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.
Add iron-trapping extracts to sunscreens to make them truly effective
A new paper identifies antioxidants that can be added to skin-care products to mop-up harmful iron, thereby lessening sun damage.
Our lifestyles are key contributors to river pollution – here is how social prescribing can help
Home and lifestyle activities are major contributors to water quality. Social interventions may provide the most sustainable solution.
The next generation of robots will be shape-shifters
Physicists have discovered a new way to coat soft robots in materials that allow them to move and function in a more purposeful way.
Tropical birds are 30% more colourful than those living near the poles, says research
The long-held theory that birds closer to the equator are more colourful than birds nearer the poles has been proven by a new study.
Studying penguin poo to understand the effects of climate change
Scientists from the Milner Centre for Evolution have just returned from a month-long expedition studying penguin colonies in the Antarctic.
The pain-free injection alternative gets a boost
Patches that deliver medicine through the skin could, in time, significantly reduce the need for injections, thanks to a three-year project launched this week.
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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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