Type | Academic department |
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Established | 1965 |
Affiliation | University of York |
Head of Department | Professor James W B Moir |
Academic staff | 70 |
Total staff | 300 |
Students | 1000 |
Location | |
Website | www |
The Department of Biology at the University of York opened in 1965 and moved to its current site near Wentworth College in 1968. The department provides both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Biology and other related fields of science to over 1000 students and has been rated consistently ranked in the top 10 university biology departments in the UK.[1] The department is involved in interdisciplinary teaching with other departments of the university, including the chemistry department, which together co-teach biochemistry courses.