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Department of Biology

Tackling global challenges through bioscience education and impactful research.

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We're a friendly and supportive academic community committed to sharing our expertise with the next generation of bioscientists.

Our courses span the full range of contemporary biological sciences including biology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, biotechnology and biomedical science.

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Our research

Our world-class bioscience research addresses major global challenges.

Grounded in excellent fundamental science, our research spans the discipline and generates solutions for a sustainable green future and a healthy human population.

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Biology at York is a really exciting place to be! Amazing staff, enthusiastic students and exceptional facilities drive interactions between research and teaching, which in turn create collaborations and innovations that produce positive impacts on global challenges.

Professor James Chong, Head of Department

among universities included for molecular biology, biophysics and biochemistry in the 2024 National Student Survey.
Biological Sciences is ranked in the top 10 overall in the UK according to the Times Higher Education’s ranking of the latest REF results.
We are proud to have held an Athena Swan Gold award since 2014.

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18 December 2025

York will lead a new doctoral training programme funded by UKRI to build talent and boost UK innovation and growth.

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18 December 2025

The University of York has joined eight other institutions across Yorkshire and Teesside to welcome the first cohort of PhD students to the Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership (YBDTP), a new collaboration to support the UK bioeconomy.

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18 December 2025

York will lead a new doctoral training programme funded by UKRI to build talent and boost UK innovation and growth.

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4 December 2025

Bladder cancer might be caused by our cell’s response to a common virus which infects nearly everyone in childhood, according to new research led by scientists at the University of York.

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