Department of Biological Sciences
Biological Sciences is for those who love life. Whether you want to stand in a metre of mud, on top of a tree, under the sea or on a kilometre of Antarctic ice, biology is for you.
Our students have many opportunities; they can be ecologists working towards ecosystem restoration, physiologists aiming to understand how organisms function, or geneticists using DNA as the key to identifying diseases of organisms. With biology as a great start to their career, our graduates have secured positions around the world, testimony to the international standing of our degrees.
Biological Sciences covers a wide range of specialist areas, including animal behaviour, biochemistry, botany, ecology, marine biology, microbiology, physiology and zoology.
Waikato was rated the top university in New Zealand for its research in molecular, cellular and whole organism biology, and ecology, evolution and behaviour, in the Tertiary Education Commission's most recent assessment of tertiary research in 2006.
Biology research on YouTube
Follow the 2011/12 Waikato University Erebus Antarctic team as they travel to Antarctica and then around Mt Erebus, Antarctica. (Best viewed in Full Screen mode.)
Resources for secondary schools
The Department of Biological Sciences administers some useful resources for secondary school teachers and students alike. Check them out using the links below.
Careers
Find possible career opportunities in the biological sciences.
Library
Find out more about biology in Waikato's Biology Library Portal
News and Events
Find out what's happening in the Department of Biological Sciences.
Our People
Meet the staff and students from the Department of Biological Sciences.
More information about the Department of Biological Sciences.
