Microbiology

Microbiologists play an important role in helping to prevent disease, develop new treatments, clean up the environment, and keep food safe. Using our £5 million Super Lab you'll find out how to use microbes in the development of vaccines and medicines.

Accredited by the Royal Society of Biology, our degree has been independently assessed. As an accredited degree, you'll learn how to work with level 2 pathogens safely. These are biological agents that can cause disease such as Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria and Salmonella.

You'll develop your laboratory skills and learn:

sterile technique

how to identify bacteria (including pathogenic bacteria)

how to grow and characterise bacteria in the laboratory

the mechanisms of anti-microbial resistance

how to detect and count viruses

gene analysis and cloning

All microbiology teaching staff are actively involved in research. This ensures that you are learning up-to-date topics and ideas. We aim to produce graduates who are ready to go out and help tackle some of the biggest problems facing our world today.