Undergraduate courses in natural sciences

Learn more about our natural sciences courses, including entry requirements and the subject choices available in each year.

5 reasons to study natural sciences at Bath

From flexibility to placements and multiple career options, there are lots of reasons to study natural sciences at Bath. Here are our top 5.

Watch our Natural Sciences video

Current students talk about the benefits of studying Natural Sciences at Bath.

My experience in the semiconductor industry

Samad blogs about his current placement with Edwards Vacuum.

Getting my dream job as an elephant researcher in Zimbabwe

Natural Sciences graduate Helen Mylne talks about her fascinating work researching elephants in Zimbabwe.

A scientific experiment - in an office

Natural Sciences student Bea Perks researched a placement outside her degree's field, and made significant discoveries.

Measuring tides in Welsh waters

Sophie Ward on how studying Natural Sciences at Bath helped her prepare for a research career in coastal oceanography.

Working as a modern day alchemist

Natural Sciences graduate Mike Hutton tells us about his role as a metallurgist at the engineering firm Hatch in Perth, Australia.

Bath students attend the Society of Natural Sciences student conference

Natural Sciences students attended the 6th annual Society of Natural Sciences student conference at University College London on 4 April 2023.

Students win gold for a design that turns a pollutant into a soil nutrient

A team from Bath has won a gold medal in the prestigious iGEM competition for developing a bacterial variant that closes the loop on human phosphate use.

Nerve cell discovery may lead to better treatment for diseases of the nervous system

A discovery that may improve treatment options for patients with neurodegenerative diseases has been made by scientists at Bath and KCL.

Volunteers needed to help develop new test to prevent life-threatening infections in newborn babies

Chemists at Bath are developing a new test that detects Group B Streptococcus (GBS) bacteria in 45 minutes.

New tool helps scientist understand how MRSA superbug avoids immune detection

A tool that promises to throw light on the strategies adopted by MRSA to avoid detection by the body’s immune system has been developed at Bath.

The new compound that destroys MRSA

A compound that both inhibits the MRSA superbug in lab experiments and renders it more vulnerable to antibiotics has been discovered by scientists at Bath.