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Swansea University - Singleton Park
Swansea, Wales, UK
Biological Sciences with a Year Abroad BSc (Hons)
Admission Requirements
**Academic Requirement at Undergraduate level for students with British Qualifications stay the same regardless of the Student's country of residence.
Personal statement: Should be approximately 500 words long.
At least one of the referees should be a lecturer or professor from their course
About The Program
About The University
Application Deadline
Start Date
Sep
6.0 (Min Reading: 6.0, Min Writing: 6.0, Min Listening: 6.0, Min Speaking: 6.0)
Minimimum Academic Requirement
English Proficiency Requirement
Other Requirements
Program Level
Average Decision Time
None
Application Fees
Yearly Tuition Fees
17,900
Bachelors
Program Duration
4 Years
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£3,000 will be awarded to all students who achieve AAA at A-Level (or equivalent: Scholarship Equivalence Table UK and EU). Achievement of an equivalent grade in the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced qualification is recognised for the purposes of the award.
Each Scholarship will be worth £3,000 over three years (paid in three equal instalments - with £1,000 paid in the first year, £1,000 paid in the second year and £1,000 paid in the third year).
Merit Scholarships
£2,000 will be awarded to all students who achieve AAB at A-Level (or equivalent: Scholarship Equivalence Table UK and EU). Achievement of an equivalent grade in the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced qualification is recognised for the purposes of the award.
Each Scholarship will be worth £2,000 over three years (paid in three equal instalments - with £670 paid in the first year, £670 paid in the second year and £670 paid in the third year).
A deep academic understanding of biological sciences is more important than ever. By studying living organisms in all their epic variety we can identify critical threats and major opportunities, from the smallest scale to the biggest.
This biology degree gives you the flexibility to fully explore biological sciences over the course of one full academic year, before committing to a specific degree path.
Studying biology at Swansea University gives you access to world-leading teaching and cutting edge facilities across ecological, physiological and molecular fields.
You will have the opportunity to undertake field courses in places such as Sikkim, India, Borneo and Puerto Rico. The Erasmus+ Student Mobility Programme also allows for placements in Europe and North America.
Why Biological Sciences at Swansea?
Biological sciences at Swansea University has a strong reputation and attracts students from across the world.
Biosciences at Swansea is ranked:
Top in the UK for satisfaction with organisation and management (Zoology, NSS 2019)
3rd in the UK for satisfaction with teaching (Zoology, NSS 2019)
You will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials, seminars, and discussion groups, supported by practical classes and field courses. A flexibly structured degree path means you have the opportunity to study abroad for a year. Field courses available near and far allow you to work varied habitats across the world. You can explore from the spectacular marine coastal ecosystems of the Gower Peninsula on our doorstep to natural life in distant lands such as India, Borneo and Puerto Rico.
University's state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities include the Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Research, a Zoological Museum, a custom-designed 18-metre catamaran-class survey vessel, and a unique visualisation centre that displays multi-dimensional information from animal tracking data. Strong connections with international and national organisations such as Natural Resources Wales, The British Mammal Society and The National Wetlands Centre Wales will add value to your studies.
Swansea University has been at the cutting edge of research and innovation since 1920. We have a long history of working with business and industry but today our world-class research has a much wider impact across the health, wealth, culture, and well-being of our society.
The University's foundation stone was laid by King George V on 19 July 1920 and 89 students (including eight female students) enrolled that same year. By September 1939, there were 65 staff and 485 students.
In 1947 there were just two permanent buildings on campus: Singleton Abbey and the library. The Principal, J S Fulton, recognised the need to expand the estate and had a vision of a self-contained community, with residential, social and academic facilities on a single site. His vision was to become the first university campus in the UK.
By 1960 a large-scale development programme was underway that would see the construction of new halls of residence, the Maths and Science Tower, and College House (later renamed Fulton House). The 1960s also saw the development of the "finite element method" by Professor Olek Zienkiewicz. His technique revolutionised the design and engineering of manufactured products, and Swansea was starting to stake its claim as an institution that demanded to be taken seriously.
Work began on the student village at Hendrefoelan in 1971, the South Wales Miners' Library was established in 1973 and the Taliesin Arts Centre opened on campus in 1984. The Regional Schools of Nursing transferred to Swansea in 1992, and the College of Medicine opened in 2001. Technium Digital was completed in 2005 and, barely two years later, the University opened its Institute of Life Science, which commercialises the results of research undertaken in the Swansea University Medical School. Work commenced on a second Institute of Life Science in 2009.
BANGLADESH
Candidates are expected to have achieved 70% in year XII
INDIA
Candidates are expected to have achieved 70% Year XII including Standard XII in English - 70% or above (or equivalent).
NEPAL
Candidates are expected to have achieved a General Certificate of Education (Advanced level) - Three A Levels or equivalent. Minimum grades - BCC - AAB but it will depend on the course
PAKISTAN
Bachelor degree (Pass) in humanities / commerce subject areas: Division II
-IB: 32-34
-A Levels: AAB – BBB
UK IGCSE or A-LEVELS
A Levels with AAB plus EPQ B including Biology or Human Biology, or equivalent