International Foundation in Biol and Biomed

Agriculture with Agronomy BSc Honours

On this degree, you'll study the science of crop production and soil management, and how it can lead to improvements in crop yield and quality.

Agriculture with Animal Production Science BSc Honours

This degree includes topics such as animal nutrition and growth, and livestock reproduction.

Agriculture with Farm Business Management BSc Honours

This degree focuses on the management of each element of an agricultural business: the whole estate; the farm; and individual arable, livestock and diversified enterprises.

Animal Science BSc Honours

This degree provides an in-depth study of how animals behave and function, and could lead to a vocational career in the animal sector.

Biochemistry BSc Honours

Interested in what causes diseases like cancer? Want to help develop new drug treatments? Biochemistry is the key to understanding how diseases occur and can be treated.

Biochemistry (Integrated Master's) MSci Honours

If you are interested in a research career in biochemistry, this Integrated Master's degree equips you with the advanced practical skills and knowledge you'll need.

Biology BSc Honours

Our three-year Biology BSc Honours degree is the widest-ranging of our BSc degrees, dealing with all forms of life, at all scales, from cells and molecules to whole organisms and ecosystems.

Biology (Cellular and Molecular Biology) BSc Honours

This degree focuses on biomolecules, organelles and cells, and how they all contribute to the function of organisms as a whole.

Biology (Ecology and Conservation) BSc Honours

This three-year BSc Honours degree covers plants, animals and micro-organisms, but with a strong focus on whole organisms and their roles in the environment.

Biomedical Genetics BSc Honours

Interested in how genetic information passes from one generation to the next? Want to explore the causes of hereditary diseases? This degree gives you in-depth knowledge of how genes affect health and disease.

Biomedical Genetics (Integrated Master's) MSci Honours

If you are interested in a research career in genetics, this integrated Master's degree equips you with the advanced practical skills and knowledge you'll need.

Biomedical Sciences BSc Honours

This degree explores the functioning of the human body in health and disease. It equips you with specialist knowledge about how major diseases can be treated.

Biomedical Sciences (Integrated Master's) MSci Honours

Our four-year MSci degree is designed to give you greater experience in a professional research environment, through an extensive research project in one of our internationally acclaimed research institutes in your fourth year.

Chemistry BSc Honours

Our professionally accredited Chemistry BSc Honours degree provides you with a thorough understanding of all the main areas of chemistry.

Chemistry MChem Honours

This professionally accredited degree provides a firm foundation in the fundamentals of chemistry in your first three years. It includes a year of advanced study at Master's level, and is a good basis for a PhD or career in research.

Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry BSc Honours

This professionally accredited BSc degree equips you with a thorough understanding of all the main areas of chemistry, alongside in-depth knowledge of those aspects of chemistry that are important to the pharmaceutical industry.

Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry MChem Honours

This professionally accredited MChem degree equips you with a thorough understanding of all the main areas of chemistry and includes a year of advanced study at Master's level. It also provides a good basis for a PhD or career in research.

Earth Science BSc Honours

If you are interested in studying the processes that have shaped the structure and development of the Earth, this three-year BSc degree is for you.

Earth Science MEarthSci Honours

This four-year MEarthSci degree explores the fascinating complexity of the Earth system, through subjects like geology, chemistry and microbiology.

Environmental Science BSc Honours

Environmental science is the study of the whole environment. It covers biological organisms, our physical environment, and the interactions between them. This wide-ranging degree also includes topics such as environmental law.

Food and Human Nutrition BSc Honours

This professionally accredited degree provides a unique opportunity to study the impact of nutrition on health and disease, from the cell and molecular level through to people and populations.

Geographic Information Science BSc Honours

This degree focuses on the systems and software for analysing geographic data about the world around us. It is highly ICT-orientated and spans technology, computing, mapping, geography and environmental management.

Marine Biology BSc Honours

Our Marine Biology BSc Honours degree provides you with a holistic understanding of human interaction with the marine environment.

Marine Biology and Oceanography BSc Honours

This degree explores the physical and chemical environments in which marine organisms live.

Marine Zoology BSc Honours

This degree explores animals in the marine environment, from single organisms right up to mammals such as blue whales.

Medical Science (Deferred Choice) BSc Honours

Want to study biomedical and biomolecular sciences at Newcastle but not sure which degree you want to study? This degree lets you delay choosing your specialism until the end of the first year.

Nutrition with Food Marketing BSc Honours

Join our food and nutrition experts in exploring the links between diet and health, and searching for solutions to the food-related problems that society is facing today.

Pharmacology BSc Honours

This degree explores how drugs work on the human body. It gives you specialist knowledge relevant to a career in the pharmaceutical industry.

Pharmacy MPharm Honours

This MPharm degree will equip you with the professional skills, scientific knowledge and clinical experience to become a caring, ethical and effective pharmacist.

Physiological Sciences BSc Honours

Physiology is the study of the organ systems of the human body and how they control and maintain body function in both normal (health) and pathophysiological (disease) states.

Psychology BSc Honours

Our flagship Psychology BSc Honours degree is accredited by the British Psychological Society, and is available with a work placement year, giving you a head start on your professional career.

Sport and Exercise Science BSc Honours

This degree provides a strong scientific foundation in sport and exercise-related sciences and an understanding of how these relate to human performance and health.

Surveying and Mapping Science BSc Honours

This professionally accredited degree focuses on the science, technology and maths behind map making and coordinate systems.

Zoology BSc Honours

Zoology is the scientific study of all forms of animal life, including how they behave, reproduce, evolve, and interact with other species and their environment.