Biology

Program Info: The School of Biological Sciences at UNC offers you a friendly, cutting-edge and student-centered educational opportunity. Open the door to your career as you gain real-world experience, side-by-side with top biologists. Learning and doing biology at UNC will give you the skills and confidence to succeed.

Students have opportunities to participate in independent research projects or internships with both faculty members and agencies outside the university. These hands-on opportunities allow students to gain experience that is often not offered in the classroom. Extensive support facilities include animal maintenance and greenhouse facilities, a microscopy and genomics imaging suite, a museum and herbarium, extensive state-of-the-art teaching and research laboratories, and much more. Field studies allow students to explore the nearby prairie and mountain habitats. Expertise and research interests of faculty members include systematics of plants, animals and microorganisms; genetics and evolution; molecular and cellular biology; animal behavior; reproductive biology; neurobiology; computational biology; plant biotechnology; toxicology and pharmacology; immunology and infectious disease; ecology; community and ecosystem structure; mammalogy; ornithology; plant and mammalian physiology; anatomy; and science and environmental education.