Program Description
Kick start and enhance career prospects with a degree in Plant Biology with integrated year in industry. This course has been developed to give students a competitive edge in the jobs market by responding to employer expectations that have some relevant industrial experience. Upon successful completion of this degree, students will have developed the knowledge, skills and the professional awareness that employers will want. The scheme focuses on plants as an essential foundation for life on earth; their value to our daily lives; the crucial future role of plant biology in helping to solve some of the most serious problems facing the humanity including food shortages and responding to rising greenhouse gas emissions. Never before has there been such urgency to train the new generation of plant biologists who can develop future technologies and approaches to respond to these challenges.