Biotechnology BSc (Hons)

Harness biotechnology to address society’s biggest challenges, including disease and food production.

Our biotechnology degree covers the creation of synthetic human insulin, biomedical scientific breakthroughs, innovative biomedical technologies and the production of genetically modified foods. It’s based in molecular biology, genetics, cell biology, biochemistry and microbiology and their related laboratory techniques, but its uses go well beyond these disciplines, covering medicine, agriculture and environmental management.

You’ll be taught by staff with interdisciplinary expertise who are also research active scientists. Their insights from the latest scientific developments feed directly into your learning, giving you an up-to-date and applied understanding of the field.

You’ll go beyond the classroom with visits to biotechnology companies, gaining first-hand insight into how the sector works. You’ll also spend plenty of time in practical sessions, making the most of our industry-standard facilities, including a scanning electron microscope, DNA extraction and purification labs, and our specialist microbiology suite.

Biotechnology is one of the fastest-growing areas of science, tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges. Studying this subject at Edge Hill University will not only give you cutting-edge knowledge but also the hands-on experience that employers look for, opening doors to a wide range of careers in biotechnology and related industries.

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Your future career

So what can you do with a biotechnology degree? You’ll have a range of options open to you across biological and wider graduate employment.

Our biotechnology graduates are working with the likes of Rentokil Initial and Whickham Laboratories, in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies (e.g. Lonza) as well as the NHS. Their titles include technologist, laboratory supervisor, and research scientist.

After completing this course, many of our students go on to study postgraduate degrees with us and go on to succeed in more specialist biotechnology roles. That’s why we think it’s wise to consider postgraduate study as part of your next steps.

You might also consider working on biotechnological advances in a laboratory.