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.
Natural Sciences
Our Natural Sciences courses offer a special environment for studying several sciences alongside students specialising in their subject.
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Natural sciences allows you to study more than one science subject. Options could include biology, biochemistry, chemistry, pharmacology or physics. Use the course selection tool to design your perfect course or download the course selection guide.
Natural Sciences course selection guide
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Natural Sciences course selection tool
This interactive tool allows you to tailor your Natural Sciences course to take one or more core sciences to a high level along with choices from other fields.
Hear what our students and graduates say
Read about our students' experience and what they went on to do after graduating.
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.
News
Find out how our research is improving lives and changing the world we live in.
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.
Bath secures funding for two major bioscience research projects
Researchers from Bath are collaborating on two new multi-million pound research projects that will tackle significant fundamental questions in bioscience.
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Natural Sciences staff
We oversee and deliver teaching, administrative processes and administration of undergraduate courses in Natural Sciences.
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