fifth in the UK, and top ranked in Scotland, for the quality and breadth of its research, known as research power, by Times Higher Education.
The 2021 Research Excellence Framework placed us 5th in the UK for our research quality, and we are ranked in the world top 25.
Information for our current undergraduate and taught postgraduate students, including new students.
Fostering an inclusive culture where individual strengths and differences are valued and celebrated.
Our 130 active research groups and world-leading analytical facilities can support your R&D aims.
There are lots of ways in which we engage with communities locally and nationally to discuss our science.
