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Biological Sciences with Foundation Year BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/biological-sciences-with-foundation-year-bsc/2026
If you would love to study Biological Sciences here at Leicester, but your A-level subjects don’t match our entry criteria, or you don’t quite have the entry requirements to get in, this degree is your bridge to making it happen.
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Biological Sciences (Biochemistry) BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/biological-sciences-biochemistry-bsc/2026
What are the chemical processes that happen inside all living things? And what do they tell us about the baffling complexity of life? Welcome to the fascinating world of biochemistry. This degree includes the option to change your specialism in your second year.
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Medical Genetics BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/medical-genetics-bsc/2026
Genetics and molecular biology already tell us so much about who we are. But when researched and tested in the right ways, they also tell us how to better diagnose and treat disease. If this sounds up your alley, this degree is for you.
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Biological Sciences (Neuroscience) BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/biological-sciences-neuroscience-bsc/2026
No computer is more powerful or complex than the human brain. And you’ll get to study the central role it plays in our nervous system – and what can happen when it goes wrong. This degree includes the option to change your specialism in your second year.
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Genetic fingerprinting explained
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/explained
Bullet-point guide to the key facts about DNA, genetic fingerprinting and genetic profiling.
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Leicester improves its student satisfaction rates for the third year running
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/july/leicester-improves-nss-student-satisfaction-rates-third-year-running
The University of Leicester has continued its improvement for student satisfaction, recording a third consecutive year of improvement in the National Student Survey (NSS).
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Medical Biosciences (Genetics) MBiolSci
https://le.ac.uk/courses/medical-biosciences-genetics-mbiolsci/2027
Genetics and genetic mechanisms can tell us so much about heredity and evolution. When researched in the context of diseases in a massively outbred human population, genetics leads us to discover better, more personalised diagnosis and treatments of diseases.
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Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)
https://le.ac.uk/cse/research/facilities/advanced-microscopy-facility/microscopes-and-equipment/tem
JEOL 2100 Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) is supplied by The University of Leicester for students to use for research.
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Harnessing the power of rain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/harnessing-the-power-of-rain
Physics students taking the Physics Special Topics module have investigated how viable rainfall is as a source of energy - particularly in comparison to solar energy.
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Rules
https://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities/aif/rules
If you wish to use the Advanced Imaging Facility at Leicester, please adhere to our rules.