Department of Biological and Medical Sciences

Our courses

We offer a range of flexible undergraduate and postgraduate courses alongside a growing number of research opportunities across a wide range of areas including:

plant and animal biology,
biomedical science,
cell and molecular biology,
conservation and the environment.

Our courses are practically focused and designed to equip you with the necessary scientific and transferable skills required to work in today’s knowledge-driven global economy.

Bioscience courses

Find out more about what it's like to study with us on our subject pages.

News

Professor Linda King with OxLEP's Nigel Tipple in the new labs

30 September 2022

Oxford Brookes Enterprise Centre will boost biotech, digital and business innovation in Oxfordshire

Newly opened Oxford Brookes Enterprise Centre will boost biotech, digital and business innovation across Oxfordshire.

22 June 2022

Oxford Brookes awarded a £1.4M grant to develop tools to answer fundamental genetics questions

A new £1.4M grant will fund a five-year research project by scientists at Oxford Brookes University.

09 June 2021

Scientists identify preliminary genetic link to developmental coordination disorder, dyspraxia

New research by scientists at Oxford Brookes University has identified specific genes which could provide vital information about the biology of developmental coordination disorder (DCD), also known as dyspraxia.

Cell map using ACME single cell transcriptomics method

08 April 2021

New method created by scientists will transform how cells are studied

Scientists at Oxford Brookes University have developed a new single-cell transcriptomic method which will aid multiple fields of biology, including the study of human health, disease and injury.

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